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April 14, 2010
Impax completes enrollment for late-stage trial for Parkinson's disease drug

The brand drugs division of Impax Labs has finished enrolling patients in a late-stage clinical...

April 14, 2010
Study: Remicade more efficient in treating Crohn's disease than generic competitor

Patients who had not received previous treatment recovered and healed better when taking a Johnson...

April 13, 2010
FDA approves Sagent's Granisetron

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a generic injectable drug made by Sagent Pharmaceuticals...

April 13, 2010
Pfizer Oncology to present cancer drugs at annual cancer research conference

Presenters from Pfizer’s cancer drugs unit will have a lot of work to do at...

April 12, 2010
FDA to begin removing inhalers containing CFC propellants from market

The Food and Drug Administration will start phasing out asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease...

April 12, 2010
J&J gets FDA approval for Pancreaze

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a drug for diseases that affect the pancreas,...

April 12, 2010
Javelin drops acquisition deal with Myriad

Javelin Pharmaceuticals has dropped an acquisition deal with Myriad Pharmaceuticals in favor of one with...

April 12, 2010
MinuteClinic seeks to expand its presence in the healthcare world

New healthcare legislation, the aging U.S. population and a shortage of primary care physicians will...

April 12, 2010
Novartis says MS drug reduces relapse in patients

An investigational drug made by Novartis for multiple sclerosis reduced annual relapse rates in new...

April 12, 2010
Sanofi Pasteur enters partnership with U.S. Naval Medical Research Center

Many people who have traveled in the developing world know the feeling of eating a...

April 12, 2010
UCB reports positive results in Neupro mid-stage trial

Patients who used a drug by UCB for treating restless legs syndrome showed sustained improvements...

April 11, 2010
Upsher-Smith inks deal with Proximagen for tonabersat

Upsher-Smith Labs has acquired exclusive North American rights for an investigational drug designed to treat...

April 8, 2010
Mid-stage trial notes efficacy in investigational hepatitis C treatment

Patients with chronic genotype 1 hepatitis C fared better when given an investigational drug developed...

April 8, 2010
Study finds colchicine may be effective for treating gout

Though it has existed for nearly 200 years, the drug colchicine now has clinical data...

April 7, 2010
Keryx enrolling patents in phase 3 trial for colorectal cancer drug

Drug maker Keryx Biopharmaceuticals has started registration for a late-stage clinical trial of a pill...

April 6, 2010
Armada Health Care gears up for 2010 Specialty Pharmacy Summit

One of the nation's largest specialty pharmacy groups is expecting a record turnout for its...

April 6, 2010
iBio announces rights grant for anthrax-plague combination vaccine

A biotech company has granted rights to its vaccine-development platform to a government-funded effort to...

April 6, 2010
Peter Ciano named Tris Pharma's VP corporate development

A specialty pharmaceutical company that develops innovative drug delivery technologies has appointed a new VP...

April 5, 2010
Decision Resources: Ovarian cancer drug market to triple

The market for drugs to treat ovarian cancer will more than triple during the period...

April 4, 2010
Keryx's cancer drug gets fast-track designation from FDA

The Food and Drug Administration has granted fast-track review to an investigational drug by Keryx...

April 4, 2010
Par reaches settlement with Sanofi-Aventis for Eloxatin generic

Par Pharmaceuticals has reached a settlement with Sanofi-Aventis in a case concerning a generic cancer...

April 4, 2010
Qutenza now available as shingles treatment

A patch for treating pain associated with shingles made by NeurogesX now is available, the...

April 1, 2010
MDRNA to buy Cequent Pharmaceuticals

MDRNA plans to buy Cambridge, Mass.-based Cequent Pharmaceuticals for $46 million, the biotech company announced...

March 31, 2010
Lilly's Gemzar patent upheld

A court has upheld Eli Lilly’s patent on an injected drug for treating cancer, the...

March 31, 2010
U.S. drug sales saw growth in 2009, IMS Health says

Pharmaceutical sales are on the rise, as 2009 saw drug sales almost three times as...

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