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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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Antisense Therapeutics ties up with China CRO for trial

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Singapore: Antisense Therapeutics, an Australian publicly listed biopharmaceutical drug discovery and development company, will conduct... Read more

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Novartis eye care firm gets EU nod for Jetrea

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Singapore: Alcon, the global leader in eye care and a division of Novartis, has received European Commission's approval for Jetrea intravitreal... Read more

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Dainippon, Nippon Shinyaku sign deal for new drug

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Singapore: Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma (DSP), headquartered in Japan, and Nippon Shinyaku, also a Japanese company, have concluded a license... Read more

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Daiichi gets positive results in prasugrel trial

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Singapore: Japanese company Daiichi Sankyo has received positive results for a double-blind randomized phase III trial comparing efficacy... Read more

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Vanda Pharma withdraws application for Fanaptum

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Singapore: Vanda Pharmaceuticals has withdrawn its application from European Medicines Agency for a centralized marketing authorization... Read more

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Old drug gives hope for new treatment in autism

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Singapore: Autism results from abnormal cell communication. Testing a new theory, researchers at the University of California, San Diego... Read more

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AseaCyte gets BioSpectrum award for drug discovery efforts

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A meeting between Dr Teo Soo Hwang, current CEO of AseaCyte; Dr Lee Hong Boon from Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation (CARIF), a non-profit... Read more

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Amid rising concern, need for novel antibiotics

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Singapore: Recent worries over antibiotics losing their effectiveness will only be exacerbated by the FDA's latest drug safety update which... Read more

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TSRI, Takeda expand research collaboration

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Singapore: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and Takeda Pharmaceutical plan to expand their recent research collaboration to search... Read more

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