February 16, 2017
Valeant wins FDA’s approval for psoriasis drug
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Valeant Pharmaceuticals’s Siliq (brodalumab) to treat adults with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis.
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February 16, 2017
Sobi expands haemophilia B development portfolio
Swedish Orphan Biovitrum (Sobi) has elected to add a novel product candidate (rFIXFc-XTEN) for the potential treatment of haemophilia B to the company’s collaboration agreement with Bioverativ.
February 16, 2017
e-Therapeutics’s Executive Director & Company Secretary leaves
e-Therapeutics’s Executive Director & Company Secretary Sean Nicolson is leaving the company in order to focus on other business commitments.
February 16, 2017
Denovo plans on restarting DB102 trial, in China and US
Denovo Biopharma’s new clinical center in China opened last year will play a very important role in the biomarker driven DB102 trial, as the company has submitted the IND application to the China FDA.
February 16, 2017
Active Biotech reduces its net loss in 2016
Active Biotech has reported net loss of € 1,6 million for Q4, which is decrease of loss comparing to the same period 2015 when the net loss was € 4,3 million.
February 16, 2017
Weifa triples its net income for 2016
Weifa ASA, Norwegian health company has reported net income of € 0,9 million for Q4 2016 which is increase comparing to the same period last year when the comapany had € 0,3 million loss. The company has more than tripled its net income for year 2016. It has reported € 2,03 million for whole 2016 and net income for the 2015 was € 0,65 million.
February 16, 2017
Vectura achieves royalty cap from GSK’s respiratory products
Vectura Group has reached a royalty cap on net sales of £9 million from selling GSK’s respiratory Ellipta products in 2016.
February 16, 2017
Baxter International adds ENFit to its portfolio
Baxter International, the company focused on nutrition therapy, has expand its nutrition care portfolio to include the new enteral ENFit syringe and accessory line for patients requiring tube feeding.
February 16, 2017
Pharma companies to grow overseas sales regionally at CPhI South East Asia
The slowing pace of global markets and the increasing threat of a new protectionist wave is transforming the outlook of South East Asian manufacturers, which are now shifting their focus towards regional exports. Mirroring this trend, international investors and companies are increasingly looking at more business access in Indonesia and across the entire ASEAN economy.
February 15, 2017
Surrozen secures $33 million through Series A financing to fund its research of Wnt signaling in regeneration
A newly formed biopharmaceutical company based in San Francisco, USA, has ensured funds for unlocking research of the therapeutic potential of Wnt signaling, a key for stem-cell maintenance and tissue regeneration.