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Elevation Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Phase 2b Results For EP-101 For The Treatment Of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
5/16/2012
Elevation Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a pharmaceutical company focused on the development of new aerosol therapies for patients with respiratory diseases, announced today positive results from a Phase 2b study of EP-101 in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a progressive disease comprising chronic bronchitis and emphysema caused largely by smoking.
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Mucosis Announces Positive Proof-Of-Concept Data For Mimopath® Platform In Humans
5/10/2012
Dutch vaccine development company Mucosis B.V. today announced Phase I clinical data providing proof-of-concept that Mimopath®-based mucosal vaccines are safe and well tolerated as well as able to produce balanced immune responses in both circulating blood and the respiratory tract.
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Novartis Drug Afinitor® Approved By FDA As First Medication To Treat Patients With Non-Cancerous Kidney Tumors Associated With TSC
4/26/2012
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation ("Novartis") announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Afinitor® (everolimus) tablets* for the treatment of adult patients with kidney tumors known as renal angiomyolipomas and tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), who do not require immediate surgery(2).
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AstraZeneca To Acquire Ardea Biosciences For $1.26B Including Lead Product Lesinurad In Phase III Development For Gout
4/23/2012
AstraZeneca and Ardea Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: RDEA) today announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement, pursuant to which AstraZeneca will acquire Ardea, a San Diego, California-based biotechnology company focused on the development of small-molecule therapeutics.
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Clinical Trial at Evergreen Healthcare Shows Intestinal Gel Reduces Symptoms of Advanced Parkinson's Disease
4/20/2012
A recent clinical trial conducted at Evergreen Healthcare shows that a new form of a common drug used to treat Parkinson's Disease greatly improves the quality of life for patients and reduces the affects of symptoms such as tremors, slowness, stiffness and difficulty walking.
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Abbott Presents Positive Results From Phase 2 "Pilot" Study Of An Interferon-Free Combination Regimen For The Treatment Of Hepatitis C
4/19/2012
Abbott (NYSE: ABT) and Enanta Pharmaceuticals announced complete data from the study known as "Pilot" – Abbott's initial interferon-free study of its direct-acting antiviral agents for the treatment of hepatitis C (HCV) – showing that 91 percent of genotype 1 infected, treatment-naive patients taking ABT-450/r and ABT-072 combined with ribavirin administered for 12 weeks, achieved sustained viral response at 24 weeks (SVR24).
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Worldwide Clinical Trials Receives Recognition From ISR The CRO To Have On Your Radar
4/17/2012
Worldwide Clinical Trials Inc., a leading global provider of clinical research services, recently acknowledged receipt of strong ratings and recommendations from one of the industry’s leading independent market research firms, Industry Standard Research (ISR).
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AstraZeneca And Amgen Announce Collaboration To Jointly Develop And Commercialise Clinical-Stage Inflammation Portfolio
4/4/2012
AstraZeneca and Amgen recently announced an agreement to jointly develop and commercialise five monoclonal antibodies from Amgen’s clinical inflammation portfolio: AMG 139, AMG 157, AMG 181, AMG 557 and brodalumab (AMG 827).
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Lilly's Anti-IL-17 Monoclonal Antibody, Ixekizumab, Met Primary Endpoint In Phase II Study In Patients With Chronic Plaque Psoriasis
3/29/2012
New Phase II data, published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed that Eli Lilly and Company's (NYSE: LLY) ixekizumab (pronounced ix" e kiz' ue mab, previously known as LY2439821), an anti-IL-17 monoclonal antibody, met its primary endpoint in patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis, with significantly more patients achieving at least a 75 percent improvement in Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) scores from baseline (PASI 75) compared with placebo at week 12.
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XARELTO (rivaroxaban) Demonstrates Comparable Efficacy To Standard Of Care For The Treatment And Secondary Prevention Of Venous Blood Clots In Patients With Symptomatic Pulmonary Embolism In Pivotal Phase 3 Study
3/27/2012
Janssen Research & Development, LLC, (Janssen), announced results of the EINSTEIN-PE study showing that the oral anticoagulant XARELTO (rivaroxaban) was comparable to today’s standard of care in treating patients with acute symptomatic pulmonary embolism (PE) and in preventing development of a secondary venous blood clot (known as venous thromboembolism or VTE).