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Synergy Pharma's constipation drug succeeds in late-stage study
Thursday, June 18, 2015Synergy Pharmaceuticals Inc said its drug to treat idiopathic constipation met the main goal in a latestage trial sending its shares up as much as percent to a fouryear high Plecanatide Synergys lead experimental drug mimics a hormone that promotes...
Merck to pay $5.9 million for misleading marketing of pink eye drug
Thursday, June 18, 2015Merck Co Inc has agreed to pay million to resolve claims that a former unit fraudulently promoted a drug used to treat pink eye for unapproved purposes US authorities announced on Wednesday Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara said Inspire Pharmace...
Allergan to buy Kythera Biopharmaceuticals for $2.1 billion
Thursday, June 18, 2015Botoxmaker Allergan Plc said it would buy Kythera Biopharmaceuticals Inc KYTHO in a cashandstock deal valued at about billion to expand its line of cosmetic treatments The offer price of per share represents a premium of percent to Kytheras Tuesd...
Bayer to invest 4 billion euros in R&D this year
Thursday, June 18, 2015German drugs and chemicals group Bayer plans to invest billion euros billion in research and development this year its chief executive told Germanys Bild newspaper That is more than ever before The development of our new blood thinner Xarelto alon...
GSK invests $95 mln in effort to demystify cell 'operating system'
Wednesday, June 17, 2015British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline is investing million to create a new US research institute led by a top genomics professor to investigate how a cells operating system works The move reflects a commitment to fundamental research by the British com...
West Pharmaceutical Services Celebrates Groundbreaking of Waterford, Ireland Manufacturing Facility
Wednesday, June 17, 2015West Pharmaceutical Services Inc a global leader in innovative packaging components and drug delivery systems hosted a groundbreaking ceremony in Waterford Ireland today to mark the start of construction for the companys new pharmaceutical component...
CVS Health to buy Target's pharmacy business for $1.9 billion
Tuesday, June 16, 2015Drugstore operator CVS Health Corp CVSN will buy Target Corps TGTN pharmacies and clinics in a billion deal that should help it bargain with drug makers for lower prices while freeing Target from a costly business where it struggled to make a profit...
GlaxoSmithKline and Avalon bankroll three more biotech start-ups
Tuesday, June 16, 2015GlaxoSmithKline has agreed with life sciences investment firm Avalon Ventures to bankroll three more new biotech firms bringing to six the number of startups formed since the partners announced a million alliance two years ago Adrenergics CadheRx T...
Serodus receives approval of clinical trial application for SER150 in diabetic nephropathy
Monday, June 15, 2015Serodus ASA Receives approval for a clinical trial application from the German Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices BfArM to commence a phase IIa safety study with SER in patients diagnosed with diabetic nephropathy Says study will be r...
UCB finds positive results in late-stage study evaluating arthritis treatment
Monday, June 15, 2015Ucb Sa Positive results from phase study evaluating CimziaCertolizumab Pegol in DMARDnave rheumatoid arthritis patients Phase CEARLY study showed substantial benefits at weeks of adding Cimzia to optimized methotrexate treatment Submitted regula...
