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Miami-based OPKO Health, Inc acquires EirGen Pharma, Ireland
Wednesday, May 06, 2015Waterfordbased pharmaceutical company EirGen has been acquired by US drugs company Opko for million Founded by Tom Brennan and Patsy Carney years ago the company employs people and manufactures high potency drugs for cancer chemotherapy Opko whi...
EMA tightens rules on “revolving door” for committee members and experts
Wednesday, May 06, 2015Intention to take up job in pharma industry will trigger immediate halt of involvement in medicines evaluation The European Medicines Agency EMA has updated its rules on declarations of interests for scientific committee members and experts The upda...
U.S. Drugmaker Alexion Pharma to acquire Synageva BioPharma for $8.4 billion
Wednesday, May 06, 2015Drugmaker Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc said it would buy Synageva BioPharma Corp for billion to gain access to its experimental earlystage treatment for a rare metabolic disease Alexions cashandstock offer values Synageva at per share representing...
U.K. regulators find issues with Indian-owned API distributor Relonchem
Wednesday, May 06, 2015UK regulators have revoked the license of an Indianowned API distributor after finding a host of problems at its operations in Cheshire But the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency MHRA says that Relonchem will be allowed to import some critica...
Gilead’s Gaffe Leads Drugmakers to Pledge More Openness on Price
Tuesday, May 05, 2015Drugmakers worried about a backlash over soaring drug prices are increasingly talking with insurers ahead of time about paying for new therapies that could cost six figures a year Companies such as Biogen Inc Amgen Inc and Sanofi are wary of the neg...
Global cancer drug spending hits $100 billion in 2014
Tuesday, May 05, 2015Worldwide spending on cancer medicines reached billion in an increase of percent from and up from billion five years earlier according to IMS Healths Global Oncology Trend Report released on Tuesday The billion which represents percent of all...
Oncobiologics, Inc. opens Manufacturing Center in Cranbury, New Jersey
Tuesday, May 05, 2015Oncobiologics Inc a biotherapeutics company focused on developing and commercializing monoclonal antibody biosimilars has completed the construction of its GMP commercial launch manufacturing facility at its headquarters in Cranbury New Jersey Accor...
German drugmaker Bayer buys rights to Isis Pharma's anti-clotting drug
Tuesday, May 05, 2015German drugmaker Bayer secured the rights to an experimental antibloodclotting drug in a deal with Californiabased Isis Pharmaceuticals to bolster its cardiovascular business led by blockbuster pill Xarelto Bayer plans to evaluate the bloodthinning...
ISPE Developing Gap Analysis Tool to Help Ensure an Uninterrupted Supply of Medicines
Tuesday, May 05, 2015International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering ISPE to announce at its Annual European Conference in Frankfurt Germany the development of a tool to aid manufacturers in locating gaps in production and quality systems an important element in so...
Rusan Pharma launches nicotine patch 2baconil in India for tobacco de-addiction
Monday, May 04, 2015Designed for humid climates to copartner with Brazilian govt in early May In line with the Make in India campaign Mumbaibased pharmaceutical company Rusan Pharma has launched nicotine patch baconil in the Indian market and is looking for a public pr...
