Lipitor 80 mg Reduced the Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke
Pfizer Inc announced that, in patients with heart disease, type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease, Lipitor® (atorvastatin calcium) 80 mg significantly reduced the risk of major cardiovascular events, including heart attack and stroke, by 35 percent compared with Lipitor 10 mg.
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Closure of the tipranavir trials SPRING and TICINO
After careful consideration of the feasibility of meeting the enrolment targets for the SPRING (Safety, efficacy and pharmacokinetics of tipranavir boosted with low dose ritonavir (500mg/200mg) twice daily in 400 racially and gender diverse HIV-positive treatment-experienced population) and TICINO (safety and efficacy of tipranavir/ritonavir in treatment-experienced patients also infected with the hepatitis B or hepatitis C viruses) trials, Boehringer Ingelheim has terminated both studies.
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Novo Nordisk employee suspended after being charged with insider trading
Novo Nordisk has suspended one of its employees after the employee yesterday was charged by the Danish Public Prosecutor for Serious Economic Crime with unlawful insider trading in the company's shares.
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First interleukin-6 inhibitor (IL-6) to offer new therapeutic option for rheumatoid arthritis
Roche announced that the Arthritis Advisory Committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by a near unanimous (10-1) vote recommended approval of Actemra (tocilizumab), a novel interleukin-6 (IL-6) receptor-inhibiting monoclonal antibody, for reducing the signs and symptoms in adults with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
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Significant blood pressure reductions seen with Exforge across difficult-to-treat groups
New data show that Exforge, a single-pill combination of the world's leading high blood pressure medicines Diovan® (valsartan) and amlodipine, gets nearly twice as many patients with high baseline blood pressure to a healthier blood pressure goal compared to amlodipine alone[1].
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GlaxoSmithKline and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute announce a unique collaboration
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) announced that they have entered into a five-year, $25 million-plus collaborative agreement to build a unique alliance in stem cell science, leading to the development of new medicines.
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Nexavar Approved for Treatment of Liver Cancer in China
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals and Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) of China has approved Nexavar® (sorafenib) tablets for the treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), or liver cancer.
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