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May 29, 2020 16:38

European Commission Releases Takeda From Commitment to Divest Shire’s Pipeline Compound SHP647

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TOKYO:4502) (NYSE:TAK) (“Takeda”) today announces that on May 28, the European Commission (the “EC”) has released Takeda from the obligation to divest the pipeli

May 27, 2020 11:45

Smiths Medical Announces Ventilator Training Alliance App Partnership

Smiths Medical announced today it has joined several of the world’s other ventilator manufacturers in the Ventilator Training Alliance (VTA) to support frontline medical providers access to a centrali

May 27, 2020 10:57

Boehringer Ingelheim and Lilly to collaborate with Duke Clinical Research Institute on a pragmatic trial examining empagliflozin’s effects following an acute myocardial infarction

Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY) today announced an academic research collaboration with the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) on a new trial, EMPACT-MI (EMPAgliflozin f

May 25, 2020 11:11

U.S. FDA Approves Takeda’s ALUNBRIG® (brigatinib) as a First-Line Treatment Option for Patients Diagnosed with Rare and Serious Form of Lung Cancer

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved ALUNBRIG (brigatinib) for adult patients with anaplastic lymphoma ki

May 21, 2020 13:50

UAE Develops a Rapid Coronavirus Laser Testing Technology

QuantLase Imaging Lab, the medical-research arm of the Abu Dhabi Stock Exchange-listed International Holdings Company (IHC), announced that it has developed novel equipment which enables for much fast

May 19, 2020 10:22

Final results from the ProCID study of efficacy and safety of 3 different dosages of Panzyga® (NewGam) in patients with Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) presented at AAN 2020

Octapharma has announced that results from the ProCID study were shared for the first time as a poster presentation during the virtual American Academy of Neurology (AAN) 2020 annual meeting. ProCID w

May 18, 2020 17:36

VFMCRP and ChemoCentryx announce topline data from phase-II LUMINA-1 trial of CCX140 in Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS)

Regulatory News: Vifor Fresenius Medical Care Renal Pharma (VFMCRP) and ChemoCentryx, Inc., (NASDAQ: CCXI) today announced topline data from a forty-six (46) patient phase-II dose-ranging trial in

May 18, 2020 16:38

Takeda to Present Data at Upcoming Virtual Scientific Congresses, Underscoring Breadth of Oncology Portfolio and Emerging Pipeline

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE: 4502/NYSE:TAK) (“Takeda”) today announced that the company will present data from its expanding oncology pipeline and established product portfolio at two u

May 18, 2020 11:11

European Commission Approves ADCETRIS® (brentuximab vedotin) for Treatment of Adult Patients with Previously Untreated Systemic Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) (“Takeda”) today announced that the European Commission (EC) extended the current conditional marketing authorization of ADCETRIS® (brentuxima

May 15, 2020 16:31

92nd Vifor Pharma Group Annual General Meeting

Regulatory News: At the 92nd Annual General Meeting of Vifor Pharma Ltd., shareholders approved all proposed resolutions put forward by the Board of Directors. In view of the current situation a

May 15, 2020 16:13

Boehringer Ingelheim Acquires Northern Biologics’ Preclinical Cancer Antibody Pipeline, Expanding Immuno-oncology Portfolio

Boehringer Ingelheim today announced the acquisition of Northern Biologics Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Northern LP. By acquiring this entity, which focuses on therapeutic antibodies targeting t

May 14, 2020 20:51

Smiths Medical Acquires the Business of Access Scientific, LLC, Expanding Vascular Access Offering

Smiths Medical, a leading global medical device manufacturer, announces today the acquisition of the business of Access Scientific, LLC, a privately-held company based in San Diego, CA. Access Scienti

May 14, 2020 18:56

Takeda Accelerates Transformation: Solid FY2019 Results, Confidence in FY2020 Growth Momentum

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TOKYO: 4502) (NYSE: TAK) (“Takeda”) today announced financial results for the year ended March 31, 2020 (FY2019). As a top 10 global R&D-driven biopharmaceutical

May 14, 2020 11:39

Boehringer Ingelheim Collaborates with CDR-Life to Develop Antibody Fragment-based Therapeutics for Geographic Atrophy, a Leading Cause of Blindness Worldwide

Boehringer Ingelheim and CDR-Life today announced they have entered into a collaboration and licensing agreement to research and develop antibody fragment-based therapeutics for geographic atrophy (GA

May 14, 2020 11:29

Swissmedic Approves Carbetocin Ferring for the Prevention of Postpartum Haemorrhage in All Births

Ferring Pharmaceuticals today welcomes the Swissmedic approval of Carbetocin Ferring, a heat-stable formulation of carbetocin, for the prevention of excessive bleeding after childbirth following all b

May 14, 2020 11:06

BIO KOREA 2020 International Convention Delivers Online from May 18 to 23

The BIO KOREA Organizing Committee announced it will hold the BIO KOREA 2020 International Convention scheduled for May 18-23 as an online convention instead of an in-person event for this year. Th

May 08, 2020 17:47

European Commission Approves Subcutaneous Formulation of Entyvio® (Vedolizumab) for use as Maintenance Therapy in Adults with Moderately to Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis or Crohn’s Disease

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) (“Takeda”) today announced that the European Commission has granted a Marketing Authorization for the subcutaneous (SC) formulation of Entyvio

May 07, 2020 17:10

Herbalife Nutrition Continues Supporting Korean Diabetes Society

Herbalife Nutrition Korea, a premier global nutrition company, announced that it has entered into a collaboration agreement with the Korean Diabetes Society(KDS) for the fifth consecutive year. The

May 07, 2020 09:24

Rebiotix and Ferring Announce World’s First With Positive Preliminary Pivotal Phase 3 Data for Investigational Microbiome-based Therapy RBX2660

Today, Rebiotix and Ferring Pharmaceuticals announced positive preliminary findings from their ongoing pivotal Phase 3 trial of the investigational microbiome-based treatment, RBX2660. These prelimina

May 06, 2020 19:59

Immunomic Therapeutics Announces Appointments to its Board of Directors

Immunomic Therapeutics, Inc., (“ITI”) a privately-held clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering the study of nucleic acid immunotherapy platforms, announced today the appointment of five new me

May 06, 2020 19:06

Invicro LLC to Establish a Repository of Medical Image Datasets for COVID-19 Research

Invicro LLC, a Konica Minolta company, is working with Microsoft to create a free repository of COVID-19 diagnostic CT and X-ray datasets to facilitate understanding and treating this global threat. T

May 06, 2020 11:49

Study Finds Noninvasive, Continuous Masimo PVi® Monitoring More Valuable Than Central Venous Pressure Measurement for Guiding Fluid Management During Surgery

Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announced today the findings of a study published in the Journal of Anesthesiology and Reanimation Specialists’ Society in which researchers compared two methods of intraoperativ

May 06, 2020 10:36

Vifor Pharma Announces Akebia’s Positive Top-Line Results From Global Phase-III Program of vadadustat for Treatment of Anaemia Due to Chronic Kidney Disease in Adult Dialysis-Dependent Patients

Regulatory News: Vifor Pharma announced that its partner, Akebia Therapeutics, Inc., today reported positive top-line results from INNO2VATE, Akebia’s global phase-III cardiovascular outcomes progr

April 29, 2020 18:02

Neuraptive Therapeutics Announces FDA Clearance of IND Application for NTX-001, a Novel Approach for the Treatment of Patients with Peripheral Nerve Injuries

Neuraptive Therapeutics, Inc. (Neuraptive), a clinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to developing novel therapeutics and medical products to address the unmet needs in the treatment of periph

April 28, 2020 14:20

Takeda Announces U.S. FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation for Mobocertinib (TAK-788) for the Treatment of NSCLC Patients with EGFR Exon 20 Insertion Mutations

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) (“Takeda”) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation for its investigational d

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