Quotient Clinical appoints Azhar Kalim as Chief Commercial Officer
30 May 2017 | By Quotient Clinical
Appointment supports Quotient’s strategy to further develop its global commercial footprint following two recent US acquisitions...
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FDA approves expanded use of Novartis’ lung cancer drug Zykadia
30 May 2017 | By Niamh Marriott, Junior Editor
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the expanded use of Novartis’ Zykadia (ceritinib) to include patients with NSCLC...
FPS has provided High containment Integrated system for Pharmaceutical application in India
26 May 2017 | By F.P.S. Food and Pharma Systems Srl
FPS has recently delivered a high containment Integrated systems for an Oncology plant in Bangalore...
New medicine shows potential to reduce oral steroid use in severe asthma patients
26 May 2017 | By Niamh Marriott, Junior Editor
A trial led by a McMaster University respirology professor shows promising results for a new medicine for severe asthma patients.
Abeona Therapeutics receives FDA orphan designation for gene therapy
26 May 2017 | By Niamh Marriott, Junior Editor
The FDA has granted Orphan Drug Designation for Abeona Therapeutics’s EB-101 gene therapy program for patients with dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa...
Jellagen launches jellyfish collagen manufacturing facility
25 May 2017 | By Niamh Marriott, Junior Editor
A pioneering medical technology firm has launched a unique manufacturing facility to extract collagen from jellyfish.
Brilique (ticagrelor) new formulation gains European approval
25 May 2017 | By Niamh Marriott, Junior Editor
The European Commission has granted marketing authorisation for AstraZeneca’s Brilique (ticagrelor) orodispersible tablets (ODT) as a new formulation...
Motor neurone disease onset delayed by AI-discovered drug
25 May 2017 | By Niamh Marriott, Junior Editor
The study assessed the efficacy of a drug candidate proposed by BenevolentAI’s artificial Intelligence technology for Motor Neuron Disease (MND)...
Wickham Laboratories announces upcoming webinar on In-Vitro Alternatives
25 May 2017 | By Wickham Laboratories
Join us for a free webinar to discuss the challenges of transitioning from in-vivo to in-vitro methods...
FDA approves first cancer treatment for any solid tumor with a specific biomarker
24 May 2017 | By Niamh Marriott, Junior Editor
The US Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to a treatment for patients whose cancers have a specific genetic feature (biomarker)...
AstraZeneca enters agreement with Recordati for Seloken in Europe
24 May 2017 | By Niamh Marriott, Junior Editor
AstraZeneca has entered into an agreement with Recordati for the commercial rights to Seloken/Seloken ZOK treatments in Europe...
Tablet helps heart failure patients manage drug dosages
24 May 2017 | By Niamh Marriott, Junior Editor
A novel tablet is helping heart failure patients to manage their disease including drug dosages, according to new research...
Better, cheaper healthcare with dry blood samples
24 May 2017 | By Niamh Marriott, Junior Editor
In a new study, Uppsala University researchers have successfully measured 92 different proteins in millimetre-sized circles punched out of dried samples...
FDA approves Merck’s bladder cancer drug
24 May 2017 | By Niamh Marriott, Junior Editor
The FDA has approved two new indications for Merck’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab), the company’s anti-PD-1 therapy, for bladder cancer...
Zika Virus assay for screening blood donations
23 May 2017 | By Niamh Marriott, Junior Editor
Grifols now provides European countries accepting products with the CE marking with a test to detect the presence of the Zika virus in donated blood.
