01.09.2014
- German neurologists are standing by currently prescribed interferon-based multiple sclerosis treatments, despite a warning issued by the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical...
06.11.2013
- Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche has received the green light from the U.S. Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA) to sell Gazyva (obinutuzumab), its new agent to treat chronic...
07.10.2013
- Biogen Idec's hot-selling new multiple sclerosis drug Tecfidera remained effective for patients taking the medicine for at least four years with no new safety problems, according...
10.09.2013
- Biogen Idec has agreed to pay another $100 million upfront to Isis Pharmaceuticals as part of a broad collaboration to develop new medicines for neurological disorders, the...
15.07.2013
- Buying Alexion Pharmaceuticals would help Roche make a splash in the newly lucrative area of rare or so-called orphan diseases, but it could command a price that the Swiss...
19.06.2013
- U.S.-based Royalty Pharma has dropped a hostile bid worth up to $8 billion for Elan, leaving the Irish drugmaker free to seek other suitors having put itself up for sale last week...
16.01.2013
- Drugmakers are betting that a new wave of medicines for cancer, diabetes, heart disease, multiple sclerosis and hepatitis will shape up as tomorrow's blockbusters in the coming 12...
25.09.2012
- Pharmaceuticals - Of the many challenges inherent with biosimilar development, the inability to predict market expectations may top the list for decision makers. While uncertainty...