Drug Discovery

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Actavis 'pregnancy preventer' gets FDA nod

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Singapore: US FDA has accepted Actavis' New Drug Application (NDA) for a progestin-only transdermal contraceptive patch (Norethindrone Transdermal Delivery System) for use by women to prevent pregnancy. The acceptance of the NDA for... Read more

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Gilead leukemia study gets complete response


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Singapore: Gilead Sciences' phase II study (Study 101-08) evaluating idelalisib (formerly GS-1101), an investigational, targeted,... Read more

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BioDuro opens discovery lab in Shanghai


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Singapore: BioDuro, a PPD Company, has opened a new state-of-the-art laboratory in Shanghai, China, strengthening its ability... Read more

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Orphan blood disease drugs to gain market

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Singapore: Physicians treating rare blood disorders now have more drug treatments to choose from to treat patients. This in turn allows... Read more

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GSK to publish clinical study reports of drugs

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Singapore: Demonstrating its commitment to clinical trial transparency, multinational pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline has announced... Read more

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Alchemia recruits patients for rectal cancer trial

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Singapore: Brisbane-based R&D company Alchemia has recruited the 390th patient for the pivotal phase III clinical trial of its lead cancer... Read more

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Sanofi, Regeneron cancer drug Zaltrap gets EU nod

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Singapore: European Commission has granted marketing authorization for Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (EC)'s Zaltrap 25mg/ml concentrate... Read more

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Johns Hopkins releases NCD policy briefs

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Singapore: Johns Hopkins University's Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health and the Study of Business Enterprise has released a... Read more

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FDA gets biomarker database license from GVK Bio

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Singapore: GVK Biosciences is extending its Clinical Biomarker Database (Gobiom) license to the Biomarker Qualification Group of the US... Read more

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Glenmark develops first-of-its-kind antibody

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Singapore: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals has started the discovery and initiation of IND enabling studies of a novel clinical development anti-OX40... Read more

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RaQualia, Interprotein to research on pain drug

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Singapore: RaQualia Pharma and Interprotein entered into a collaborative research agreement. The partnership will focus on drug discovery... Read more

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Cytomegalovirus treatments to improve

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Singapore: A new report by healthcare experts GlobalData has revealed that on cytomegalovirus (CMV), which is generally asymptomatic in... Read more

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