September 29, 2015
Switzerland: Suspected crime connected with medicinal products. Swissmedic investigates
Several individuals in German-speaking Switzerland are suspected of offences against the Therapeutic Products Act.
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences
Author: Dino Mustafić
September 29, 2015
Pfizer’s Sayana Press first self injectable contraceptive in UK
Pfizer Inc., the specialist in making contraceptive medicine, best known for making Viagra, has announced that its injectable contraceptive, Sayana Press (medroxyprogesterone acetate), is now available to women in the United Kingdom (UK) for administration by self-injection.
September 29, 2015
Teva’s COPAXONE approved in Japan for the Prevention of Relapse of Multiple Sclerosis
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. announced on Monday that its glatiramer acetate injection was approved by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)…
September 29, 2015
Esbriet shows Benefits for patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
New clinical data and abstracts on Roche’s Esbriet (pirfenidone) in the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) are being presented at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) congress in Amsterdam.
September 29, 2015
New European Oilseed Processing Center in Monheim, Germany
Bayer CropScience inaugurated its new European Oilseed Processing Center in Monheim at a ceremony attended by industry representatives, authorities, agricultural stakeholders and customers.
September 29, 2015
Eli Lilly, Incyte: positive top-line results of RA-BEGIN
Eli Lilly and Company and Incyte Corporation have announced positive top-line results of RA-BEGIN, the third Phase 3 study evaluating the safety and efficacy of baricitinib, an investigational medicine for patients with moderately-to-severely active rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
September 29, 2015
Allergan expects revenue greater than $8B
Allergan plc has updated its second-half 2015 continuing operations financial forecast. The forecast reflects adjustments for the upcoming expected discontinued operations
September 28, 2015
NIH awards $46 million for research for Human Placenta Project
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $46 million for research for the Human Placenta Project, an initiative to revolutionize understanding of the placenta.
September 28, 2015
NIH grants $144M to help investigate exposures from womb through later years in life
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded nearly $144 million in new grants to develop new tools and measures that can be used to investigate more effectively environmental exposures from the womb through later years in a child’s life.