Novel oral anticoagulant Pradaxa® (dabigatran etexilate) approved by the European Commission
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- Category: Boehringer Ingelheim
Boehringer Ingelheim announced that the European Commission has granted marketing authorisation of the novel, oral direct thrombin inhibitor, Pradaxa® (dabigatran etexilate) in all 27 EU member states. It is anticipated that Pradaxa® will be launched in Germany and the United Kingdom in the coming weeks.
Levitra® - Therapy suitable for men with High Cholesterol
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- Category: Bayer
At the 23rd Annual European Association of Urology (EAU) Congress, results were presented which added evidence that Levitra® (vardenafil HCI) works very well in men with dyslipidemia.[1] The double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in about 400 men showed that Levitra® significantly improved the ability of men with erectile dysfunction (ED) and high cholesterol, to achieve and maintain an erection for successful sexual intercourse.[2]
Aurobindo Pharma expands in Europe
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- Category: Business
Aurobindo Pharma announced that it has recently concluded a strategic deal, for acquisition of Intellectual Property & Marketing Authorizations, with TAD Italy, a generic company registered in Italy. This acquisition will give Aurobindo an access to more than 70 ready to market products which will fast track Aurobindo's entry into the Italian generic market.
GSK charitable support valued at £282 million in 2007
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- Category: GlaxoSmithKline
GlaxoSmithKline reported its 2007 global giving to charitable initiatives totalled £282 million, equivalent to almost 4% of pre-tax profits for the company (with the FTSE 100 average around 1%). Donations of albendazole treatments for the company's flagship programme to eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (commonly known as elephantiasis) were valued at £14 million, bringing the total number of treatments given since GSK made its commitment 10 years ago to almost 750 million.
Federal Court of Appeal in Canada Upholds Lipitor Enantiomer Patent
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- Category: Pfizer
Pfizer Inc said today that the Federal Court of Appeal of Canada has reversed a lower court ruling that held that Pfizer's enantiomer patent could not block generic manufacturer Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited from obtaining approval for a competitor product to Lipitor. The appellate court issued an order prohibiting regulatory approval of Ranbaxy's product in Canada until Pfizer's enantiomer (calcium salt) patent - Canadian Patent No. 2,021,546 - expires in July 2010.
Zevalin® Receives Positive CHMP Opinion in Europe for First-Line Consolidation Treatment
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- Category: Bayer
Bayer Schering Pharma AG has received a positive opinion from the European Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) recommending Zevalin® ([90Y]-ibritumomab tiuxetan) as consolidation therapy after remission induction in previously untreated patients with follicular lymphoma (FL) in Europe.
Genzyme Withdraws Bioenvision's European Filing of Evoltra® in Elderly AML Patients
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- Category: Genzyme
Genzyme Corp. (Nasdaq: GENZ) announced the withdrawal of the European application to extend the Evoltra® (clofarabine) product label to include the treatment of elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). This application and the data on which it was based were filed by Bioenvision, Ltd. before the company was acquired by Genzyme last year.
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