The US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee has recommended approval of Bayer’s oral soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) stimulator, riociguat, in two forms of pulmonary ...
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India has partly suspended patents granted to Roche Holding for its breast cancer drug Herceptin, over issues that the patents had not been filed in accordance with the laid down process. An article published in Swiss newspaper Schweiz am ...
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The Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) in India has cancelled the patent for GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) anti-cancer drug Tykerb in its salt form over failure in demonstrating significant improvement in the efficacy. Fresenius ...
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A Mexican man is suing Ford Motor Company for negligence, alleging that the car maker gave out key codes allowing criminals to use his Ford Focus as a drug mule. Ricardo Magallanes spent six months in federal prison in El Paso, Texas, ...
The US FDA Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee (NDAC) has recommended approval of Sanofi's Nasacort AQ nasal spray (triamcinolone acetonide) for over-the-counter use in the country. Nasacort AQ Nasal Spray is indicated to treat the ...
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The National Development and Reform Commission is pestering and probing 60 foreign drug makers regarding the prices at which they sell their wares in China. Scrutiny of the foreign drug sector in China made headlines in June when ...
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UK-based contract development services provider NextPharma Technologies has announced the launch of its expanded production area and ‘stick pack’ packaging capabilities at its Bielefeld facility in Germany. According to ...
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Researchers at A*STAR’s Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have identified potential targets for therapeutic drugs against aggressive breast cancer. Working in collaboration with local and international institutions, GIS scientists ...
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Daiichi Sankyo Company has decided to expand its collaborative drug discovery program with universities and research institutions based in Japan, Take a New challenge for Drug diScovery (TaNeDS) Global Program, to Germany, Switzerland and ...
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Africa In Africa, on the whole, saunas are kept at a much lower temperature than in Europe. Asia In Iran, most gyms, hotels and almost all public swimming pools have indoor saunas. It is very common for swimming pools to have two ...
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Specialty pharmaceutical company Avion Pharmaceuticals has launched a prescription prenatal supplement with B vitamins and Ginger, Prenate AM, to ease pregnancy symptoms like nausea and vomiting in pregnancy (NVP). Avion CEO Mark Pugh ...
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For the first time, SCHOTT Pharmaceutical Systems will be exhibiting at Interphex Japan as an expert on high-quality pharmaceutical tubing. With around 1,000 exhibitors, Interphex is one of the biggest trade shows worldwide for the ...
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GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has announced Health Canada approval of a BRAF-inhibitor, Tafinlar, and a first in class MEK-inhibitor, Mekinist, for melanoma patients with BRAF V600 mutation. Both, Tafinlar (dabrafenib mesylate) and Mekinist ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has dispatched warning letters to 15 firms, including foreign and domestic to desist from selling their illegally marketed diabetes products. The latest move will help the regulator to curb the ...
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Eurofins Scientific, a food, environment and pharmaceutical products testing company, has inked a contract for the exclusive right to offer GE Healthcare's Cytiva Cardiomyocytes for drug discovery and early development cardio toxicity ...