BMS, Pfizer and Portola team up to bring andexanet alfa to Japan
1 February 2016 | By Victoria White
Andexanet alfa is designed to reverse the anticoagulant activity of Factor Xa inhibitors, including Eliquis (apixaban)...
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Do asthma and COPD exist? Experts call for a new approach to patient management
1 February 2016 | By Victoria White
Defining a patient’s symptoms using the historical diagnostic labels of asthma and COPD is an outdated approach, according to experts...
Headline results from SWITCH 2 trial of Tresiba announced
29 January 2016 | By Victoria White
SWITCH 2 is the first of two trials comparing the safety and efficacy of Tresiba (insulin degludec) and insulin glargine in patients with type 2 diabetes...
CHMP adopts positive opinion of Empliciti in multiple myeloma
29 January 2016 | By Victoria White
Empliciti (elotuzumab) is an immunostimulatory antibody that specifically targets Signaling Lymphocyte Activation Molecule Family member 7 (SLAMF7), a cell-surface glycoprotein...
Allergan and AstraZeneca team up to develop ATM-AVI
29 January 2016 | By Victoria White
Allergan and AstraZeneca are to develop and commercialise ATM-AVI, an investigational, fixed-dose antibiotic combining aztreonam and avibactam...
FDA approves Eisai’s Halaven in liposarcoma
29 January 2016 | By Victoria White
Halaven is the first and only single agent to demonstrate an overall survival benefit in a Phase III trial in patients with leiomyosarcoma or liposarcoma...
Phase 3 study of Opdivo in head and neck cancer meets primary endpoint
29 January 2016 | By Victoria White
The study demonstrated superior overall survival (OS) in patients receiving Opdivo compared to the control arm...
FDA approves Zepatier for treatment of chronic HCV GT1 and GT4
29 January 2016 | By Victoria White
Zepatier is a once-daily, fixed-dose combination tablet containing the NS5A inhibitor elbasvir and the NS3/4A protease inhibitor grazoprevir...
EC approves Daklinza in three new HCV patient populations
29 January 2016 | By Victoria White
The expanded label allows for the use of Daklinza (daclatasvir) in combination with sofosbuvir in HCV patients with decompensated cirrhosis, HIV-1 coinfection, and post-liver transplant recurrence of HCV...
Patient recruitment starts for MERS vaccine trial
28 January 2016 | By Victoria White
Inovio and GeneOne Life Science are co-developing Inovio’s MERS vaccine (GLS-5300) in partnership with the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research...
EC approves two new indications for Lilly’s ramucirumab
28 January 2016 | By Victoria White
The European Commission has approved two new indications for Lilly’s Cyramza (ramucirumab): one in patients with NSCLC and the other in patients with mCRC...
B-cell NHL treatment market to reach $5.45 billion by 2024, says GlobalData
28 January 2016 | By Victoria White
GlobalData states that the limited growth in the B-cell NHL treatment market will be hindered by the entry of biosimilars and generics combined with a weak pipeline...
FDA grants Breakthrough Therapy designation to Lynparza in mCRPC
28 January 2016 | By Victoria White
This Lynparza BTD is for the treatment of BRCA1/2 or ATM gene mutated metastatic Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer...
FDA grants third venetoclax Breakthrough Therapy Designation
28 January 2016 | By Victoria White
The designation is for venetoclax in combination with HMAs for the treatment of patients with untreated AML who are ineligible to receive standard induction therapy...
STRIVE results for enzalutamide in CRPC published
27 January 2016 | By Victoria White
The study achieved its primary endpoint demonstrating a statistically significant increase in PFS for enzalutamide compared with bicalutamide...
