Roche Faces New Foe as Boehringer Plans a Rituxan CopyBloombergRituxan, also know by its generic name rituximab, had 6 billion Swiss francs ($6.45 billion) in sales last year. Roche's patents on the medicine expire in 2018 in the U.S. and earlier i…
Swiss Stocks Extend 19-Month High After US Jobs Report – Bloomberg
Swiss Stocks Extend 19-Month High After US Jobs ReportBloombergLonza Group AG (LONN) slipped 2.6 percent to 49.29 francs. Lonza and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. are still evaluating the path forward for a phase III trial of its rituximab generic…
FDA Approves Humira to Treat Ulcerative Colitis – Becker's ASC Review
FDA Approves Humira to Treat Ulcerative ColitisBecker’s ASC ReviewHumira is approved to control ulcerative colitis when immunosuppressant medicines like corticosteroids, azathioprine and 6-mercaptopurine have not worked. The drug is an anti-tumor necro…
West Germany forward Dieter Mueller suffers heart attack – Times of India
West Germany forward Dieter Mueller suffers heart attackTimes of IndiaBERLIN: Former Cologne and West Germany forward Dieter Mueller has suffered a heart attack, third division Kickers Offenbach, the club where he was president for 12 years, said on Fr…
Veloxis Pharmaceuticals A/S Announces Strategic Agreement for Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A. to Commercialize and …
HORSHOLM, Denmark, Oct. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Veloxis Pharmaceuticals A/S (OMX: VELO) today announced that it has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A, a fully …
Pfizer to appeal over India drug patent refusal – New York Daily News
Pfizer to appeal over India drug patent refusalNew York Daily NewsAccording to Pfizer representatives, the court's decision undermines intellectual property rights in India. Indian pharmaceutical company Cipla opposed the granting of the domestic p…
Belgium pioneers organ donation from euthanased patients – BioEdge
Belgium pioneers organ donation from euthanased patientsBioEdgeThe practice of transplanting organs from patients who die after voluntary euthanasia is becoming relatively common in Belgium. A leading specialist, Dirk Van Raemdonck, told a conference i…
India revokes patent on Sutent, Pfizer to appeal – Pharma Times
India revokes patent on Sutent, Pfizer to appealPharma TimesSutent (sunitinib) a treatment for liver and kidney cancer, was granted a patent in India in 2007 but that decision was challenged by generics specialist Cipla and Natco Pharma. India's Pa…
Kidney transplant
Published: Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 12:42 PM. Congratulations to four more Craven County citizens (from Havelock to Vanceboro) who recently received kidney transplants from ECU Kidney Transplant Surgery and Vidant Medical Center. Led by ECU physici…
Pfizer to appeal over India drug patent refusal – AFP
Pfizer to appeal over India drug patent refusalAFPIndian generics drugs heavyweight Cipla teamed up with other generic local pharmaceutical companies to oppose the granting of the domestic patent for Sutent, which is used to fight liver and kidney canc…