Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences
Tiziana Life Sciences plc, the clinical stage biotechnology company focused on oncology and immunology related drugs, has appointed a banker Willy Simon as a non-executive director.
Futura Medical, a transdermal technology specialist, has received by an European regulator clarity on the regulatory pathways for its two topical pain relief products, TPR100 (diclofenac) and TIB200 (ibuprofen).
Abzena plc will buy Philadelphia-based The Chemistry Research Solution LLC (TCRS), a specialist contract chemistry and bioconjugation company, specialized in producing and analyzing antibody drug conjugates (DACs), for $15 million
Advanced Oncotherapy, the developer of proton therapy systems for cancer treatment, has appointed Professor Stephen Myers OBE, Head of Medical Applications at CERN, as Executive Chairman of its subsidiary ADAM S.A.
The Texas AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) Advisory Committee has added Daraprim to its formulary, making the medicine more accessible and affordable to AIDS patients across the state.
A privately-held biopharmaceutical company Turing Pharmaceuticals said Monday that Daraprim will be sold to the program for $1.00 per 100-count bottle.
European Commission has approved Switzerland-based Novartis’ Entresto tablets for treating adult patients with symptomatic chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.
Nearly 50 percent of Medicaid patients infected with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) whose doctors had prescribed newer, life-saving antiviral drugs were denied coverage to the therapies because they were not considered “a medical necessity.”
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Bristol-Myers Squibb-marketed Opdivo (nivolumab) to treat patients with advanced form of kidney cancer.
Pfizer and Allergan have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Pfizer will combine with Allergan in a transaction valued at about $160 billion.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, a biotechnology company has appointed Pfizer’s Senior Vice president Michael J. Parini to the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer.