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Canadians hope $250 mln trial can revive failed Roche heart drug
Wednesday, June 10, 2015A Canadian team hopes to revive a heart drug ditched by Roche three years ago by running a major clinical trial targeting only those patients with the right genetic profile to benefit from its ability to boost good cholesterol The Swiss drugmaker wh...
Roche's Actemra receives FDA breakthrough therapy designation
Wednesday, June 10, 2015Roche said it received breakthrough therapy designation from the US health regulator for its Actemra treatment in systemic sclerosis The Baselbased drugmaker said it will present new data from two studies on the drug in patients with early rheumatoi...
Drug switch study bolsters case for copies of biotech medicine
Wednesday, June 10, 2015New clinical data has bolstered the case for using cheaper copies of expensive biotech drugs by showing that patients with rheumatic diseases can be safely and effectively switched from originalbrand medicine to a lowercost version While the first c...
FDA Approves Mid-Stage Trial of Vaccine to Reverse Type 1 Diabetes
Wednesday, June 10, 2015Diabetes researchers are hoping that the almost centuryold bacillus CalmetteGuerin BCG vaccine for preventing tuberculosis may also reverse type diabetes The FDA has approved a midstage trial to test BCG vaccine in adults with advanced cases of th...
Genmab shares rise on cancer drug's FDA licence application
Tuesday, June 09, 2015Shares in Genmab rose almost percent on Monday after partner Johnson and Johnsons announcement late on Friday that the companies have applied to US authorities for a licence to market their blood cancer drug daratumumab The multiple myeloma treatme...
Beijing Beilu Pharma plans $28.56 million investment in herbal medicine project
Tuesday, June 09, 2015Beijing Beilu Pharmaceutical Co Ltd Says plans to invest million yuan million in herbal medicine project reuterscom
Beijing Bohui's unit to acquire U.S. company Advion for $28 million
Monday, June 08, 2015Beijing Bohui Innovation Technology Co Ltd Says signs agreement for US unit to acquire US pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Advion Inc for million reuterscom
Drugs giant Shire keen on £12.4bn takeover of Swiss rival Actelion
Monday, June 08, 2015Swiss drug maker becomes target according to report The drugs giant Shire is considering a bn takeover of its Swiss rival Actelion according to a report The FTSE company made an informal approach to Actelion several weeks ago The Sunday Times said...
AR101, treatment from Aimmune Therapeutics for peanut allergy successfully desensitized patients in a midstage trial
Monday, June 08, 2015Aimmune Therapeutics Incs treatment for peanut allergy successfully desensitized patients in a midstage trial If eventually approved it would be the first oral drug for the condition The treatment known as AR would be used to protect people with pea...
Raleigh-based Dara BioSciences to merge with UK's Midatech Pharma
Saturday, June 06, 2015Raleighbased Dara BioSciences Inc which faced being delisted from Nasdaq reached a merger deal with Midatech Pharma based in Oxford United Kingdom Dara shareholders will receive one Midatech share for about every four Dara shares they hold as well a...
