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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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Astellas to do interim analysis of cancer trial

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Singapore: Medivation and Astellas Pharma have established an updated interim analysis plan for the Prevail trial, a global phase III clinical... Read more

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All you need to know about Glivec

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  • By Manasi Vaidya
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What is Glivec? Glivec or imatinib mesylate is the first of a class of drugs that specifically inhibits a target enzyme, receptor tyrosine... Read more

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CPR ventures into large molecule analytics

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Singapore: Clinical research company, CPR Pharma Services, launched a new laboratory, in Adelaide, Australia, to provide ligand binding... Read more

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Viralytics melanoma study shows +ve results

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Singapore: Assistant Professor (Dr) Robert H I Andtbacka presented a summary of his ongoing study with Viralytics' Cavatak clinical trial... Read more

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CellSeed withdraws stem cell drug application

  • Europe
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  • By BioSpectrum Bureau
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Singapore: Europe's CellSeed has withdrawn its application for a centralized marketing authorization for the medicine OraNera (autologous... Read more

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Austrianova starts cell bank for cancer therapy

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  • By BioSpectrum Bureau
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Singapore: Austrianova Singapore has established a research cell bank, the first step towards late-phase clinical trials in patients with... Read more

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Boehringer, Eli Lilly to evaluate Trajenta for type 2 diabetes

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Singapore: Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly have initiated phase IIIb trial to evaluate the glycaemic efficacy and safety of linagliptin... Read more

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Taiwan firm NCE to get priority review in China

  • Taiwan
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  • By BioSpectrum Bureau
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Singapore: Taiwan Liposome Company's multi-mechanistic anti-cancer new chemical entity Lipotecan has been accepted into the "Green Path"... Read more

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Fight against TB needs $1.6 bn funding annually

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  • By BioSpectrum Bureau
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Singapore: WHO and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria said that strains of tuberculosis with resistance to multiple drugs could... Read more

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