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FDA Reviewers Spot Safety Concerns With Sanofi, Isis Lipid Drug

17.10.2012 - U.S. drug reviewers flagged several safety concerns, including possible cancer risks, related to Sanofi and Isis Pharmaceuticals's lipid disorder drug Kynamro, sending Isis's...

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More Drugs May Be Linked to US Meningitis Outbreak

16.10.2012 - Two other drugs made by the Massachusetts pharmacy at the center of a deadly meningitis outbreak may be linked to the disease, U.S. health regulators said on Monday, potentially...

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How Compounding Pharmacies Rallied Patients to Fight Regulation

16.10.2012 - When U.S. senators met nearly a decade ago to consider the dangers of pharmacies that mix or alter drugs with little federal oversight, health officials briefed them on some...

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US High Court Rejects Allergan's Sanctura Patent Appeal

15.10.2012 - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected Allergans appeal of a ruling that favored generic drugmaker Watson Pharmaceuticals over patents related to the treatment of an overactive...

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Aicuris, Merck Enter License Agreement for HCMV Portfolio

15.10.2012 - Merck and AiCuris today announced that they have entered into an exclusive worldwide licensing agreement for AiCuris' portfolio of investigational medicines targeting Human...

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ExpreS2ion Biotechnologies and Oxford's Jenner Institute Enter Licensing Agreement

15.10.2012 - Biotech company ExpreS2ion Biotechnologies today announced that they have signed a research license agreement to provide the University of Oxford access to ExpreS2ion's Drosophila...

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GlaxoSmithKline to Reveal More Drug Secrets

11.10.2012 - GlaxoSmithKline, criticised in the past for keeping important information about its medicines to itself, is to lift the lid on more of its drug secrets. Three months after GSK was...

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Ashland Specialty Ingredients to Open Pharmaceutical Laboratory in Düsseldorf

09.10.2012 - Ashland Specialty Ingredients, a commercial unit of Ashland, today announced plans to open a new pharmaceutical application laboratory in Düsseldorf, Germany, in December 2012. The...