FDA awards 15 grants for clinical trials to stimulate product development for rare diseases Ruby Khatun Khatun9 Oct 2017 9:47 AM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it has awarded 15 new clinical trial research grants totaling more than $22 million over...
Bayer sticks by Xarelto sales estimate despite study setback Ruby Khatun Khatun9 Oct 2017 9:20 AM ISTFRANKFURT/BERLIN: Bayer stood by its peak sales estimate for clot prevention drug Xarelto after the pill disappointed in a late-stage trial to test...
Why shift in drug pricing policy: SC asks Centre Ruby Khatun Khatun8 Oct 2017 12:06 PM ISTNew Delhi: A bench of Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud recently asked the...
FDA approves first test for screening Zika virus in blood donations Ruby Khatun Khatun8 Oct 2017 10:15 AM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the cobas Zika test, a qualitative nucleic acid test for the detection of Zika virus RNA in individual...
Granules India gets EIR from USFDA for Vizag OmniChem facility Ruby Khatun Khatun8 Oct 2017 10:01 AM ISTNew Delhi: Drug firm Granules India said it has received Establishment Inspection Report (EIR) from the US health regulator for the OmniChem facility...
Johnson and Johnson unit exits insulin pump business amid rising competition Ruby Khatun Khatun8 Oct 2017 10:00 AM ISTJohnson and Johnson’s diabetes care unit, which makes insulin pumps, said on Thursday it would shut its business in the United States and Canada amid...
At least six funds interested in Sanofi European generic drugs unit -Le Figaro Ruby Khatun Khatun8 Oct 2017 9:45 AM ISTPARIS: French pharmaceutical group Sanofi is set to start the process to sell its generic drug business in Europe, and at least six funds have...
Eli Lilly defeats challenge to Alimta cancer drug patent Ruby Khatun Khatun8 Oct 2017 9:30 AM ISTA federal patent review board on Thursday rejected a challenge to a patent covering Eli Lilly and Co’s Alimta drug to treat some lung cancers and...
Roche bladder cancer drug struggles as medics focus on survival Ruby Khatun Khatun8 Oct 2017 9:15 AM ISTLONDON: Roche’s immunotherapy drug Tecentriq has lost market share to Merck & Co’s rival Keytruda since a clinical trial showed the Swiss...
Teva faces generic competition in Europe for Copaxone after US hit Ruby Khatun Khatun8 Oct 2017 9:00 AM ISTLONDON: Teva’s blockbuster multiple sclerosis treatment Copaxone will face additional generic competition in Europe, just two days after Mylan NV won...
FIR against Hetero and Aurobindo pharma Ruby Khatun Khatun7 Oct 2017 1:36 PM ISTHYDERABAD: 13 pharmaceutical companies have got notices from Telangana State Pollution Control Board (TSPCB) for contaminating and polluting Kazipally...
Safe, effective DNA-based Zika vaccine developed Ruby Khatun Khatun7 Oct 2017 10:58 AM ISTWashington: A new generation DNA-based Zika vaccine has been found safe and effective at eliciting an immune response against the virus in early human...
