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Teva Pharmaceutical Banks on Thrice-weekly Copaxone

02.05.2013 - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries is banking on approval in early 2014 for a new thrice-weekly version of its multiple sclerosis treatment Copaxone to bolster sales ahead of a likely...

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AbbVie Delivers on Scorching Humira Drug Sales Growth

26.04.2013 - AbbVie reported slightly better than expected quarterly results on Friday, fueled by surging sales of its Humira treatment for rheumatoid arthritis. Sales of Humira, which accounts...

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Roche to Release All Tamiflu Drug Data

05.04.2013 - After a lengthy fight, Swiss drugmaker Roche said it had agreed to hand over data from all clinical trials of its best-selling flu drug Tamiflu to a group of outside researchers...

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Biogen Wins EU Backing for Big New MS Drug Hope

22.03.2013 - European regulators have recommended approval of two new multiple sclerosis pills from Biogen and Sanofi, both of which are expected to become major sellers. Friday's decision by...

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Antibiotics Crisis Prompts Rethink on Risks, Rewards

18.03.2013 - Thirty years ago, when the world faced the terrifying prospect of an untreatable disease known as AIDS, big drugmakers scented an opportunity and raced to develop new medicines...

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Switzerland's Roche Pledges to Open Up Access to Drug Data

26.02.2013 - Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding has agreed to expand access to its clinical trial data as the pharmaceutical industry faces calls for greater transparency on scientific data. The...

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FDA Halts Trials of Amgen Drug in Children, Cites Death

26.02.2013 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday it has stopped all pediatric clinical trials of Amgen's Sensipar after the death of a 14-year-old patient taking part in a...

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Slow Approvals Put India's Drug Trials Industry at Risk

13.02.2013 - Slower government approval for testing new medicines is threatening India's aspirations to be a fast-growing, low-cost hub for clinical trials, and has prompted some drugs firms to...