Keyword: Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

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US Approves AstraZeneca’s Zurampic Gout Drug

05.01.2016 - Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca has gained approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market Zurampic, a treatment for gout, the debilitating form of inflammatory...

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New US Law Extends Drug Patents Slightly

09.12.2015 - US President Barack Obama has signed into law a Congressional bill extending exclusivity periods for new drugs and biologics containing a controlled substance. The extension will...

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Baxalta Gets EU Nod for Hemophilia Treatment

02.12.2015 - US biopharmaceutical company Baxalta has received European marketing approval for its hemophilia treatment Obizur. The drug is said to be the first recombinant porcine sequence...

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Express Scripts to List Dariprim Alternative for $1

02.12.2015 - Express Scripts Holding, the biggest pharmacy benefits manager in the US, said it plans to list Imprimis Pharmaceuticals’ cheaper alternative to the toxoplasmosis treatment...

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Korean Drug Specialists Collaborate on Cancer Therapy

23.11.2015 - Singapore-based biotechnology firm Aslan Pharmaceuticals, which specializes in immunotherapy and targeted agents for cancer forms prevalent in Asia, has agreed to cooperate with...

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Merck-Pfizer Avelumab gets FDA Breakthrough Therapy Status

19.11.2015 - A further regulatory milestone has been achieved by Merck KGaA and Pfizer after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) designated their potential skin cancer treatment avelumab...

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Gilead‘s Genvoya HIV Treatment gets FDA Approval

11.11.2015 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Gilead Sciences’ Genvoya to treat HIV-1 infection. Genvoya combines four treatments – elvitegravir, cobicistat, emtricitabine...

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AstraZeneca to buy ZS Pharma for $2.7 billion

08.11.2015 - Anglo-Swedish drugs firm AstraZeneca has unveiled plans to buy US biopharmaceutical company ZS Pharma, in a move that boosts its portfolio for treating cardiovascular and metabolic...