Thoratec Corp. has replaced CEO Gary Burbach with the man who previously led the company for a decade. New president and CEO Keith Grossman served in those roles at the Pleasanton, CA–based company from 1996 to 2006, when Burbach ...
Bayer HealthCare has failed to win the backing of the US FDA's Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee to expand the use of its oral anticoagulant Xarelto (rivaroxaban) 2.5 mg twice daily (BID) in combination with standard ...
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The most-recognized anti-infective brand in North America is Cipro. The brand was most-recognized by 7 percent of physicians in a survey conducted by Brand Institute Inc. during the second quarter of 2013. Cipro, comprising ciprofloxacin, ...
Genzyme, a Sanofi company, has obtained an approval from Health Canada for its Lemtrada (alemtuzumab) for the treatment of relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). Health Canada has approved Lemtrada for the management of adult ...
US-based life sciences venture capital firm Versant Ventures is expanding its operations into Canada in order to invest in early-stage drug discovery programs. The company has established an office in Vancouver this year and created a new ...
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Druggability Technologies (DRGT) has entered into a multi-year collaboration deal with Bayer HealthCare that will deploy DRGT's proprietary Super-API platform to support Bayer HealthCare's formulation efforts directed at enhancing compound ...
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Bayer HealthCare has submitted VEGF Trap-Eye (aflibercept solution for injection) for regulatory approval in Japan to treat patients with myopic choroidal neovascularization (myopic CNV), one of the most common causes of eye disease. In ...
Germany-based Bayer HealthCare and US-based Onyx Pharmaceuticals have announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Nexavar (sorafenib), an oral multi-kinase inhibitor, for the treatment of patients with ...
Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has approved Bayer HealthCare's Eylea (aflibercept, solution for intravitreal injection) for the treatment of macular edema secondary to central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO). In ...
Bayer HealthCare has received marketing authorization from the European Commission (EC) for its Xofigo injection for the treatment of patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer, symptomatic bone metastases and no known visceral ...
Bayer HealthCare has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared its CONTOUR next link blood glucose monitoring (BGM) system as a component of Medtronic's new MiniMed 530G with Enlite, a breakthrough diabetes ...
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Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Bayer, has obtained the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its Adempas (riociguat) tablets. Adempas tablets are developed for the treatment of adults with ...
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Bayer, has obtained two separate orphan drug designations from the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Office of Orphan Products Development for its investigational, oral medication ...
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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has received an application from Bayer HealthCare for marketing authorization of its oral multi-kinase inhibitor, regorafenib, for the treatment of patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GlST). ...
The European Commission has approved Regeneron Pharmaceuticals's Eylea (aflibercept) injection for the treatment of visual impairment caused by macular edema secondary to central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO). Eylea is a recombinant ...
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