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Sanofi receives FDA approval of once-daily basal insulin Toujeo®

26 February 2015 | By Sanofi

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Sanofi's Toujeo® (insulin glargine [rDNA origin] injection, 300 U/mL), a once-daily long-acting basal insulin, to improve glycemic control in adults living with type 1 and type 2 diabetes...

PROUD study shows Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis is highly protective against HIV infection

25 February 2015 | By Medical Research Council

Researchers from the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit (MRC CTU) and Public Health England have presented results at a conference in Seattle, Washington, indicating that pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is highly protective against HIV for gay and other men who have sex with men in England...

Ipsen enters into option agreement to acquire Canbex Therapeutics

25 February 2015 | By Ipsen / Canbex Therapeutics Ltd

Ipsen and Canbex Therapeutics Ltd announced that Canbex has granted Ipsen an option giving Ipsen the exclusive right to purchase 100% of Canbex shares upon completion of the Phase IIa study of Canbex’s lead candidate for the treatment of spasticity in people with multiple sclerosis (MS), known as VSN16R...

Kuros announces grant of US patent for its synthetic hydrogel technology

24 February 2015 | By Kuros

Kuros Biosurgery AG, a biotechnology company focused on the development of novel biomaterials and bioactive-biomaterial combination products for sealant, orthobiologic and surgical wound indications, announced that its patent application U.S.S.N 12/102,157 will issue today and has been assigned U.S. Patent No. 8,961,947...

Human insulin market will reach USD 49,197 million globally in 2020

23 February 2015 | By Persistence Market Research

North America has the largest market and Asia-Pacific has the fastest growing market for human insulin. In terms of type of human insulin, modern human insulin represents the largest and fastest growing segment of this market...

Baricitinib superior to placebo in reducing rheumatoid arthritis disease activity in second Phase 3 study

23 February 2015 | By

Eli Lilly and Company (LLY) and Incyte Corporation (INCY) today announce that the investigational medicine baricitinib demonstrated a statistically significant improvement compared to placebo in a second consecutive Phase 3 trial in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The RA-BUILD study included patients with moderately-to-severely active rheumatoid arthritis who had an inadequate response…