Clinical trials investigating new uses for the anti-cancer drug Avastin have produced mixed results. When combined with standard chemotherapy, Avastin extended the survival of patients with advanced cervical cancer by nearly four months, ...
Novogen, a biotechnology company, has announced the filing of a family of provisional patents in the US covering anti-tropomyosin (ATM) drug technology. ATM drugs represent an entirely novel approach to anti-cancer therapy, blocking the ...
Cancer Research UK's commercial arm Cancer Research Technology (CRT) has collaborated with Danish drug discovery firm Nuevolution for the discovery of anti-cancer drug molecules targeting several key proteins. The deal is aimed at ...
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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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Oncology-focused company Curis has announced the approval of Erivedge (vismodegib) in Australia for the treatment of metastatic basal cell carcinoma, or with locally advanced basal cell carcinoma in adult patients who are not suitable for ...
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The Indian Supreme Court has rejected Novartis' patent application for its anti-cancer drug Glivec (imatinib mesylate) saying that “application for patent on the beta-crystalline salt does not meet any standard of novelty or ...
Tags: Indian Apex, Novartis'Patent Plea, Glivec
The European Commission (EC) has granted conditional marketing authorization for Pfizer's Bosulif (bosutinib) anti-cancer drug in the European Union (EU). Bosulif is authorized in Europe for the treatment of adult patients with chronic ...
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Ablynx has signed a collaborative agreement with Spirogen to evaluate the potential of a novel anti-cancer drug conjugate. As part of the deal, both the firms will evaluate anti-cancer drug conjugate by using Spirogen's proprietary ...
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Saladax Biomedical has signed a diagnostic agreement with Eilaf Pharma for My5-FU diagnostic test in Egypt and throughout the Middle East North African (MENA) region. The test will measure the levels of an anti-cancer drug, ...
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TTY Biopharm Co.,Ltd.,a major pharmaceutical maker in Taiwan,recently inaugurated a drug factory in Suzhou,Jiangsu Province of China,operated by TTY`s Chinese subsidiary TOT Biopharm Co.,Ltd. At a cost of about US$100 million,the factory ...
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Advanced Cancer Therapeutics (ACT) has received Phase I small business innovative research (SBIR) grant of $158,000 from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support the development of an anti cancer ...
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Clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, Tocagen, has entered into a partnership agreement with MRI Interventions and Brainlab. Under the collaboration, Tocagen will use MRI Interventions' ClearPoint neuro intervention system at selected ...
Results are interesting for treating skin cancer(melanoma)and nervous system tumors,known as gliomas. "Promising results"-Pablo Botella,researcher at the Institute of Chemical Technology of Valencia. Spanish researchers have ...