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Nov 09, 2016

Cancer Research UK and Cancer Research Technology to collaborate with TYG Oncology Cancer Research UK and Cancer Research Technology (CRT), the charity’s commercial arm, have signed an agreement with TYG oncology (TYG) to take its TYG100, a new antigen-specific, active checkpoint control cancer vaccine, into clinica...

Nov 08, 2016

Fresenius Kabi introduced Bivalirudin for Injection Fresenius Kabi announced that it has introduced Bivalirudin for Injection in the United States, which is an anticoagulant, and a generic alternative to Angiomax. Fresenius Kabi’s Bivalirudin was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in October. The U.S....

Nov 07, 2016

Merck provided substantial evidence of safety and effectiveness for the approval of bezlotoxumab in June 2016 to the FDA, and the administration’s Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee voted 10 to 5 with 1 abstention to recommend its approval. In October 2016, bezlotoxumab commercialized as Zinplava, got approved b...

Aug 29, 2016

Immune checkpoints are defined as the stimulatory or co-stimulatory molecules involved in the immune system. There are two kinds of checkpoint proteins found on T cells such as PD-1/PD-L1 and cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLA-4). The PD1/PD-L1 pathway is an adaptive immune resistance mechanism exerted by tumor cells in ...

Jul 04, 2014

In the European Union (EU), a legal framework for approving biosimilars was established in 2003. This framework means that biosimilars can only be approved centrally via the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and not nationally. On 27 June 2014, the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA’s) Committee for Medicinal Produc...

Nov 04, 2016

According to National Society of Health, approximately 26 million patients are suffering from heart failure worldwide, with the increased economic burden of USD 30.7 billion each year. The advent of a novel class of drugs, i.e., the angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitor, gives hope to the patients. Neprilysin is...

Nov 03, 2016

Medivir entered into an agreement with Karo Pharma to sell its subsidiary BioPhausia Medivir is set to sell is subsidiary, BioPhausia, to Karo Pharmafor for Skr908m ($100.9m). The agreement shows that this price will be on a cash and debt free basis, including a normalized working capital, with the transaction expec...

Nov 02, 2016

Nov 01, 2016

Sun Pharma Announces US Launch of Authorized Generics for Benicar, Benicar HCT, Azor and Tribenzor Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd announced that its wholly owned subsidiary has launched in US, the Authorized Generic (AG) versions for all strengths of Olmesartan Medoxomil tablets, Olmesartan Medoxomil-Hydrochlorot...

Oct 30, 2016