February 4, 2012
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NEW YORK & PRINCETON, N.J. – Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) and Pharmasset (NASDAQ: VRUS) announced today that the companies have entered into a clinical collaboration agreement to evaluate the utility of BMS-790052, Bristol-Myers Squibb’s NS5A replication complex inhibitor, in combination with PSI-7977, Pharmasset’s nucleotide polymerase inhibitor, for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV). [...]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Tykerb (lapatinib) in combination with Femara (letrozole) to treat hormone positive and HER2-positive advanced breast cancer in postmenopausal women for whom hormonal therapy is indicated. HER2 is a protein involved in normal cell growth. It is found on some types of cancer cells, including breast cancer cells. [...]
GlaxoSmithKline announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Lamictal®XR™ (lamotrigine) Extended-Release Tablets as once-a-day, add-on therapy for epilepsy in patients ages 13 years and older with primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures. This is an expanded label, as Lamictal XR is approved for partial onset seizures (with or without secondary generalization) for patients [...]
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Eden Biopharm Group Limited for approximately $15 million. Eden is a biopharmaceutical development and contract manufacturing company located in Liverpool, UK. As a result of the acquisition of the Arrow Group in December 2009, Watson had previously acquired approximately 36 percent of Eden. [...]
Repligen Corporation announced today that it has extended its longstanding relationship with GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences AB by entering into a five-year supply agreement for recombinant Protein A, a consumable used in the manufacture of monoclonal antibodies, a highly successful class of biopharmaceutical. Repligen is the world’s leading supplier of recombinant Protein A and has manufactured [...]
Merck & Co., Inc., which operates outside the U.S. and Canada as MSD, today announced the European Commission (EC) approval of ELONVA® (corifollitropin alfa injection). ELONVA is indicated for controlled ovarian stimulation (COS) in combination with a GnRH antagonist for the development of multiple follicles in women participating in an assisted reproductive technology program. With the [...]
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) and Inhibitex, Inc. (Nasdaq:INHX) announced today that the companies have signed a definitive agreement under which Bristol-Myers Squibb will acquire Inhibitex for
Novartis Consumer Health Inc. (NCH) informed customers, that it is voluntarily recalling all lots of select bottle packaging configurations from retailers of Excedrin® and NoDoz® products with expiry
This past June in a tiny pharmacy in the sleepy suburban town of Medford, New York, a deranged gunman high on prescription drugs executed four innocent victims in cold blood. “In all of my law … [Read More...]
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