pharma news

Jun 13, 2017

J&J's Invokana matches Jardiance's 14% reduction in major CV events There’s officially another heart-helping SGLT2 on the block. But this one brings some varied benefits—and amputation risks—along with it. In a cardiovascular outcomes trial, Johnson & Johnson's Invokana matched up to Eli Lilly and Boehringer...

Jun 06, 2017

Dendreon touts T-cell response data for prostate cancer vaccine Provenge Dendreon has had no shortage of challenges with Provenge since winning FDA approval for the groundbreaking prostate cancer vaccine back in 2010. Years later, the company has unveiled new data showing the med generates a killer T-cell response—a...

May 23, 2017

AstraZeneca's new benralizumab helps severe asthma patients cut back on steroids AstraZeneca's respiratory candidate benralizumab can help some severe asthma patients cut down on—or even stop—the unsavory steroid pills they use daily to stave off attacks, a new study showed. Dubbed Zonda, the phase 3 trial found tha...

Apr 25, 2017

Samsung biosim nod sets J&J's Remicade up for tough fight Samsung Bioepis won FDA approval late Friday for its Remicade substitute, Renflexis (infliximab-abda), becoming the the second biosimilar to threaten that brand in the U.S. Not an unexpected event, and the launch isn’t expected until October because of bi...

Apr 18, 2017

Novartis gets second CAR-T candidate FDA ‘breakthrough’ tag As the battle between Swiss major Novartis and biotech rival Kite Pharma heats up to be the first to market a CAR-T cancer med, the Big Pharma has been handed its second FDA ‘breakthrough’ tag for its eagerly awaited JULIET trial. This latest label, which c...

Apr 12, 2017

Malaysia calls for phase 4 Dengvaxia study before considering full approval Already struggling to meet initial expectations, Sanofi Pasteur's dengue vaccine Dengvaxia will have to undergo phase 4 testing in Malaysia before the endemic country agrees to sign off on a full approval. Malaysia’s National Pharmaceutical ...

Mar 28, 2017

Tesaro puts AstraZeneca on notice with early FDA nod for Lynparza rival niraparib Tesaro’s closely watched ovarian cancer drug niraparib—now dubbed Zejula—won an FDA nod on 27th March, months before its scheduled decision date. Apart from getting approval, Zejula also got a broader label than its head-to-head rival,...

Mar 07, 2017

NPPA slams pharma giants for overcharging The price regulator in the pharmaceutical industry, National Pharmaceutical Price Authority (NPPA) has discovered that the leading Pharma companies are overcharging customers for abundantly prevalent drugs in the market. NPPA has alleged that the listed 634 drugs are being s...

Feb 21, 2017

USFDA warns Bengaluru-based Resonance Labs of manufacturing norms violations US health regulator USFDA has red-flagged significant deviations from manufacturing norms at the Bengaluru-based API facility of Resonance Laboratories, including failure to have adequate cleaning procedures to prevent contamination of prod...

Jan 31, 2017

AstraZeneca announces availability of Saxa / Dapa FDC in UK UK-based AstraZeneca has announced the availability of Qtern for adult patients with type 2 diabetes in the country. Quern is a fixed dose combination of saxagliptin and dapagliflozin. The tablet received marketing authorization from the European Commission...