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2010
Top
IBS Market to Triple to $1.52bn by 2018
Tuesday 16 March
OSI Board Rejects $3.5bn Astellas Offer
Tuesday 16 March
Pfizer Halts Lung Cancer Treatment Trial
Tuesday 16 March
Eli Lilly Snaps Up Underarm Testosterone Treatment
Tuesday 16 March
Chesapeake Develops Paperboard Packaging for Pharma Use
Monday 15 March
AstraZeneca's Cancer Drug Fails Trial
Monday 15 March
Ranbaxy and Takeda Settle Diabetes Drug Dispute
Monday 15 March
Sigma-Aldrich to Sell Pfizer's Bioactive Small Molecules
Monday 15 March
Watson's Long-Acting Prostate Cancer Agonist Approved
Friday 12 March
Roche and Biogen Ocrelizumab Trials Come to a Deadly Stop
Friday 12 March
AstraZeneca Strikes Torrent Generic Deal
Friday 12 March
Daiichi Sankyo Sees Ranbaxy Freedom as Key to Growth
Friday 12 March
ImmunoGen's Skin Cancer Treatment Wins Orphan Drug Status
Thursday 11 March
iToxFX Platform to Predict New Drug Safety
Thursday 11 March
Dainippon Schizophrenia Drug Set for Review in US
Thursday 11 March
Experts Call for Vascular-Friendly Migraine Drug
Thursday 11 March
Good Results for Nektar's Ovarian Cancer Drug
Wednesday 10 March
South Korean Team Develops Killer Flu Antibodies
Wednesday 10 March
FDA Approves Botox as Post-Stroke Joint Treatment
Wednesday 10 March
GSK and Cellzome Announce Inflammatory Alliance Deal
Wednesday 10 March
Rexahn's Anti-Cancer Compound Wins Japanese Patent
Tuesday 09 March
Phase B of Novavax's Mexican Flu Vaccine Trial Begins
Tuesday 09 March
Sanofi-Aventis's Prostate Cancer Drug Passes Trial
Tuesday 09 March
US Researchers to Develop Bioterror Antidote
Tuesday 09 March
CombinatoRx's Chronic Painkiller Gets FDA Approval
Monday 08 March
Good Results for Investigational Anticoagulant Apixaban
Monday 08 March
Isis Initiates Neurodegenerative Drug Trials
Monday 08 March
EU Experts Call for Better Migraine Management
Monday 08 March
FDA and EPA Simplify Orphan Drug Development Process
Friday 05 March
Abbott and Enanta Initiate Phase II HepatitisTrials
Friday 05 March
Nanotechnology Market to Soar to 2014
Friday 05 March
US Court Upholds Shire's ADHD Drug Exclusivity
Friday 05 March
FDA Approves Novo Nordisk's Growth Hormone Treatment
Thursday 04 March
Sanofi's Advanced Prostate Cancer Drug Looks Promising
Thursday 04 March
Abbott and GSK Collaborate on Skin Cancer Test
Thursday 04 March
Cleveland Offers Army Radiation Antidote
Thursday 04 March
Production Starts at China-Biotics Facility in Shanghai
Wednesday 03 March
Astellas to Take Bid to OSI Shareholders
Wednesday 03 March
FDA Approves First Prostate Generic
Wednesday 03 March
New Guidance to Boost Cell-Based Vaccine Development
Wednesday 03 March
FDA and NIH to Speed Up Biomedical Innovation
Tuesday 02 March
Evotec to Assist Cubist's Antibacterial Targets for Drug Development
Tuesday 02 March
Regulus and GlaxoSmithKline Collaborate for HCV
Tuesday 02 March
PPD’s Research Facility Opens in Ireland
Tuesday 02 March
Merck in $7.2bn Deal for Biotech Maker Millipore
Monday 01 March
FDA Approves New Gaucher Therapy
Monday 01 March
Astrazeneca's Brilinta Expected to Win Out in Coronary Market
Monday 01 March
Sunesis to Begin Phase III AML Trials
Monday 01 March
February
2010
Top
Germans Prefer Low-Cost Drugs Over Brand
Friday 26 February
Genentech and UCSF Team Up on Drug Development
Friday 26 February
VEGF Trap-Eye Shows Positive Results
Friday 26 February
Daiichi Sankyo Enters Japanese Generic Market
Friday 26 February
Karus Adds HDAC-6 Inhibitors to Development Pipeline
Thursday 25 February
Trana to Develop tRNA Identification-Based Diagnostic
Thursday 25 February
Broad Pneumococcal Vaccine Approved in the US
Thursday 25 February
Sanofi-Aventis's Breast Cancer Drug to Earn $1.7bn by 2018
Thursday 25 February
Aptuit Develops Proprietary Production Screen
Wednesday 24 February
Amylin and Takeda to Tackle Obesity
Wednesday 24 February
NCC and Pfizer Treat Haemophilia in Developing World
Wednesday 24 February
FDA Concerned Over HIV Drugs Heart Risk
Wednesday 24 February
Seasonal Flu Vaccine Should Have H1N1 Strain, Says WHO
Tuesday 23 February
Inhaled Cystic Fibrosis Antibiotic Provides Breakthrough
Tuesday 23 February
First Subcutaneous Biosimilar Approved for Renal Patients
Tuesday 23 February
AstraZeneca Settles UK Tax Dispute
Tuesday 23 February
US Approves Novartis Meningitis Drug
Monday 22 February
US-Oslo Alliance Strengthens European Bioscience
Monday 22 February
US Companies Rush to Find Diabetes Cure
Monday 22 February
EU Clears Path for GSK's Cancer Medicines
Monday 22 February
Leukaemia Drug Rituxan Approved in US
Friday 19 February
FDA Sets Priority Status for Tasigna Review
Friday 19 February
FDA Cracks Down on Dangerous Asthma Drugs
Friday 19 February
Targeted Cancer Drug Market to Reach $51bn
Friday 19 February
Sanofi Pasteur Recalls More Influenza Vaccines
Thursday 18 February
Genotype Screening Finds Cervical Cancer Earlier
Thursday 18 February
Roche and Merck Collaborate on Gene Mutation Test
Thursday 18 February
GSK's President Wins Woman of the Year Award
Thursday 18 February
Safety Plan for Potentially Dangerous Cancer Drugs
Wednesday 17 February
AstraZeneca Prescription Plan Saves Millions
Wednesday 17 February
Quark's Kidney Transplant Drug Granted Orphan Status
Wednesday 17 February
US Orthopaedic Biomaterials Market to Reach $6.3bn by 2016
Wednesday 17 February
EU and Swissmedic Agree to Share H1N1 Info
Tuesday 16 February
Vital Diabetes Drugs Arrive in Haiti
Tuesday 16 February
Abbot Completes €4.5bn Solvay Deal
Tuesday 16 February
AstraZeneca Leaps for Rigel's Arthritis Drug
Tuesday 16 February
Shire Presents Positive Gaucher Trial Data
Monday 15 February
UK Tentatively Backs Diabetes Drug Victoza
Monday 15 February
Proteonomix Forms Stem Cell Institute
Monday 15 February
Mississippi Bans Pseudoephedrine in OTC Drugs
Monday 15 February
Hi-Tech Performance Drug Tests Well
Friday 12 February
FDA Approves Improved HIV Tablets
Friday 12 February
NewLink Gets Go-Ahead for Pancreatic Cancer Trials
Friday 12 February
EU Clears Abbot's Solvay Buyout
Friday 12 February
Catalysis Receives Gates Grant for TB Biomarker
Thursday 11 February
Simcere to Market Flu Drug in China
Thursday 11 February
Good Results for Roche's Type 2 Diabetes Drug
Thursday 11 February
Nontraditional Players Essential for Pharmaceutical Survival
Thursday 11 February
Amgen Announces Positive Prostate Cancer Drug Trials
Wednesday 10 February
UK Company to Begin First Stroke Stem Cell Trial
Wednesday 10 February
UK Health Body Rejects Expensive Cancer Drug
Wednesday 10 February
FDA Approves Pre-emptive Heart Attack Drug
Wednesday 10 February
FDA Approves Hypertension Generics
Tuesday 09 February
Addex Pain Drug Shows Broad Effects
Tuesday 09 February
Vantia’s Nocturia Candidate Enters Stage Two Trials
Tuesday 09 February
Novartis Moves for Potent Hepatitis C Treatment
Tuesday 09 February
BioMarin to Acquire LEAD Therapeutics
Monday 08 February
Novavax Stops Flu Vaccine Collaboration
Monday 08 February
SWIFT Haemophilia Drug Trials Begin
Monday 08 February
Teva to Settle Drug Price Fixing Claims
Monday 08 February
Avexa Announces Positive HIV Therapy Trials
Friday 05 February
Shire Applies For Fabry Drug Licensing in US
Friday 05 February
Qiagen and Pfizer to Develop Brain Tumour Diagnostic
Friday 05 February
GSK Launches Special Disease Unit
Friday 05 February
Biosimilars Market Driven by Pharma Spending Cuts, Study Says
Thursday 04 February
Daiichi Sankyo Initiates VTE Trials
Thursday 04 February
Teva Files Application for New Neutropenia Drug
Thursday 04 February
Ipsen and Debiopharm Launch New Cancer Drug in France
Thursday 04 February
New Once-Daily Parkinson's Tablet Launched
Wednesday 03 February
US Approves Treatment for Debilitating Hand Disease
Wednesday 03 February
Biomedical Industry Key to California's Growth
Wednesday 03 February
Hypertension Drug Market Bleak to 2018
Wednesday 03 February
Evotec and Vifor Develop Anaemia Partnership
Tuesday 02 February
New Collaboration to Protect Children Against Pneumonia
Tuesday 02 February
HIV Drug Causes Serious Liver Problems
Tuesday 02 February
FDA Requests $4bn to Transform Safety and Push Science
Tuesday 02 February
Sanofi-Aventis Extends Chinese Footprint
Monday 01 February
Lamictal Use Extended to Treat Generalised Seizures
Monday 01 February
Watson Moves for Eden's Biodesigns
Monday 01 February
FDA Approves New Breast Cancer Combo
Monday 01 February
January
2010
Top
FDA Approves Lupin's Heart Drug
Friday 29 January
ChemoCentryx Initiates Novel Autoimmune Trials
Friday 29 January
Conatus Trials Triple-Combo Hepatitis C Treatment
Friday 29 January
EU Approves Merck's Fertility Treatment
Friday 29 January
Teva Attempts to Launch Generic Version of Gilead Drug
Thursday 28 January
Pacgen Forms Tie with New Summit to Target Chinese Market
Thursday 28 January
Rotavirus Vaccines Can Save Two Million Lives, Studies Show
Thursday 28 January
Pfizer Bio VP Pits IT as the Next Big Thing in Pharma
Thursday 28 January
Trials Start on Renal Cancer Drug
Wednesday 27 January
UK Under Pressure to Allow Heart Drug on NHS
Wednesday 27 January
Threshold to Continue Trialling Tumour Drug
Wednesday 27 January
Novartis Names New CEO
Wednesday 27 January
Biogen Kicks Off Haemophilia B Trials
Tuesday 26 January
Abbott Seeking Approval for Rapid HIV Test
Tuesday 26 January
EMEA Reviewing Lipase Deficiency Treatment
Tuesday 26 January
US Approves New Type 2 Diabetes Drug
Tuesday 26 January
Cantab to Focus on Biosuperior Research
Monday 25 January
Good Results for Pancreatic Cancer Drug Sutent
Monday 25 January
Pharma Rises After US Health Reform Setback
Monday 25 January
New MS Drug to Get Patients on Their Feet
Monday 25 January
Inspire Drug for Dry Eye Disease Fails Late-Stage Trial
Friday 22 January
Roche Drug Helps Elderly Be Cancer-Free for Longer
Friday 22 January
Leading Obesity Drug Suspended in UK
Friday 22 January
Latest Trials Show Hope for MS Drug
Friday 22 January
Good Early Results for Sangamo's HIV Drug
Thursday 21 January
Japan Approves First Psoriasis Biologic
Thursday 21 January
Cumberland Donates Caldolor to Haitian Relief Effort
Thursday 21 January
GSK to Tackle Third World Diseases
Thursday 21 January
Novartis Snaps Up Chiasma's Small Molecule Enhancer
Wednesday 20 January
Boehringer Ingelheim and Priaxon to Research New Cancer Drugs
Wednesday 20 January
Diabetes Drug Victoza Approved in Japan
Wednesday 20 January
GSK to Open up Malaria Research
Wednesday 20 January
MorphoSys Enrolls First Patient in Arthritis Trial
Tuesday 19 January
Study Finds Need for Dose Variation in Psoriasis Drugs
Tuesday 19 January
AstraZeneca and Dako Join to Develop Cancer Treatments
Tuesday 19 January
Healthcare Fraud Costs $260bn Each Year
Tuesday 19 January
Multi-Million Kickback Suit Filed Against J&J
Monday 18 January
EMA Waiver Paves Way for StemEx Leukaemia Study
Monday 18 January
J&J Issues Major OTC Drug Recall
Monday 18 January
Novartis Sends Aid to Haiti
Monday 18 January
Pharma Companies Join Haiti Aid Effort
Friday 15 January
UK Pushes MS Stem Cell Research
Friday 15 January
Acceleron Announces Exciting New Drug Candidates
Friday 15 January
Octapharma's Wilate Plasma Given Orphan Drug Status
Friday 15 January
FDA Makes Drug Approval More Transparent
Thursday 14 January
3D Structures Could Lead to Improved Drugs
Thursday 14 January
GSK Agrees to Cut Flu Vaccine Orders
Thursday 14 January
Biogen Snaps Up Trillium's Biologic Platform
Thursday 14 January
Sorrento Springs for Scripps MRSA Technology
Wednesday 13 January
Amarin's Cardio Drug Moves to Phase III Trials
Wednesday 13 January
FDA and Biovista to Collaborate on Medication Safety
Wednesday 13 January
Parkinson's Drug Azilect Launched in France
Wednesday 13 January
Pharmaron Acquires Bridge Laboratories China
Tuesday 12 January
BioMarin Initiates Muscular Dystrophy Drug Trials
Tuesday 12 January
FDA Approves Risky New Arthritis Drug
Tuesday 12 January
Medivation Kicks Off Prostate Cancer Trials
Tuesday 12 January
US and Germany Slash H1N1 Vaccine Orders
Monday 11 January
Novartis Launches Schizophrenia Treatment Fanapt
Monday 11 January
EU Opens Official Lundbeck Investigation
Monday 11 January
India Stays Decision to Block Natco's Cancer Drug
Monday 11 January
NexBio Starts Flu Drug Trial in Mexico and US
Friday 08 January
First Phase of Huntington's Drug Trial Begins in EU
Friday 08 January
US Psychiatric Patients Likely to be Given Combination of Drugs
Friday 08 January
US Has Made No Decision about Selling H1N1 Vaccines
Friday 08 January
Ensemble and Pfizer to Develop Novel Drug Candidates
Thursday 07 January
Eisai Acquires AkaRx and Blood Drug Rights
Thursday 07 January
Canada Lends Swine Flu Vaccine to Mexico
Thursday 07 January
AstraZeneca and Teva Settle Gastro Generic Dispute
Thursday 07 January
UK Rejects Leukaemia Drugs as Expensive and Unproven
Wednesday 06 January
UK Clears Path for More Generic Medicines
Wednesday 06 January
EU Approves Rare LEMS Disease Drug
Wednesday 06 January
EnVivo Schizophrenia Drug Enters Phase 2 Trials
Wednesday 06 January
Proximagen Moves for Minster Pharmaceuticals
Tuesday 05 January
Medicines Co Sues Teva and Pliva over Angiomax Generic
Tuesday 05 January
Japan's Dainippon Submits New Schizophrenia Drug to FDA
Tuesday 05 January
EU Approves Pfizer's Injectable PAH Treatment
Tuesday 05 January
FDA to Review Seizure Treatment Retigabine
Monday 04 January
Novartis Eyes up $39.3bn Alcon Deal
Monday 04 January
Evolva and Roche Enter Oncology Research Collaboration
Monday 04 January
France to Sell Off Surplus Swine Flu Vaccines
Monday 04 January
December
2009
Top
FDA Approves High-Dose Flu Vaccine for Seniors
Thursday 24 December
Merck Discontinues Atherosclerosis Drug Programme
Thursday 24 December
Lilly and Kowa to Co-Promote Cholesterol Drug in US
Thursday 24 December
Amgen calls Victory in Roche Anaemia Drug Dispute
Wednesday 23 December
Packaging Error Forces P&G to Recall Medicine
Wednesday 23 December
Eli Lilly works with Applied NeuroSolutions on Alzheimer's Treatment
Wednesday 23 December
Placon Launches Eco-Friendly Pharma Packaging
Tuesday 22 December
Positive Results for Medicago's Avian Flu Jab
Tuesday 22 December
Daiichi Sankyo Launches Ranbaxy's Antihypertensive in Africa
Monday 21 December
Orphan Drug Designation for Pixantrone in Europe
Monday 21 December
WHO Sanctions All Novartis Flu Vaccines for Developing World
Monday 21 December
Trials Begin on Innovative Ovarian Cancer Compound
Friday 18 December
FDA Approves Long-Acting Schizophrenia Drug
Friday 18 December
GSK and NanoBio to Launch New Cold Sore Treatment
Thursday 17 December
Sanofi Partnership to Develop Staphylococcus Vaccine
Thursday 17 December
Merck Serono Collaboration to Advance MS Treatments
Thursday 17 December
FDA Approves Alzheimer's Generic
Wednesday 16 December
Takeda and Pfizer to Co-Promote Actos in China
Wednesday 16 December
Addex Stops Migraine Study Due to Liver Problems
Tuesday 15 December
Nine Deaths Halt Elan's High-Dose Alzheimer's Trial
Tuesday 15 December
FDA Allows Roche to Resume Avastin Trial
Monday 14 December
US Must Spend More on Vaccine Safety, Report Says
Monday 14 December
HIV Prevention Gel Fails Trial
Monday 14 December
Oncothyreon Shares Up on News of Lung Cancer Trial
Friday 11 December
Targacept Starts Schizophrenia Drug Trial
Friday 11 December
Roche Sees Positive Results in Arthritis Drug
Friday 11 December
Asthma Sufferers Could be Helped by Cancer Drug
Thursday 10 December
GSK Expands Heart Drug Trials
Thursday 10 December
Roche Cancer Trials Show Positive Results
Thursday 10 December
Major Child Cancer Study to Begin in UK
Thursday 10 December
Micromet's Leukaemia Drug Shows Positive Results
Wednesday 09 December
Bionomics to Launch Anti-Cancer Drug Trial in Australia
Wednesday 09 December
GE and Covidien MRI Drugs May Pose Higher Risk, Advisers Warn
Wednesday 09 December
Effectiveness of Flu Antiviral Tamiflu in Question
Wednesday 09 December
FDA Approves New Sustained Release Drug Applications
Tuesday 08 December
First Treatment Approved for von Willebrand Disease
Tuesday 08 December
Diabetes Gene Linked to Childhood Obesity
Tuesday 08 December
South Korea Offers Swine Flu Aid to the North
Tuesday 08 December
J&J Novel Anticoagulant Tests Well in Trials
Monday 07 December
US Approves Major Depression Add-On Treatment
Monday 07 December
Lilly's Adolescent Bipolar Treatment Approved
Monday 07 December
BiondVax Close to Universal Flu Vaccine
Monday 07 December
Good Results for DermaGen's New Skin Treatment
Friday 04 December
Takeda Announces Strategic Push into Brazil
Friday 04 December
Green Tea Chemical Could Cure Brain Disorders
Friday 04 December
New Database to Boost European Cancer Research
Friday 04 December
US Fast Tracks New Multiple Myeloma Drug
Thursday 03 December
Hereditary Angioedema Treatment Approved in US
Thursday 03 December
Cephalon Files Patent Lawsuit Against Teva
Thursday 03 December
Good Results from Novavax's Mexican Flu Vaccine Trials
Thursday 03 December
FDA Approves Over-the–Counter Heartburn Drug
Wednesday 02 December
J&J Seeks Approval for New Chronic Pain Treatment
Wednesday 02 December
WHO Prequalifies GSK's Pandemic Flu Drug
Wednesday 02 December
Transgene's Lung Cancer Therapy Fast-Tracked
Wednesday 02 December
Patients Enrolled for Pivotal Bladder Cancer Trials
Tuesday 01 December
FDA Approves New LEMS Treatment
Tuesday 01 December
FDA Rejects New Cladribine Indication
Tuesday 01 December
Eli Lilly's Anxiety Drug Wins US Approval
Tuesday 01 December
November
2009
Top
Seasonal Flu Drug Agriflu Approved in US
Monday 30 November
EU Approves Anti-Arrhythmic Multaq
Monday 30 November
Innovation Pass to Get New Drugs to UK Patients
Monday 30 November
New Tumour Compounds Show Remarkable Results
Monday 30 November
Ranbaxy Launches Herpes Generic in US
Friday 27 November
Sun Pharma's ADHD Generic Tentatively Approved in US
Friday 27 November
Powerful New Hay Fever Drug Available in EU
Friday 27 November
Cardio Drug Micardis Wins EU Nod
Friday 27 November
Drug-Resistant Bacterial Infection on the Rise in US
Friday 27 November
Idera and Merck Extend Vaccine Adjuvant Alliance
Thursday 26 November
HGS Seeking Approval for New Hepatitis C Treatment
Thursday 26 November
FDA Approves Treatment for Resistant HIV Patients
Thursday 26 November
Chronic Leukaemia Treatment Granted EU Orphan Status
Thursday 26 November
Shire Submits New Gaucher Treatment to EU
Wednesday 25 November
Ipsen Initiates Novel Cancer Inhibitor Trials
Wednesday 25 November
Novartis Moves for Incyte's Cancer Therapies
Wednesday 25 November
Gilead and GSK Enter Asian Hepatitis Market
Wednesday 25 November
New Once-Daily Launched for Parkinsons
Tuesday 24 November
GSK Announces Flu Vaccine Ready for All Ages
Tuesday 24 November
Merck Serono Extends Chinese Footprint
Tuesday 24 November
Researchers Optimistic Over New Cancer Pain Drug
Tuesday 24 November
Hungary Declares Swine Flu a National Epidemic
Monday 23 November
Abilify Approved for Autism Behaviours in Children
Monday 23 November
Pfizer's Geodon Approved for Bipolar Disorder
Monday 23 November
Positive Results for Genta's Leading Oncology Drug
Monday 23 November
Morphine Linked to Spread of Cancer
Monday 23 November
EU Approves Advanced Gastric Cancer Treatment
Friday 20 November
Adamas Expands Triple-Combo Flu Trial
Friday 20 November
New Hope for People with Cat Allergies
Friday 20 November
Operation Pangea Cracks Down on Illegal Pharma Sites
Friday 20 November
AstraZeneca Submits New Heart Drug Application
Thursday 19 November
Jennerex and Lee's to Develop New Cancer Drug in Asia
Thursday 19 November
US Researchers Target New Tumour Treatment
Thursday 19 November
Drug Industry Positive About 2010
Thursday 19 November
Schizophrenia Drug Shows Fewer Side Effects
Wednesday 18 November
ALK Launches Largest-Ever Child Asthma Trial
Wednesday 18 November
FDA Approves Chilli Treatment for Shingles Pain
Wednesday 18 November
Cancer Pain Market to Reach $3.7bn by 2018
Wednesday 18 November
US Opts for Freeze-Dried Smallpox Vaccine
Tuesday 17 November
FDA Approves Fifth Swine Flu Vaccine
Tuesday 17 November
Novavax Enrols Patients for Mexican Flu Trial
Tuesday 17 November
GSK Announces Deal for Potential Nicotine Vaccination
Tuesday 17 November
BioInvent and Daiichi Sankyo Target Multiple Antibodies
Monday 16 November
Bristol-Myers Drops Mead to Focus on Biopharma
Monday 16 November
Promising Results for New Addex Heartburn Drug
Monday 16 November
Shanghai Orders Sinovac Hepatitis Vaccine
Monday 16 November
Allergy Drug Also Reduces Nasal Congestion
Friday 13 November
Record Number of Drugs Being Developed for Women
Friday 13 November
Dementia Drugs Contribute to Patient Deaths, Report Shows
Friday 13 November
WHO Pushes Early Antiviral Treatment for H1N1
Friday 13 November
Novartis Launches Prevacid 24HR OTC Across US
Thursday 12 November
Merck and Isofol Sign Agreement for Cancer Drug
Thursday 12 November
Sanofi Confirms Safety of H1N1 Vaccine
Thursday 12 November
Pfizer Skewed Positive Data from Neurontin Trials, Researchers Say
Thursday 12 November
Bristol-Myers and Alder to Research New Arthritis Biologic
Wednesday 11 November
Teva Wins Right to Market Heartburn Generic
Wednesday 11 November
Novartis Three-in-One Blood Pressure Drug Approved in EU
Wednesday 11 November
New Treatment Combo Reduces Breast Cancer Recurrence
Wednesday 11 November
Pharma Packaging With High Temperature Resistance Launched
Tuesday 10 November
Astellas Swoops for Promising IBS Treatment
Tuesday 10 November
Novel Epilepsy Treatment Zebinix Launched in the UK
Tuesday 10 November
GSK to Donate H1N1 Vaccine to Developing World
Tuesday 10 November
New Lou Gehrig's Treatment Wins Orphan Status
Monday 09 November
US Approves New Lymphoma Treatment Romidepsin
Monday 09 November
Destiny Antibiotic Finds New Ways to Kill Bacteria
Monday 09 November
GSK Combines Seasonal and Pandemic Flu Shots
Monday 09 November
Pfizer Extends Autoimmune Collaboration with Ligand
Friday 06 November
Abraxane Wins Orphan Drug Designation
Friday 06 November
Novexel Begins Advanced Skin Infection Treatment Trials
Friday 06 November
Lymphoma Drug Could Fight Deadly Bone Cancer
Friday 06 November
Inspire Completes Patient Enrollment in Late-Stage Trials
Thursday 05 November
Novartis Gets German Approval for Celtura Flu Vaccine
Thursday 05 November
New Agreement Targets Obesity
Thursday 05 November
CONCERTA Tests Prove Productive
Thursday 05 November
New Research Raises Concern About Use of Antibiotics During Pregnancy
Wednesday 04 November
Pazopanib Included in NCCN Oncology Guidelines
Wednesday 04 November
Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Makes Progress
Wednesday 04 November
World's Largest Malaria Vaccine Trial Underway Across Africa
Wednesday 04 November
StemEx Could Provide Bone Marrow Alternative
Tuesday 03 November
Gilead and GSK to Collaborate on Blood Pressure Study
Tuesday 03 November
Groundbreaking Lupus Treatment Makes Progress
Tuesday 03 November
Novartis to Invest $1bn in Chinese R&D
Tuesday 03 November
Procter & Gamble Warned Over Illegal Flu Medicines
Monday 02 November
Byetta Awarded First-Line Diabetes Status in US
Monday 02 November
Lilly CEO Criticises Lack of Biopharma Innovation
Monday 02 November
Amylin and Takeda to Take on Obesity
Monday 02 November
October
2009
Top
Coding to Secure Pharma Labelling
Friday 30 October
Eli Lilly Opens New Biotech Centre
Friday 30 October
New Partnership to Commercialise Caldolor Down Under
Friday 30 October
Sanofi-Aventis and Micromet to Develop New Tumour Antibody
Friday 30 October
UK Recommends Topotecan for Cervical Cancer
Thursday 29 October
FDA Gives Tentative Backing to Transcept's Intermezzo
Thursday 29 October
Abbott Applies for New Humira Indication in Japan
Thursday 29 October
Novartis Flu Vaccine on Track for the US
Thursday 29 October
EU Approves First CAPS Treatment
Wednesday 28 October
Huxley Acquisition Lands Biomarin New LEMS Treatment
Wednesday 28 October
NeoPharm Submits Frontline Pancreatic Cancer Treatment
Wednesday 28 October
AstraZeneca Withdraws Approval Request for Zactima
Wednesday 28 October
Chronic Leukaemia Treatment Azerra Approved in US
Tuesday 27 October
Shire's Vyvanse Five-Year Exclusivity Stands
Tuesday 27 October
Peramivir to be Used for Special Swine Flu Cases
Tuesday 27 October
French Scientists Unlock Novel Gene-Silencing Protein
Tuesday 27 October
Repligen Licenses Spinal Muscular Atrophy Compounds
Monday 26 October
Arena's Lorcaserin Trial Shows Positive Results
Monday 26 October
Ceplene's Cost Effectiveness Proved for UK AML Patients
Monday 26 October
Singapore’s Drop in Industrial Production Linked to its Pharmaceutical Sector
Monday 26 October
Corn Protein Could Replace Pill Coatings
Friday 23 October
Bayer and Onyx Advance Thyroid Cancer Drug Trials
Friday 23 October
First Myelofibrosis Treatment Trial Ends
Friday 23 October
EU Approves Novartis 3-in-1 Blood Pressure Treatment
Friday 23 October
GE and Lilly Collaboration Unlocks New Biomarkers
Thursday 22 October
Novax and Xcellerex Accelerate Flu Vaccine
Thursday 22 October
Roche Kicks Off Enhanzed Cancer Drug Trial
Thursday 22 October
US Pharma Companies Pay Off Medicaid Fraud Claims
Thursday 22 October
UK Rolls Out Swine Flu Vaccinations
Wednesday 21 October
Antibiotic-Resistant Diseases Cost the US Billions Each Year
Wednesday 21 October
Human Genome and GSK Announce Positive Lupus Study Results
Wednesday 21 October
Kinaxo and Roche Collaborate to Research Innovative New Biomarkers
Wednesday 21 October
GSK's Children's Flu Vaccine Approved in US
Tuesday 20 October
FDA Approves New Kidney Cancer Treatment
Tuesday 20 October
Novavax Launches New Swine Flu Study in Mexico
Tuesday 20 October
New Leukaemia Drug Excels in Head-to-Head Trial
Tuesday 20 October
US Approval for GSK's Cervical Cancer Vaccine
Monday 19 October
FDA Approves Crestor for Paediatric Cholesterol
Monday 19 October
France Biotech to Invest State Funds in Vaccine Research
Monday 19 October
Biogen and Biovitrum to Take Haemophilia B Therapy to Trials
Monday 19 October
Inovio Kicks off New HIV DNA Vaccine Trials
Friday 16 October
Pfizer Completes Wyeth Takeover
Friday 16 October
Kinaxo and Bayer Vital to Search for New Cancer Biomarkers
Friday 16 October
FDA Backs Accorda's Improved Mobility Treatment for MS
Friday 16 October
Pfizer Receives US and Canadian Go-Ahead for Wyeth Acquisition
Thursday 15 October
Bio-Matrix to Aggressively Pursue Stem Cell Funding
Thursday 15 October
Boehringer Ingelheim's Parkinson's Once-Daily Approved in the EU
Thursday 15 October
Sanofi Pasteur's Flu Vaccine Tests Well in Children
Thursday 15 October
FDA Authorises Emergency Use of Diatherix Swine Flu Test
Wednesday 14 October
OPKO to Acquire Schering-Plough's Nausea Programme
Wednesday 14 October
Compugen and Bayer Schering Set Sights on New Tumour Target
Wednesday 14 October
AMT's Muscular Dystrophy Treatment Granted EU Orphan Designation
Wednesday 14 October
New 3D Drug Imaging Brings Controlled Release Breakthrough
Tuesday 13 October
Raptor Announces Positive Results for New Liver Disease Treatment
Tuesday 13 October
Onyx Breaks into Haematological Market with Proteolix Acquisition
Tuesday 13 October
Novartis Snaps Up Rights for Important New Schizophrenia Therapy
Tuesday 13 October
FDA Approves First Treatment for Hereditary Angioedema
Monday 12 October
Sinclair Pharma Moves for Solvay's Burn Treatments
Monday 12 October
BioAlliance to Begin New Pain Drug Trials in France
Monday 12 October
Intralytix Wins Army Contract to Develop Shigella Treatment
Monday 12 October
Grunenthal to Supply Labopharm's Pain Drugs in Europe
Friday 09 October
Hospira Strikes Deal for South Korean Biogenerics
Friday 09 October
AC Immune and Bayer Schering to collaborate on Alzheimer's Vaccine
Friday 09 October
US Extends Avanir's Zenvia Patent
Friday 09 October
Sanofi's Humenza and Panenza Flu Vaccines Succeed in Trials
Thursday 08 October
Novartis Swoops for Promising New Antibiotic
Thursday 08 October
Shire Study Compares Phosphate Binders in Kidney Disease
Thursday 08 October
FDA Approves APP's Migraine Treatment
Thursday 08 October
EU Investigators Raid Pharma Giants
Wednesday 07 October
India's Lupin and Salix Join for New Rifaximin Combo
Wednesday 07 October
GSK Forms Paediatric Vaccine Alliance in China
Wednesday 07 October
Diamyd Diabetes Vaccine Trial Set to Begin
Wednesday 07 October
FDA Committee Backs GSK's Votrient Kidney Cancer Treatment
Tuesday 06 October
Novartis Ships 27 Million Seasonal Flu Doses to the US
Tuesday 06 October
UCB's RA Treatment Cimzia Granted EU Approval
Tuesday 06 October
Depomed Announces Top Results for New Pain Drug
Tuesday 06 October
EU Recommends Third Flu Vaccine for Authorisation
Monday 05 October
UK Recommends Hycamtin for Relapsed Lung Cancer
Monday 05 October
Genentech's Lucentis Eye Drug Shows Good Clinical Results
Monday 05 October
Japan Launches First Biosimilar Somatropin
Monday 05 October
Sanofi Flu Vaccine Shows Success After One Dose
Friday 02 October
GSK Flu Pandemic Vaccine Receives EU Approval
Friday 02 October
Sanofi-Aventis to Acquire French Ocular Experts Fovea
Friday 02 October
EU Ingredient Companies to Merge
Friday 02 October
Novartis Sees Good Clinical Results for Tumour Treatment Sandostatin
Friday 02 October
Merck Submits New Oral MS Treatment for US Approval
Thursday 01 October
Sanofi-Aventis Moves for Merrimack's Promising New Antibody
Thursday 01 October
New CTI Oesophagus Cancer Trial Shows Good Results
Thursday 01 October
Mylan’s Parkinsons Generics Approved in the US
Thursday 01 October
September
2009
Top
CTI Requests EU Orphan Drug Designation for Pixantrone
Wednesday 30 September
AstraZeneca’s Seroquel Approved in EU to Treat All Bipolar Phases
Wednesday 30 September
Abbott and Eisai Seek Japanese Approval for Crohn's Disease Treatment
Wednesday 30 September
Taiwan Institute Joins Lilly TB Drug Discovery Initiative
Wednesday 30 September
Abbott to Acquire Solvay Pharmaceuticals
Tuesday 29 September
Chronic Leukaemia Treatment Rituximab Available in UK
Tuesday 29 September
UCB and AstraZeneca Form Brazilian Pharma Partnership
Tuesday 29 September
UK Probes Cancer Vaccine Death
Tuesday 29 September
US Approves New Psoriasis Drug
Monday 28 September
First Peripheral T-cell Lymphoma Treatment Approved
Monday 28 September
Novartis Flu Vaccine Cleared for EU Approval
Monday 28 September
Pfizer to Continue Japanese Collaboration
Monday 28 September
FDA to Review Cephalon for Excessive Sleepiness
Friday 25 September
New Study Confirms Azilect Slows Parkinson's Disease
Friday 25 September
UK Recommends Permetrexed as First Choice Lung Cancer Treatment
Friday 25 September
US Court Backs Eli Lilly's Evista Patents
Friday 25 September
UK Approves Breakthrough Psoriasis Treatment Stelara
Thursday 24 September
Plexxikon Melanoma Treatment Shows Good Phase I Results
Thursday 24 September
US Orders More Doses of Sanofi H1N1 Vaccine
Thursday 24 September
Exciting Trial Shows HIV Vaccine Cuts Infection
Thursday 24 September
UK Introduces Measures to Boost Vaccination Equality
Wednesday 23 September
UK Recommends Sunitinib for Gastrointestinal Tumours
Wednesday 23 September
Novartis Gets EU Go-Ahead for Ebewe Takeover
Wednesday 23 September
EU Plans First International Biobank
Wednesday 23 September
US Lifts Temporary Suspension of Children’s Hib Vaccine
Tuesday 22 September
Neuralstem Given Go-Ahead for First ALS Stem Cell Trial
Tuesday 22 September
Vectibix Shows Good Results Against Colorectal Cancer
Tuesday 22 September
AstraZeneca and Nektar to Collaborate on Drug Development
Tuesday 22 September
Wyeth and Ambrx Ally to Develop Protein Drugs
Monday 21 September
Australia Approves CSL Swine Flu Vaccine
Monday 21 September
Glenmark Anti-Hypertension Tablets Approved in US
Monday 21 September
Ipsen’s Cosmetic Muscle Relaxant Azzalure Approved in Spain
Monday 21 September
US Senate Votes to Improve Clinical Trial Access
Friday 18 September
Novartis New Blood Pressure Drug Valturna Approved in US
Friday 18 September
Genentech Study Shows Rixutan Reduces Lymphoma Progression
Friday 18 September
Teva Moves For Rexahn's Novel Anti-Cancer Compound
Friday 18 September
Matrix’s Combo HIV Treatment Approved in the US
Thursday 17 September
GSK Memo Reveals Scientists Withheld Paxil's Heart Risk
Thursday 17 September
EU Calls for New Cures to Treat Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria
Thursday 17 September
New Study Shows Valdoxan is Superior to Prozac
Thursday 17 September
FDA Approval Signals Start of Flu Vaccine Distribution in US
Wednesday 16 September
Advanced Life Sciences' Restanza Could Treat Plague and Anthrax
Wednesday 16 September
Novartis Investigational COPD Drug Increases Lung Function
Wednesday 16 September
Bristol-Myers Sells Asia Pharma Rights to Taisho
Wednesday 16 September
Saphris Shown to Reduce Chance of Schizophrenia Relapse
Tuesday 15 September
FDA Considers Mylan Application for Copaxone Generic
Tuesday 15 September
Myriad's Novel HIV Inhibitor Shows Strong Potential
Tuesday 15 September
Ariad to Continue Experimental Cancer Drug Study
Tuesday 15 September
Biocon and Amylin Collaborate on Novel Diabetes Therapy
Monday 14 September
Takeda Advances New Prostate Drug to Phase II
Monday 14 September
Adamas Triple Combo Antiviral Shows Swine Flu Potency
Monday 14 September
New Data for Eli Lilly's Cymbalta Shows Sustained Pain Relief
Monday 14 September
Ascenta Gets FDA Go-Ahead to Begin Cancer Antagonist Trials
Friday 11 September
Par Pharma to Begin Marketing Starlix Generic
Friday 11 September
Swiss Biotechs Arpida and Evolva Plan Merger
Friday 11 September
Galapagos Takes New Arthritis Candidate to Next Trial Phase
Friday 11 September
FDA Committee Backs Cervarix Cervical Cancer Vaccine
Thursday 10 September
EU Approves Januvia as Top Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes
Thursday 10 September
Anadys Begins Phase II Trials on Fast-Tracked Hepatitis C Treatment
Thursday 10 September
GPSI Targets India for New Drug Development
Thursday 10 September
Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Taking Enbrel Work for Longer, Study Says
Wednesday 09 September
NICE Rejects Bayer's Nexavar as Liver Cancer Treatment
Wednesday 09 September
ISTA Gets FDA Approval for Bepreve Eye Drop Treatment
Wednesday 09 September
Protalix's prGCD Gets FDA Orphan Drug Designation
Wednesday 09 September
Sanofi Pasteur and Butantan to Provide Flu Vaccine to Brazil
Tuesday 08 September
Ark to Begin Studies on Innovative Foetal Growth Restriction Treatment
Tuesday 08 September
FDA Sets date for Pixantrone Decision
Tuesday 08 September
Debiopharm to License Ipsen's Cancer Inhibitor
Tuesday 08 September
Baxter Acquires Edwards Haemofiltration Business
Monday 07 September
Bristol-Myers Squibb Gets Go-Ahead for Belatacept Application
Monday 07 September
UK Swine Flu Fatality Threat Subsides
Friday 04 September
New Hope for HIV Prevention as Researchers Target Weak Spot
Friday 04 September
Novartis Swine Flu Vaccine Does Well in Pilot Trials
Thursday 03 September
Breakthrough Leukaemia Treatment Approved in Europe
Thursday 03 September
Stemedica to Manufacture Stem Cells in California
Wednesday 02 September
First Test Kit Launched for Tamiflu-Resistant Swine Flu
Wednesday 02 September
New Data Shows Slower Heart Rate Reduces Risk of Attacks
Wednesday 02 September
Bristol-Myers Squibb Completes Medarex Acquisition
Wednesday 02 September
FDA Approves Six New Versions of Heparin
Tuesday 01 September
Catalyst Licenses Northwestern University’s Novel Neurological Therapies
Tuesday 01 September
Watson Receives FDA Approval for Plan B Generic
Tuesday 01 September
AstraZeneca's New Heart Drug Ticagrelor Does Well in Trials
Tuesday 01 September
August
2009
Top
Mylan Begins Marketing BenzaClin Acne Generic
Friday 28 August
Bioo to Test Melamine Contamination in Pharmaceuticals
Friday 28 August
UCB and Immunomedics Announce Good Results in Landmark Lupus Study
Friday 28 August
Abbott and Pfizer to Use Genetic Test in Race to Cure Lung Cancer
Friday 28 August
New Bowel Therapy Extracted from Genetically Engineered Bacteria
Thursday 27 August
Wyeth Blasts NICE Kidney Cancer Drug Rejection
Thursday 27 August
Endo and ProStrakan Partner to Deliver New Testosterone Therapy
Thursday 27 August
Nymox Lead Drug Shows Positive Effects on Liver Cancer
Thursday 27 August
US Authorises Emergency H1N1 Test for Overseas Troops
Wednesday 26 August
UK Gives Thumbs Up to Alitretinoin Hand Eczema Treatment
Wednesday 26 August
Warner Chilcott Swoops for P&G's Pharmaceuticals Business
Wednesday 26 August
Profectus Enters Research Collaboration to Find Malaria Vaccine
Wednesday 26 August
FDA to Examine Dangers of Weight Loss Drug Orlistat
Tuesday 25 August
Xyzal Approved as Childhood Allergy Treatment in the US
Tuesday 25 August
UCB and Novartis Join Forces to Tap German Pharmaceutical Market
Tuesday 25 August
Discovery Shuttle Takes Vaccine Development to Space and Beyond
Tuesday 25 August
New Lymphoma Treatment Pixantrone Submitted for FDA Approval
Monday 24 August
First Infant Seizure Treatment Sabril Approved in the US
Monday 24 August
Takeda Reacquires Rights to Actos in Canada
Monday 24 August
Novartis Childhood Asthma Drug Xolair Approved in EU
Monday 24 August
FDA Warns Illegal Ibuprofen Marketers
Friday 21 August
Merck Wins Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Teva
Friday 21 August
China Installs New Drug Policy to Boost Competition
Friday 21 August
Health Canada Approves Anika’s Monovisc Osteoarthritis Treatment
Friday 21 August
FDA Approves Hiberix as Children's Booster Hib Vaccine
Thursday 20 August
Adamas and US Navy Partner to Test Novel Flu Therapies
Thursday 20 August
Forest COPD Drug Oglemilast Fails to Impress in Trials
Thursday 20 August
China’s Zheiiang Orders Equipment for Oncology Medicines
Thursday 20 August
Eli Lilly Terminates Osteoporosis Drug Development
Wednesday 19 August
Genmab and GSK Blood Cancer Drug Trials Disappoint
Wednesday 19 August
Novavax Flu Virus Vaccine Reports Positive Preclinical Results
Wednesday 19 August
Study Shows Significant Risk of Heart Failure with Avandia
Wednesday 19 August
FDA Approves New MS Treatment Extavia
Tuesday 18 August
GSK and Brazil’s Fiocruz Partner for Vaccine Research
Tuesday 18 August
NeuroSearch and Janssen Form CNS Drug Discovery Alliance
Tuesday 18 August
Amgen's Vectibix Shows Strong Results in Colorectal Cancer Trials
Tuesday 18 August
FDA Advisory Gives Mixed Verdict on Amgen's Prolia
Monday 17 August
GSK Begins First Swine Flu Vaccine Study
Monday 17 August
US Regulators Approve Saphris Antipsychotic
Monday 17 August
US Inspectors Demand Info on Gilead Sciences' Ranexa
Monday 17 August
FDA Approves First Long-Acting Pain Opioid Embeda
Friday 14 August
OncoGenex Kicks off Solid Tumour Treatment Trials
Friday 14 August
Dynavax Pushes Hepatitis B Vaccine Development in Europe
Friday 14 August
Cannabis Science to develop Novel Swine Flu Treatment
Friday 14 August
FDA Clarifies Expanded Access to Investigational Drugs
Thursday 13 August
MSD's Isentress Compares Favourably with First-Line HIV Medications
Thursday 13 August
Sanofi-Aventis Heart Drug Approved in Canada
Thursday 13 August
Cryo-Cell and S-Evans Bioscience Combine to Research Menstrual Stem Cell Technology
Thursday 13 August
FDA Gives Tentative Approval for HIV Generic
Wednesday 12 August
Cephalon Enters Biologics Arena with Arana Acquisition
Wednesday 12 August
Amgen Announces Success in Two Pivotal Osteoporosis Studies
Wednesday 12 August
AstraZeneca and Forest Combine to Battle Antibiotic Resistance
Wednesday 12 August
Flu Drugs Less Effective in Children According to UK Research
Tuesday 11 August
US Approves Generic Version of GSK’s Imitrex Migraine Treatment
Tuesday 11 August
Nycomed and Forest Combine on Promising COPD Treatment
Tuesday 11 August
Inovio and NIH Centre Team Up to Advance Flu Vaccine
Tuesday 11 August
Novartis to Develop Opexa Stem Cell Technology
Monday 10 August
Merck Shareholders Back Schering-Plough Merger
Monday 10 August
Extra-Strength Ventavis Heart Drug gets FDA Approval
Monday 10 August
New Galapagos Arthritis Drug Tests Positively in Human Trials
Monday 10 August
FDA Instructs Pharma Companies to Watch for Melamine
Friday 07 August
Vectibix for Colorectal Cancer Shows Remarkable Survival Rates
Friday 07 August
NicOx Reacquires Rights to Pfizer Glaucoma Drug
Friday 07 August
EU Approves Afinitor for Use Against Advanced Renal Cancer
Friday 07 August
Largest-Ever Lung Cancer Trial Builds New Hope for Cures
Thursday 06 August
New Heart Attack Treatment Effient Now Available in US
Thursday 06 August
Genzyme Receives EU Approval for Blood Cancer Treatment Mozobil
Thursday 06 August
EpiCept Applies for Ceplene Approval In Canada
Thursday 06 August
US Warns Against Cancer Threat from TNF Blockers
Wednesday 05 August
GSK Announces New Orders for Flu Vaccine
Wednesday 05 August
Novartis Begins Shipping of Seasonal Flu Vaccine Ahead of Schedule
Wednesday 05 August
New Leukaemia Drug Trial Data Reveals Remarkable Results
Wednesday 05 August
New Cholesterol-Lowering Drug Approved in the US
Tuesday 04 August
Project Zero Delay Speeds Up Clinical Trials
Tuesday 04 August
Breakthrough into Malaria Origin Springs New Hope for Cures
Tuesday 04 August
Avastin Kidney Cancer Treatment Approved in US
Tuesday 04 August
New Type 2 Diabetes Treatment Gets FDA Go-Ahead
Monday 03 August
Very First Schizoaffective Disorder Treatment Approved
Monday 03 August
US Seizes Clarcon Skin Products
Monday 03 August
Phase III Tarceva Trial Shows Positive Survival Rates
Monday 03 August
July
2009
Top
Colchicine gets FDA Stamp of Approval
Friday 31 July
GSK and Genmab Announce Positive Arthritis Drug Trial Results
Friday 31 July
Sanofi-Aventis to acquire Merck's Share of Merial in $4bn Deal
Friday 31 July
Anadys Gets Go-Ahead for Hepatitis C Drug Trials
Friday 31 July
US Initiates Nationwide Recall of Steam Dietary Supplement
Thursday 30 July
Abbott Strengthens Nutritional Business in India
Thursday 30 July
Inovio Flu Vaccine Scores 100% in Animal Trials
Thursday 30 July
Watson Claims Marketing Rights to New Anaemia Generic in US
Thursday 30 July
FDA Warns Body Builders Against Steroid-Containing Supplements
Wednesday 29 July
New Patient-Specific Melanoma Vaccine Study Shows Long-Term Success
Wednesday 29 July
Britain Urges Elderly to Review Medicine Prescriptions
Wednesday 29 July
Promising Heart Drug Multaq Now Available in US
Wednesday 29 July
US Awards Emergency Authorisation for Additional H1N1 Flu Test
Tuesday 28 July
Wyeth Reports Breakthrough in Menopause Treatment
Tuesday 28 July
Takeda Submits NDA for Actos Combo in Japan
Tuesday 28 July
Amgen and GSK Combine to Commercialise Denosumab
Tuesday 28 July
Schering-Plough's Saphiris Meets Endpoints in Schizophrenia Trials
Monday 27 July
Landmark CAPS Treatment Ilaris set for European Approval
Monday 27 July
New Drug Traceability Tool Launched in Europe
Monday 27 July
Sanofi-Aventis Strengthens Vaccine Footprint in India
Monday 27 July
Merck Serono Submits Cladribine for European Authorisation
Friday 24 July
Lilly's Forteo Receives FDA Approval for Osteoporosis
Friday 24 July
Alcon and AstraZeneca Eye Partnership to Treat Ocular Illness
Friday 24 July
Bristol-Myers Squibb Reports Excellent Second Quarter Following Medarex Acquisition
Friday 24 July
UK Recommends Rituximab as First-Line Treatment for Chronic Leukaemia
Thursday 23 July
GSK and Enigma to Develop Rapid Flu Test
Thursday 23 July
Landmark African HIV Study Shows Remarkable Survival Rates
Thursday 23 July
Bayer and Onyx Announce Positive Breast Cancer Study Results
Thursday 23 July
Heptax Shows Promise Against Metabolic Syndrome
Wednesday 22 July
FDA Fast Tracks Apaziquone for Bladder Cancer
Wednesday 22 July
Exenatide Outperforms Lantus in Head-to-Head Study
Wednesday 22 July
Tekturna Approved as Alternative to Multiple Blood Pressure Drugs
Wednesday 22 July
Genentech’s Xelox Combo Shown to Extend Life in Colon Cancer Patients
Tuesday 21 July
Mylan Receives Additional Strength Approval for Antipsychotic Haloperidol
Tuesday 21 July
Human Genome Sciences Announces First Lupus Breakthrough in a Decade
Tuesday 21 July
Wyeth Shareholders Give Seal of Approval for Pfizer Takeover
Tuesday 21 July
Pfizer Receives EU Approval for Wyeth Acquisition
Monday 20 July
Swine Flu Virus Provides Slim Pickings for Vaccine, says Novartis
Monday 20 July
Tibotec and Gilead Combine to Develop New Antiretroviral
Monday 20 July
FDA Approves New Cancer BTP Drug Onsolis
Monday 20 July
France Enlists Sanofi Pasteur to Provide Flu Vaccine
Friday 17 July
Fera Acquires Rights to Seven Fougera Ophthalmic Drug Applications
Friday 17 July
Novartis Positive Despite 12% Decline in First Half
Friday 17 July
QI Begins Breast Cancer Immunotherapy Trials
Friday 17 July
US Drug Companies Settle with States Over Vytorin Marketing
Thursday 16 July
ADVTX Presents New Drug to Protect Against Nuclear Fall-Out
Thursday 16 July
Pfizer's New Alzheimer's Compounds Pass Phase I Testing
Thursday 16 July
TheraCell Grabs Israeli University's Novel Stem Cell Technologies
Thursday 16 July
Japan's Hisamitsu to Buy Noven Pharmaceuticals
Wednesday 15 July
New Tarceva Study Shows Advanced Survivability in Lung Cancer Patients
Wednesday 15 July
GSK Announces New Strategy to Fight HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
Wednesday 15 July
UK Launches New Blueprint to Fast-Track Innovative Pharmaceuticals
Wednesday 15 July
Teva's One-Step Emergency Contraceptive gets FDA Approval
Tuesday 14 July
US Senate Moves to Protect Biotech Drugs
Tuesday 14 July
Inovio's H1N1 Vaccine Shows Positive Response in Testing
Tuesday 14 July
J&J Completes Deal for Cougar Biotech
Tuesday 14 July
EpiCept Initiates Post-Approval Clinical Study with Ceplene
Monday 13 July
InNexus Partners with Genhelix for New Product Development
Monday 13 July
Addex Achieves Second Milestone In Parkinson's Disease
Monday 13 July
Bioniche and Endo Pharmaceuticals Sign Licensing Agreement for Urocidin
Monday 13 July
Amarin Reaches Special Trials Agreement With FDA
Friday 10 July
Amylin Weight Loss Drug Shows Positive Results
Friday 10 July
Astrazeneca Terminates Map Pharma Licence Agreement
Friday 10 July
Merck and Portola to Co-Promote New Cardiovascular Drug
Friday 10 July
Alnylam to Share in GSK Tropical Diseases Patent Pool
Thursday 09 July
AstraZeneca to Press Forward on ADHD and Alzheimer's Drug Research
Thursday 09 July
GSK's Cervarix Proves Effective Against Cervical Cancer in Trials
Thursday 09 July
Novartis' Rasilez to be Available in Japan
Thursday 09 July
CanBas and Takeda Cancer Drug Enters Phase II Trials
Wednesday 08 July
FDA Accepts Once-Weekly Exenatide for Review
Wednesday 08 July
Novartis Extends TB Drug Donation to Tanzania
Wednesday 08 July
US FDA Orders Warnings for Darvocet But No Ban
Wednesday 08 July
Caraco Axes Workforce Following FDA Seizure
Tuesday 07 July
EU Commission Approves Viramune
Tuesday 07 July
FDA Outlines Future for TroVax Cancer Drug
Tuesday 07 July
Ikaria Agrees Exclusive Drug License with Bioline
Tuesday 07 July
Novo Nordisk Gets EU Nod to Market Diabetes Drug Victoza
Monday 06 July
New Deep Vein Thrombosis Drug Moves to Phase II Testing
Monday 06 July
Lundbeck Depressive Disorder Treatment Performs Well in Trials
Monday 06 July
Eisai Begins Trials on Paediatric Leukaemia Drug Dacogen
Monday 06 July
Bayer Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Teva
Friday 03 July
Dow Streamline Sees Closure of Some Manufacturing Assets
Friday 03 July
FDA Approves Sanofi-Aventis Heart Drug
Friday 03 July
J&J and Elan Join Forces on Alzheimer's Immunotherapy Program
Friday 03 July
Vical H1N1 Flu Vaccine Scores 100% in Preclinical Trials
Thursday 02 July
Teva Oral Contraceptive Gets FDA Nod
Thursday 02 July
Spain Signs Up for Novavax Flu Vaccine Technology
Thursday 02 July
AstraZeneca Receives European Authorisation for IRESSA Cancer Drug
Thursday 02 July
Rexahn and Partner Co Combine to Research New Anti-Cancer Compound
Wednesday 01 July
FDA Finally Approves AMAG's Anaemia Treatment
Wednesday 01 July
Indian Pharmaceutical Company Takes SA Treasury to Court
Wednesday 01 July
Mylan and Biocon Announce Collaboration
Wednesday 01 July
June
2009
Top
Swine Flu Shows Resistance to Tamiflu in Denmark
Tuesday 30 June
Bayer Schering Signs Cancer Therapeutics Agreement with Celera
Tuesday 30 June
BiovaxID Now Available In Europe
Tuesday 30 June
Zebinix Anti-Epileptic Shows Long-Term Success
Tuesday 30 June
Antigenics Expands Phase II Glioma Trial
Monday 29 June
Inotek Sees Positive Results for Glaucoma Drug Study
Monday 29 June
Sun Pharma Shares Plunge After US Authorities Seize Drugs
Monday 29 June
Takeda's New Diabetes Drug Fails to Gain US Approval
Monday 29 June
Global Pharmaceutical Packaging predicted to rise 5.3% a year
Friday 26 June
ImmunoCellular and Formatech Join Forces on Cancer Stem Cell Vaccine
Friday 26 June
Novartis Afinitor Combo Shows Good Results
Friday 26 June
Sandoz Receives Authorisation for Japanese Somatropin
Friday 26 June
Teva Begins Phase III Trials for MS Drug Laquinimod
Friday 26 June
Cell Therapeutics Submits NDA for Pixantrone Lymphoma Drug
Thursday 25 June
Javelin Completes Safety Study Of Dyloject Pain Drug
Thursday 25 June
Last Moment Launch for Finasteride in France
Thursday 25 June
New Zealand Government Authorises Diabecell Diabetes Drug Trials
Thursday 25 June
Cordex Signs European Partnership for ATPotent
Wednesday 24 June
Cytopia Files Application for New Myelofibrosis Inhibitor
Wednesday 24 June
Daiichi-Sankyo Initiates Phase II Lung Cancer Trials
Wednesday 24 June
GSK Forms Alliance with Chroma Therapeutics
Wednesday 24 June
US Pharmaceutical Companies Agree to Cut Drug Costs for Seniors
Tuesday 23 June
Merck KGaA Initiates Advanced Study on Breast Cancer Drug
Tuesday 23 June
BioLineRx Antipsychotic Drug Shows Good Results
Tuesday 23 June
NeurogesX and Astellas to Market Qutenza in Europe
Tuesday 23 June
GeoVax Signs Proposal to Accelerate HIV/AIDS Vaccine
Monday 22 June
The Medicines Company Awarded Exclusivity on Angiomax
Monday 22 June
US Court Rules in Favour of Hospira Eloxatin Generic
Monday 22 June
Vical sees Progress on RapidResponse DNA Vaccine Platform
Monday 22 June
FDA Approves First-of-its-Kind OZURDEX
Friday 19 June
AMT Pancreatitis Drug Shows Benefits After One Administration
Friday 19 June
Novartis Ilaris Drug Gets Go ahead
Friday 19 June
Antares Pharma LibiGel Safety Study Encouraging
Friday 19 June
Watson Pharmaceuticals to Acquire Arrow Group
Thursday 18 June
BioAlliance Submits Loramyc NDA to FDA
Thursday 18 June
Sanofi-Aventis Donates Flu Vaccine to WHO
Thursday 18 June
J&J and Shire Win Exclusivity Case on Alzheimer’s Drug
Thursday 18 June
FDA Accepts OSI's Tacerva Lung Cancer Drug for Review
Wednesday 17 June
Pluristem Granted Permission in EU to Trial Stem Cell Product
Wednesday 17 June
GSK's Azerra Review Extended
Wednesday 17 June
Boehringer Ingelheim and Vitae Collaborate on Novel Alzheimer's Treatments
Wednesday 17 June
Euro Commission Approves Genzyme Kidney Drug Renvela
Tuesday 16 June
All Elesclomol Rights Returned to Synta
Tuesday 16 June
GSK and Dr Reddy’s Strike Emerging Market Alliance
Tuesday 16 June
Eli Lilly Launches Initiative to Find New Drugs
Tuesday 16 June
Merck Sorono Agrees Deals to Co-Develop Erbitux in Japan
Monday 15 June
Novartis Swine Flu Vaccine Ready for Testing
Monday 15 June
Sanofi Pasteur Ready to Tackle Flu Pandemic
Monday 15 June
VIA and FDA Meet on Cardiovascular Drug
Monday 15 June
FDA Votes Zyprexa Safe for Teens
Friday 12 June
Emergent’s BioThrax Anthrax Vaccine Gets Longer Shelf Life
Friday 12 June
Study Supports Mirapexin and Sifrol for Parkinsons Disease
Friday 12 June
Alexion's Soliris Wins Prix Galien Award
Friday 12 June
Arete Diabetes Inhibitor Shows Positive Clinical Results
Thursday 11 June
CEL-SCI Uses LEAPS Technology to Test H1N1 Flu Strain
Thursday 11 June
Pharmasset Hepatitis C Trials Move Forward
Thursday 11 June
Roche’s Actemra Shows High Remission Rates for Arthritis
Thursday 11 June
Swine Flu Officially Declared a Pandemic
Thursday 11 June
PDX and Rx Seek Online Prescription Collaboration with Microsoft
Wednesday 10 June
GSK and Shenzhen Collaborate to Develop Flu Vaccines for China
Wednesday 10 June
ICON To Manage Eli Lilly European Clinical Trials
Wednesday 10 June
Raptor and Roche Collaboration Seeks to Cross Blood-Brain Barrier
Wednesday 10 June
GSK’s Rotarix Vaccine Given Global WHO Prequalification
Tuesday 09 June
Active Biotech's Prostate Cancer Drug Enters Phase II Trials
Tuesday 09 June
Novartis Lymphoma Drug Shows Significant Tumour Reduction
Tuesday 09 June
Once-Weekly Exenatide Shows Encouraging Diabetes Results
Tuesday 09 June
Integrated SAP Solutions for Pharmaceutical Packaging
Tuesday 09 June
New Pharmaceutical Market World Order to Rise by 2013
Monday 08 June
Merck's Heart Drug Rolofylline Fails Trials
Monday 08 June
Novartis' Tasigna Leukaemia Treatment Tests Positive
Monday 08 June
Novo Nordisk’s Diabetes Monotherapy Shown to Reduce Blood Sugar
Monday 08 June
Amgen’s Nplate Shown to Reduce ITP Patient Bleeding
Monday 08 June
Wyeth's Enbrel Gets European Thumbs Up
Friday 05 June
EpiCept's Ceplene Proves Positive Against Leukaemia Relapse
Friday 05 June
Novartis to Develop Typhoid Fever Vaccine
Friday 05 June
Novel Novavax Vaccine to be Evaluated for Flu Virus
Friday 05 June
Bayer and Genzyme Strike New Strategic Alliance
Thursday 04 June
Delcath Wins Orphan Designation for Tumour Drug
Thursday 04 June
Arbor Unveils New ‘Swimmer's Ear’ Treatment
Thursday 04 June
PolyMedix to Research Anti-Biowarfare Pathogens
Thursday 04 June
MedImmune Lands Swine Flu Vaccine contract from US Health Dept
Wednesday 03 June
AstraZeneca and Merck Team Up for Cancer Clinical Trials
Wednesday 03 June
GSK Epilepsy Treatment Gets FDA Approval
Wednesday 03 June
FDA Calls for More Trials on ARCA’s Gencaro Heart Drug
Wednesday 03 June
Phase III Study Reveals Positive Results For Crohn's Drug
Tuesday 02 June
Immunomedics' Targeted Radiation Therapy Combo Trials Positive
Tuesday 02 June
Lilly's Gemzar shows Positive Results for Cervical Cancer
Tuesday 02 June
Roche Study Offers New Hope for Lung Cancer Sufferers
Tuesday 02 June
Pfizer Announces Positive Lung Cancer Trial Results
Monday 01 June
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Sees Light for Cocaine Treatment
Monday 01 June
GSK's Arzerra Wins FDA Recommendation
Monday 01 June
Mylan’s Singulair Generic gets Tentative Approval
Monday 01 June
May
2009
Top
Novartis Ups Bid For Novartis India
Friday 29 May
Sanofi-Aventis and Exelixis Sign Exclusive Oncology Collaboration
Friday 29 May
NICE Recommends Pfizer Sutent Tumour Treatment
Friday 29 May
Bayer Initiates Phase III Trial for Liver Cancer Drug
Friday 29 May
Amgen Claims Rights to Experimental Heart Drug
Thursday 28 May
Stelara Review Timeline Extended by FDA
Thursday 28 May
Astella to Launch Eczema Ointment in Europe
Thursday 28 May
Naproxen Prodrug Clinical Results Positive
Thursday 28 May
FDA Issues Drug Advert Guidelines
Wednesday 27 May
US Health Department Purchases GSK Swine Flu Vaccine
Wednesday 27 May
Alcon Launches First Singapore Manufacturing Plant
Wednesday 27 May
Antipodean Pharmaceuticals Initiates Phase II Trial For Parkinson's Disease
Wednesday 27 May
Roche's Phase III Actemra Study Achieves Goal
Tuesday 26 May
US FDA Puts Aastrom Trial on Hold Pending Investigation
Tuesday 26 May
Eli Lilly Launches Global Alzheimer's Drug Trials
Tuesday 26 May
Johnson & Johnson Confirm $1bn Cougar Biotech Offer
Tuesday 26 May
Australia Requires TGA Certificate for Products with Drug Component
Friday 22 May
Moksha8 and Roche Expand Brazilian and Mexican Market Alliance
Friday 22 May
Cholesterol Drug Mipomersen Trial Shows Positive Results
Friday 22 May
Japan Sees Strong Challenge from Generic Drugs
Friday 22 May
Solvay Licenses Drug Rights From Lipocine
Thursday 21 May
Cancer Research UK and GSK to Join Forces on Cancer Drug
Thursday 21 May
Elixir and Novartis Enter into Option Agreement
Thursday 21 May
FDA Fast-Tracks Enobia's Enzyme Replacement Therapy
Thursday 21 May
Pre-Clinical Study Reveals Light-Activated Drug Therapy to Treat Cancer
Wednesday 20 May
India’s Drug Makers Seek Product Line Licence Change
Wednesday 20 May
Biovail Acquires Worldwide Drug Rights to Tetrabenazine
Wednesday 20 May
EU Awards €246m to Drug R&D Projects
Wednesday 20 May
Algeria Prohibits Drug Imports in Bid to Boost Local Industry
Tuesday 19 May
Botox Rival Dysport Gets FDA Approval
Tuesday 19 May
Glaxo and Oxford form Cancer Research Alliance
Tuesday 19 May
NovImmune Raises $54.8m to Reclaim Lead Compounds
Monday 18 May
Osmetech Submits New Swine Flu test for Approval
Monday 18 May
PerkinElmer and BioLegend Form Assay Alliance
Monday 18 May
UCB Arthritis Drug Wins FDA Approval
Monday 18 May
New Swine Flu Test From Quest Diagnostics
Friday 15 May
Acucela Reports Encouraging Data on Dry AMD Therapy
Friday 15 May
GlaxoSmithKline Extends Collaboration with South Africa’s Aspen
Friday 15 May
Daiichi Sankyo Roadmap Study Shows Blood Pressure Reduction
Friday 15 May
UK Agrees Deal for Countrywide Flu Vaccine
Friday 15 May
WHO Investigating Claims that Swine Flu is Man Made
Thursday 14 May
April
2009
Top
UK Has Eight Swine Flu Cases, Helpline Set Up
Thursday 30 April
Pfizer and Medivation Initiate Alzheimer’s Investigational Drug Trials
Monday 20 April
Alexion Files Application for New Blood Disorder Drug
Tuesday 07 April
Altea to Develop Sustained Exenatide Transdermal Patch
Tuesday 07 April
US Doctors Pushed to End Pharma Ties
Friday 03 April
McKesson Launches Diagnostics Management Link Up Tool
Friday 03 April
Kardia to Launch Vascular Viewing System
Friday 03 April
Bristol Diabetes Pill Promising Says Advisory Panel
Thursday 02 April
EMERFLU Approved for Humans in Australia
Wednesday 01 April
March
2009
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Gilead Receives No Go on Cystic Fibrosis drug
Thursday 26 March
XTL Biopharmaceuticals Agrees Asset Purchase with Bio-GAL
Tuesday 24 March
February
2009
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Generic Drugs Hold Disintegration Risk
Thursday 19 February
January
2009
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Expect Stringent Temperature Legislation, Warn Pharma Cool Chain Experts
Thursday 29 January
Pharma Lead Times Place Stress on Packaging Producers
Thursday 22 January
October
2008
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Dishman Expands Asian Presence
Thursday 02 October
Risk of Product Degradation by Lack of Pharma Planning
Wednesday 01 October
Maggots Highlight Global Regulatory Discrepancies
Wednesday 01 October
Pharma Industry Faces Poor Solubility Challenge
Wednesday 01 October
SCM Diversifies Product Range
Wednesday 01 October
September
2008
Top
Cephalon Settles Federal and State Investigations
Monday 29 September
GTx Says Muscle Drug Holds Promise
Wednesday 03 September
Online Fraud Hits Pharmaceutical Brands
Tuesday 02 September
August
2008
Top
Israeli Pharmaceutical Industry's EU Trade Boost
Wednesday 20 August
Drug Firms Deny National Institute Claims of Over Pricing
Monday 18 August
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