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Oct 05, 2016

The value of announced mergers and acquisitions (M&A) worldwide fell 27% to $753 billion in the third quarter of 2016, as the companies have become apprehensive in terms of overpaying, which totally prevented the repeat of last year's deal-making frenzy. The Thomson Reuters M&A data is of the view that the f...

Oct 04, 2016

FDA Approves Janssen's STELARA for the Treatment of Adults With Moderately to Severely Active Crohn’s Disease Janssen Biotech Inc. received approval from the U.S. FDA for STELARA (ustekinumab), used for the treatment of moderately to severely active Crohn’s disease in adults (18 years or older). The drug is for the ...

Oct 03, 2016

Plaque psoriasis is a chronic autoimmune condition, with a buildup of dead cells as scales giving the affected area of skin a raised and red patchy look. About 2% of population in the US suffers from this disease. A new drug, Taltz (Ixekizumab), has been approved by FDA in March 2016 for its treatment. Taltz (ixekiz...

Sep 30, 2016

GW Pharmaceuticals, a UK based company, believes in growing its own cannabis plants, search for its ingredients and then come up with medicines that help the company in taking one more step towards approval of Epidiolex, as seen in the announcement of positive phase 3 trial results earlier this week. The drug is fo...

Sep 29, 2016

Bayer AG and Evotec AG enter a multi-target research partnership agreement Bayer and Evotec have agreed to develop novel treatments for chronic kidney disease in diabetic patients. According to the agreement, Bayer will have all the rights to select clinical candidates and Evotec’s Cure Nephron target pipeline. It w...

Sep 28, 2016

Merck is a leading science and technology company, and has many projects that are involved in research to find treatments for diseases that are hard to treat. Keeping in view with this agenda, Merck has announced that the new research that has been conducted from their marketed and pipeline compounds will be present...

Sep 27, 2016

US FDA grants approval for Novartis' Ilaris to treat Periodic Fever Syndromes Novartis received approval to market its Periodic Fever Syndrome drug Ilaris (cancakinumab). The drug targets the syndrome, and will be used to treat a group of diseases that cause serious recurrent fever and pathogenic inflammation throug...

Nov 08, 2024

Cervical cancer remains a leading cause of death among women worldwide. While increased awareness and early diagnosis have significantly reduced fatalities over the years, the risk is still substantial. A major factor in the development of cervical cancer is persistent infection with Human Papillomavirus (HPV), whi...

Sep 23, 2016

The Food and Drug Administration approved the recent controversial drug to treat Duchenne muscular Dystrophy, which is a rare disease that confines boys to wheelchairs and condemns them to an early death. The decision was made after months of debate between the Agency and Sarepta Therapeutics, regarding the evidence...

Sep 22, 2016

Collaboration between Sygnis AG and ECACC for licensing and distribution of Caco-2 cell line Sygnis AG enters into a collaboration agreement with ECACC to significantly expand Sygnis' Caco-2 business. Under the collaboration, ECACC will organize that companies obtain the license for the use of the Caco-2 cell line f...