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Senesco Technologies, Inc. ("Senesco" or the "Company") (NYSE Amex: SNT), announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation for the company's lead drug candidate SNS01-T for treatment of multiple myeloma. As a result, the company ...
Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved GARDASIL [Human Papillomavirus Quadrivalent (Types 6, 11, 16, and 18) Vaccine, Recombinant] for the prevention of anal cancer caused by human ...
SinoFresh HealthCare, Inc., (Pink Sheets:SFSH) is pleased to announce that its marketing division has secured an agency marketing relationship with Green Valley Drug, http://www.greenvalleymed.com, the largest medical supplier in Southern Nevada with a significant pharmacy and ...
Drug maker Pfizer says it is recalling another 19,000 bottles of its Lipitor cholesterol medication following reports of musty odors from the bottles. The company has already pulled 370,000 Lipitor bottles for reported odors in three recall lots beginning in August, FiercePharma...
SHIRLEY, N.Y., Dec. 23, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- American Regent is conducting a nationwide voluntary recall to the consumer and user level of ALL unexpired lots of the following products: S o di u m B i car b o n ate Injection, USP, 7 . 5 % , 44.6 mE q/ 50 mL, S i ngle D o se Vial N ...
NEW YORK -- Eli Lilly and Co. and Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Wednesday they are asking the Food and Drug Administration to expand approval for their type 2 diabetes drug Byetta. The drug makers asked the FDA to approve Byetta for use along with basal insulin, which is ...
WASHINGTON -- Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday that a study of its experimental pain drug, fulranumab, has been halted after the Food and Drug Administration put the trial on hold over concerns that patients taking the drug could suffer increased joint damage. The announcement ...
Sanofi-Aventis has acquired Ascendis' proprietary TransCon Linker and Hydrogel carrier technology, allowing drug compounds to be released into the body in a precise, time-controlled fashion. The technology creates bonds between larger molecules, such as proteins including insulin...
Israel-based pharmaceutical major Teva Pharmaceutical has reached a settlement with Takeda Pharmaceutical. Teva has entered into an agreement with Takeda over claims that the company breached patents relating to Teva's generic versions of Takeda's Type 2 diabetes drugs ACTOS and ...
Atlanta December 28, 2010 ActivBiotics Pharma, LLC announced today that it has mutually agreed with former Triton Pharma AG to terminate their previously announced acquisition of ActivBiotics Pharma to form TrioBiotics Pharma AG (Fr: T33) including mutual releases of any claims ...
Wayne, NJ - December 8, 2010 International Specialty Products Inc. ( ISP ) has announced a 5% price increase for 1,4 Butanediol (BDO) and derivatives sold in North America, including N-Methyl-2-Pyrrolidone (NMP), Gamma- Butyrolactone (BLO) and Tetrahydrofuran (THF), effective ...
VANCOUVER, Dec. 29 /PRNewswire/ - Cardiome Pharma Corp. (NASDAQ: CRME / TSX: COM) today announced that it has been advised by its partner, Merck (known as MSD outside the United States and Canada), that the current review of vernakalant (oral) is complete, and that Merck has ...
GlaxoSmithKline has announced that it will reduce the price of ReQuip XL (ropinirole prolonged release) by 60% as part of a commitment to deliver cheaper medicines to the NHS. The NHS has rejected drugs proven drugs with limited application in the past due to concerns over high ...
Akorn, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKRX), a niche generic pharmaceutical company, today reported that its Akorn-Strides LLC joint venture has entered into a purchase agreement with Pfizer Inc. to sell 16 Abbreviated New Drug Approvals (ANDAs) and 6 filed ANDAs. For its portion, Akorn, Inc. ...
Over 80% of all pharmaceutical products are in the solid dosage form. Particulate processes therefore abound in the pharmaceutical industry. These include crystallization; drying, granulation, and coating; tablet compaction; fine powder transport, mixing, and blending. These and ...
Veeva Systems has introduced the pharmaceutical industry's first complete customer relationship management and closed loop marketing application for the Apple iPad. iRep includes a sophisticated content viewer, enabling users to present e-detail materials and providing them with ...
Johnson & Johnson has been sued by the US State of Oregon following claims it secretly recalled defective painkiller Motrin, putting consumers at risk. Attorney general John Kroger claimed Johnson & Johnson acted in order to avoid negative publicity by covertly purchasing ...
David Begg Associates (DBA), an NSF International company with expertise in training, auditing and consultancy for the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, has changed its name to NSF-DBA. NSF-DBA combines NSF International's expertise in public health and the environmen...
Scientists at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center in the US have identified a new 'indirect' route that could provide a means of targeting dangerous breast cancer stem cells. Researchers found that breast cancer stem cells are regulated by a type of cell ...
A pill containing a mix of essential oils has been shown to significantly reduce the symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS). Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Reproductive Health tested the tablets by carrying out a randomised, controlled trial in 120 ...
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