December 8, 2016
Bayer buys BIVI’s animal health products in US
Bayer and Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. (BIVI) have made a deal for Bayer to buy BIVI’s Cydectin bovine and ovine…
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences
Tag: USA
December 7, 2016
Neovac’s Lupus vaccine on USFDA’s fast track
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted “Fast Track” status to French biopharmaceutical company Neovacs’s IFNalpha Kinoid in…
September 6, 2016
PureTech gets grant for third U.S. patent for methods of treating infectious and allergic diseases
PureTech gets grant for third U.S. patent for methods of treating infectious and allergic diseases
November 19, 2015
American Medical Association calls for ban on direct to consumer advertising of RX drugs and medical devices
The United States and New Zealand are the only two countries in the world that allow direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs.
November 17, 2015
Mylan launches generic version of Axert in US. $1B share repurchase plan authorized
Mylan N.V. has launch Almotriptan Tablets USP, 6.25 mg and 12.5 mg, the generic version of Janssen Pharmaceutical’s AXERT in the U.S.…
November 12, 2015
Roche exits four manufacturing sites, job cuts imminent
Swiss-based Roche plans to exit four manufacturing sites globally. Workforce reduction is imminent.
October 21, 2015
Prevalence of Marijuana Use Among U.S. Adults Doubles Over Past Decade
The percentage of Americans who reported using marijuana in the past year more than doubled between 2001-2002 and 2012-2013, and the increase in marijuana use disorder during that time was nearly as large.
October 20, 2015
HHS: New members of Advisory Council on Alzheimer’s Research, Care, and Services
Secretary of U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HSS) Sylvia M. Burwell on Tuesday announced six new members to serve on the Advisory Council on Alzheimer’s Research, Care, and Services.
September 28, 2015
NIH grants $144M to help investigate exposures from womb through later years in life
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded nearly $144 million in new grants to develop new tools and measures that can be used to investigate more effectively environmental exposures from the womb through later years in a child’s life.
September 22, 2015
Taiho Oncology’s Lonsurf approved in USA
The U. S. Food and Drug Administration approved Taiho Oncology’s Lonsurf for the treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer who…