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AstraZeneca and Pozen To Start Phase III Trials With PN400
AstraZeneca announced today that it will start a Phase III programme for PN400, a new pain product under co-development with POZEN, Inc. The Phase III programme is scheduled to begin in 3Q 2007, with a US submission currently targeted for 1H 2009. Bayer intends to delist from the New York Stock Exchange
Bayer AG intends to file for delisting of its American Depositary Shares (ADSs) from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). It is also planned to deregister with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and thereby terminate the respective reporting obligations. Novartis to defend its intellectual property rights for Famvir®
Novartis will keep defending its intellectual property rights for the antiviral medicine Famvir®, which has various US patents valid until 2015, after a competitor company launched its own generic version in the United States. Boehringer Ingelheim announce major global strategic alliance in novel nanobody® therapeutics
Boehringer Ingelheim and Ablynx, the biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of Nanobodies®, today jointly announced a major global strategic alliance to discover, develop and commercialise up to 10 different Nanobody® therapeutics. Novartis completes divestment program with transfer of Gerber baby foods business
Novartis has completed the sale of its Gerber baby foods business to Nestlé for USD 5.5 billion, the final step in a divestment program to focus the Group's strategy on healthcare with pharmaceuticals at the core. GlaxoSmithKline receives approval for Atriance® (nelarabine) in Europe
GlaxoSmithKline announced that Atriance® (nelarabine solution for infusion) has received approval from the European Commission for the treatment of patients with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (T-ALL) and T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma (T-LBL) whose disease has not responded to, or has relapsed following, treatment with at least two chemotherapy regimens.[1] More Pharma News ...
Business & Industry
- CPHI Pharma Awards open to global innovators, scientists, entrepreneurs and social leaders
- Insilico Medicine brings AI-powered "ChatPandaGPT" to its target discovery platform
- BlueRock Therapeutics to incorporate wearable and invisible contactless digital health technologies from Rune Labs and Emerald Innovations in Parkinson's disease clinical trial
- Novartis Tafinlar + Mekinist approved by FDA for pediatric patients with BRAF V600E low-grade glioma
- AstraZeneca launches call for entries to the 2023 global R&D Postdoctoral Challenge
Research & Development
- 'Biohybrid' device could restore function in paralysed limbs
- Scientists use tardigrade proteins for human health breakthrough
- DNA treatment could delay paralysis that strikes nearly all patients with ALS
- Scientists reveal a potential new approach to treating liver cancer
- Normalizing tumor blood vessels may improve immunotherapy against brain cancer
- Engineered bacteria find tumors, then alert the authorities
- First nasal monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-19 shows promise for treating virus, other diseases
Conferences & Events
- SAE Media Group proudly presents the 4th Annual AI in Drug Discovery Conference
- SAE Media Group's 6th annual 3D Cell Culture Conference
- CPHI Frankfurt returns to pre-pandemic strength as pharma industry booms again
- 14th Annual RNA Therapeutics: Investigating the next generation of genetic medicine through RNA based therapies
- CPHI Excellence in Pharma Award Winners 2022
- CPHI Frankfurt Report predicts huge funding overhang to drive contract services growth
- CPHI Frankfurt 2022: Global pharma confidence hits record high in the annual CPHI Pharma Index
Regulatory Affairs
- FDA grants Accelerated Approval for Alzheimer's disease treatment
- FDA approves new HIV drug for adults with limited treatment options
- FDA approves first gene therapy for the treatment of high-risk, non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer
- FDA approves first gene therapy to treat adults with Hemophilia B
- FDA approves first treatment for Acid Sphingomyelinase Deficiency, a rare genetic disease