Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences
The Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine with the assistance of Premaitha Health plc , is launching an in-house antenatal reflex DNA screening service on 19 October 2015.
Medline Industries, Inc. announced that it will initiate a voluntary nationwide recall of lot # 45810 of Acetaminophen tablets, 500mg, uncoated compressed tablets to the consumer level.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc. have announced that they have entered into an exclusive worldwide license and collaboration agreement for the development and commercialization of Five Prime’s colony stimulating factor 1 receptor (CSF1R) antibody program, including FPA008 which is in Phase 1 development for immunology and oncology indications.
Novartis has announced the launch of Novartis Access in Kenya, the first country to benefit from a portfolio of 15 affordable medicines to treat cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, respiratory illnesses, and breast cancer.
Eli Lilly and Company and Incyte Corporation announced positive topline results of RA-BEAM, the fourth successful Phase 3 study of baricitinib, an investigational medicine for patients with moderately-to-severely active rheumatoid arthritis.
Verona Pharma plc , the drug development company focused on first-in-class medicines to treat respiratory diseases, has announced that the first patients have been dosed in a Phase IIa combination study to evaluate the addition of RPL554 to standard reliever medications for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Premaitha Health plc, developer of the IONA test, the first CE-marked non-invasive prenatal screening test (NIPT) has expanded its in-house NIPT screening service by opening a dedicated laboratory which triples clinical capacity in response to demand for the IONA test from clinicians.
Gene therapy preserved vision in a study involving dogs with naturally occurring, late-stage retinitis pigmentosa, according to research funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health.
Eli Lilly and Company and the ACCELERATE study’s academic leadership have accepted the recommendation of the independent data monitoring committee to terminate the Phase 3 trial of the investigational medicine evacetrapib, due to insufficient efficacy.
Quantum Pharma has signed an out-licensing agreement with a German pharmaceutical company for its first licensed product, a cholecalciferol 20 000IU capsule, marketed in the UK under the brand name Aviticol.