Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has today decided to award the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with one half jointly to William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites and the other half to Youyou Tu for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria.
William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura split Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015 with Youyou Tu, for discoveries regarding novel therapies for some of the most devastating parasitic diseases.
Meiji Seika Pharma Co., Ltd. announced on Tuesday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has designated the Company’s lead antibiotic product, ME1100 (arbekacin inhalation solution), as a Qualified Infectious Disease Product (QIDP) for the adjunctive treatment of mechanically ventilated patients with bacterial pneumonia.
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. announced on Monday that its glatiramer acetate injection was approved by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)…
The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) has approved in Japan Bayer’s oral Factor Xa inhibitor Xarelto (rivaroxaban) for the treatment…