Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Nasdaq: TEVA) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted final approval for the Company's Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) to market its generic version of Pfizer's chemotherapy agent, Camptosar(R) (Irinotecan Hydrochloride) Injection, 20 mg/mL. Shipment of this product, available in 40 mg/2 mL ...
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Friday, February 29th, 2008
Baxter International Inc announced yesterday, Thursday 28th February, that it was recalling all remaining multi-dose and single-dose heparin sodium and HEP -LOCK heparin flush products now that alternative suppliers are able to meet national demand for them.
Heparin sodium is a vital ingredient in surgical and medical procedures that has been ...
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Antisense Therapeutics Limited (ASX: ANP) announced that the Company is scheduled to present at Sachs Associates 7th Annual North America Forum for Investing and Partnering in Biotech taking place on February 25-26 in Boston at the Fairmont Copley Plaza.
Mark Diamond, Antisense Therapeutics Chief Executive Officer, will give a presentation on ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
Antiretroviral drugs are becoming a "growing profit center" for the pharmaceutical industry as treatment for HIV-positive people worldwide improves, the Los Angeles Times reports.
According to the Times, sales of antiretrovirals for Gilead Sciences, which sells antiretrovirals to about one half of all HIV-positive people taking drugs nationwide, reached $3.14 billion ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
Corgenix Medical Corporation (OTCBB: CONX), a worldwide developer and marketer of diagnostic test kits, has received notification of European Patent Office (EPO) approval for technology to which Corgenix holds exclusive worldwide licensing rights.
McMaster University (McMaster) of Hamilton, Ontario, is the owner of the patent covering the aspirin resistance measurement method. ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Nasdaq: TEVA) announced the receipt of a positive opinion from the CHMP, the scientific committee of the European Medicines Agency ("EMEA"), for its human granulocyte colony stimulating factor ("G-CSF") product. Teva's product is the first biosimilar G-CSF to receive a positive opinion in the European Union.
The ...
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Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
ISTA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ISTA), announced the acceptance of an abstract describing the results of a study using Xibrom(TM) (bromfenac ophthalmic solution) 0.09% therapy in combination with Lucentis(R) (ranibizumab injection) in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). According to the abstract, patients who received Xibrom required 1.6 +/- 0.69 injections ...
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Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
An article published on bmj.com claims that drug companies are still directly sponsoring the education of thousands of general practitioners. The Australian investigation is reported while the world is calling for an end to direct sponsorship by drug companies.
In Australia, it is common for drug company sponsors to recommend speakers ...
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Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
The National Drugs and Poisons Schedule Committee (NDPSC) considered the scheduling of zolpidem (contained in the medicine Stilnox) at its February 2008 meeting, held this week, because of concerns relating to reports of potential abuse of this substance.
The NDPSC also considered a number of submissions describing personal accounts of adverse ...
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