Keyword: Drug and Chemical Associated Technologies Association (DCAT)

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Teva Launches Generic Epzicom Tablets in US

03.10.2016 - Israel’s Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has launched a generic equivalent of British drugmaker GlaxoSmithkline’s Epzicom (abacavir and lamivudine) 600 mg/300 mg tablets in the US...

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Opportunities in Drug Development and Manufacturing

12.09.2016 -

Growth in the global oncology drug market is an important measure of opportunities in drug development and manufacturing, including for contract manufacturers of active...

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French Deny Hiding Sanofi Drug Birth Defects

11.08.2016 - Health authorities in France denying keeping the lid on a study said to show that the anti-convulsive drug Depakine, produced by drugmaker Sanofi and used to treat epilepsy, caused...

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M&A Process Said to Drive Drug Costs

08.08.2016 - The wave of mega mergers in the global pharmaceutical industry is driving prices for new “wonder drugs” financed with public funding, a study by the UK’s Cambridge University...

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India’s Torrent Buys Glochem API Plant

04.07.2016 - Indian drugmaker Torrent Pharma has agreed to buy an API manufacturing plant from Hyderabad-based Glochem Industries in Vizag, India, for an undisclosed sum. The deal being treated...

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FDA Approves Pill for all Hepatitis C Forms

04.07.2016 - The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Gilead Sciences’ combination pill Epclusa, the first to treat all major forms of hepatitis C. This is the latest in a series of...

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Pfizer Completes Anacor Acquisition

30.06.2016 - Major drugmaker Pfizer has completed its $5.2 billion acquisition of Anacor Pharmaceuticals. The California, US-based company became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pfizer on Jun. 24...

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Lonza to Produce Bluebird Bio Drug

10.06.2016 - Lonza Houston, part of the Swiss-based life sciences group Lonza, has signed a strategic manufacturing agreement with bluebird bio, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based clinical-stage...