October 8, 2015
US FDA announces updated drug shortages list
U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has updated information on Drug Shortages.
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences
Author: Dino Mustafić
October 8, 2015
Verona Pharma welcomes new directors to the company
Verona Pharma plc, a London-listed drug development company focused on medicines to treat respiratory diseases, has appointed new Non-Executive Directors of the Company
October 8, 2015
Lilly Receives FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation for Abemaciclib in Advanced Breast Cancer
Eli Lilly and Company has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation to…
October 8, 2015
Merck and Pfizer Announce Investigational Immunotherapy Avelumab Receives FDA Fast Track Designation for Metastatic Merkel Cell Carcinoma
Merck KGaA and Pfizer have announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted avelumab, an investigational fully human anti-PD-L1 IgG1 monoclonal antibody, Fast Track designation for the treatment of metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), a rare and aggressive type of skin cancer.
October 8, 2015
Novartis:Long-term efficacy of Gilenya
Novartis has announced a new analysis from the phase III FREEDOMS and FREEDOMS II trials reinforcing the long-term efficacy profile of Gilenya (fingolimod).
October 8, 2015
Sanofi and Genzyme:positive investigational data from the extension study of Lemtrada
Sanofi and its subsidiary Genzyme announced positive new five-year investigational data from the extension study of Lemtrada (alemtuzumab) for patients with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS).
October 7, 2015
Federal judge issues permanent injunction against South Dakota’s 2035 Inc
A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota yesterday granted the U.S. Food and…
October 7, 2015
Lilly Joins the Imaging Dementia – Evidence for Amyloid Scanning (IDEAS) Study
Eli Lilly and Company and Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Lilly, have announced financial commitment and continued scientific partnership to support the recently established Imaging Dementia – Evidence for Amyloid Scanning (IDEAS) Study.
October 7, 2015
Horizon In-licenses Oncology Programme from Servier and Enters Option Agreement
Horizon Discovery Group plc, the international life science company supplying research tools and services that power genomics research and the development of personalised medicines, has announced that its leveraged business unit has signed a programme in-licensing and option agreement with Servier, the independent French research-based pharmaceutical company .
October 7, 2015
Sanofi: New Analysis on Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis
Sanofi and its subsidiary Genzyme announced have that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data from the Phase III TEMSO study demonstrate that Aubagio (teriflunomide) significantly slowed brain volume loss (or atrophy) vs. placebo over two years in people with relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS).