Anti-Tumor Activity of Single-Agent Sunitinib Malate in Advanced Gastric Cancer
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- Category: Pfizer
Preliminary results from a new Phase II study provide data on the anti-tumor activity and tolerability of sunitinib malate in patients with advanced gastric cancer. Additionally, data from phase I studies provide information on the tolerability and safety of sunitinib malate in combination with current standard of care chemotherapies in the treatment of hormone-refractory prostate cancer (HRPC) and advanced breast cancer.
Start of the TALENT Study - a Unique Antihypertensive Study in Europe
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- Category: Bayer
Bayer Schering Pharma AG announces the kick-start of the TALENT study, a multicenter "STudy EvALuating the Efficacy of Nifedipine GITS - Telmisartan Combination in Blood Pressure Control", which will examine two of its major antihypertensive brands in combination with each other.
Nycomed and NPS Pharmaceuticals Announce Licensing Agreement for GATTEX™
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- Category: Nycomed
Nycomed and NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: NPSP) announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement which licenses to Nycomed the rights to develop and commercialize GATTEX™ (teduglutide) outside the United States, Canada and Mexico for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders.
FDA Accepts sNDA for Expanded Use of Angiomax®
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The Medicines Company (NASDAQ: MDCO) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the Company's supplemental new drug application (sNDA) for a modified dosing regimen of Angiomax® (bivalirudin) for the treatment of acute coronary syndromes (ACS), specifically in patients with unstable angina or non-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI).
Protherics licenses its Covaccine HT adjuvant to Nobilon for influenza vaccine indications
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Protherics PLC, the international biopharmaceutical company focused on critical care and cancer, and Nobilon International B.V., part of Organon, the human health care business unit of Akzo Nobel, today announced that Nobilon has licensed Protherics' CoVaccine HT™ adjuvant for use in pandemic influenza vaccines and seasonal influenza vaccines in elderly people.
Bristol-Myers Squibb to Acquire Adnexus Therapeutics
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- Category: Bristol-Myers Squibb
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) and Adnexus™ Therapeutics announced the companies have signed a definitive agreement under which Bristol-Myers Squibb will acquire privately held Adnexus Therapeutics, developer of a new therapeutic class of biologics called Adnectins™.
Protherics signs ReGel⢠licensing agreement with Myungmoon Pharm
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- Category: Business
Protherics PLC, the international biopharmaceutical company focused on critical care and cancer, today announces that it has signed a licensing agreement with Myungmoon Pharm. Co. Ltd., a Korean pharmaceutical company, granting it the rights to develop anti-inflammatory products using Protherics' local, sustained release drug delivery system ReGel™.
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