March 28, 2017 Off

FDA OK’s Tesaro’s ovarian cancer drug

By Dino Mustafić

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Tesaro’s Zejula (niraparib) for the maintenance treatment (intended to delay cancer growth) of adult patients with recurrent epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer, whose tumors have completely or partially shrunk (complete or partial response, respectively) in response to platinum-based chemotherapy.

March 27, 2017 Off

Alexion Pharmaceutical name new CEO

By Dino Mustafić

Alexion Pharmaceuticals’s Board of Directors has appointed Ludwig N. Hantson, Ph.D., as Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors, to succeed David R. Brennan, who has led the company as Interim CEO since December 2016.