Category: Europe

March 20, 2017 Off

AstraZeneca’s diabetes drug reduces the risk of heart failure

By Dino Mustafić

AstraZeneca has reported results of the first large real-world evidence study of its kind evaluating the risk of hospitalisation for heart failure and death from any cause in patients with type-2 diabetes (T2D) receiving treatment with a newer class of diabetes medicines, SGLT-2 inhibitors (SGLT-2i).

March 20, 2017 Off

Kiadis Pharma finds new COO in Jenssen

By Dino Mustafić

Kiadis Pharma, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative T-cell immunotherapy treatments for blood cancers and inherited blood disorders, has appointment Jan Feijen as Chief Operations Officer (COO) effective from April 1, 2017.

March 17, 2017 Off

Pharnext starts Phase 3 trial for its neuro disease drug

By Dino Mustafić

Pharnext, a French biopharmaceutical company developing an advanced portfolio of products in the field of neurodegenerative diseases, has enroled the first two patients to the international Phase 3 Extension Study PLEO-CMT-FU of PXT3003 at La Timone University Hospital (Marseille, France).

March 16, 2017 Off

Shire gets European approval for Llabel extension of Cinryze

By Dino Mustafić

Shire said on Thursday that the European Commission (EC) has approved a label extension granting three new indications for CINRYZE® (C1 inhibitor [human]), broadening its use to children with Hereditary angiodema (HAE), a rare, genetic disorder that results in recurring attacks of edema (swelling). The body sites most commonly affected are mainly the extremities and abdomen.