International specialty pharma company Meda has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Acton Pharmaceuticals, a specialty respiratory pharmaceutical company, in an all cash transaction. The proposed transaction, with a total potential ...
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Xi'an Janssen Pharmaceutical Ltd., the biggest subsidiary of US healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson in the Chinese mainland, is expected to see days be harder in the future. It was established by Janssen-Cilag, a subsidiary of Jonson & ...
Covidien, a provider of patient monitoring and respiratory care devices, has succeeded in a patent infringement case against Applied Medical Resources. The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on August 27, 2013 upheld the lower ...
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The California State Assembly has passed a bill that restricts generic versions of medicines called biosimilars, upon their launch in the US. Biosimilars are medicines whose active drug substance is derived from living cells. They have ...
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Clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company Pharmacyclics' new drug application (NDA) for the investigational oral Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor, ibrutinib, has been accepted by the US FDA for two B-cell malignancy indications. ...
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US-based Rutgers University biorepository unit RUCDR Infinite Biologics has added NuGEN Technologies to its technology sponsors group to act as its corporate sponsor and genomic processing partner. Currently having more than 12 million ...
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Japanese pharmaceutical firm Eisai Co, through its South Korean marketing subsidiary, has rolled out a higher-dose, once-daily Aricept (donepezil hydrochloride) 23mg tablet formulation used to treat moderate-to-severe Alzheimer's disease ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued Breakthrough Therapy Designation for Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners’ Firdapse (amifampridine phosphate), which is used to treat patients with Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome ...
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The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has categorized Cepheid's Xpert MTB/RIF test as 'moderate complexity' under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA). Xpert MTB/RIF test is designed for the rapid molecular detection ...
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Medical technology company Lombard Medical Technologies successfully treated the first US patients with Aorfix, its flexible stent graft for the endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). Meriter Hospital vascular surgeon ...
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Japanese firms Ono Pharma and Bristol-Myers KK (BMKK) have rolled out the rheumatoid arthritis drug, Orencia Subcutaneous Injection 125mg Syringe 1ml, in Japan. Orencia SC, whose generic name is abatacept, restrains the discharge of ...
Scientists from the University of Strathclyde have invented a unique computer technology that helps in the discovery of smarter drugs to treat major disease, including heart ailments. Dubbed as Shapeshifting Inspired Discovery (SID), the ...
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Edwards Lifesciences announced that the injunction imposed by the District Court of Mannheim, Germany against the sales of Medtronic's transcatheter heart valves has become effective. In July 2013, the court ruled that Medtronic's ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Mirvaso (brimonidine) topical gel, produced by Galderma Laboratories, for the topical treatment of the facial erythema (redness) of Rosacea in adults with 18 years or above. With a 12 ...
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Simply screwing in one of nonprofit independent product-testing organization, Consumer Reports', top-rated LED lightbulbs could save consumers about US$ 125 in electricity over the bulb's life. January 1, 2014 marks the date when most ...
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