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Pfizer and Medivation Announce Results From Two Phase 3 Studies in Dimebon

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and Medivation, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDVN) announced results from two Phase 3 trials of the i...

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Nycomed on track in 2009 with strong growth in Key Products

Nycomed was on track in 2009, with strong growth in Key Products and most emerging markets. Pantoprazole sales...

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Bayer Successful in a Difficult Environment

2009 was operationally one of the strongest years for the Bayer Group. "We were successful in a difficult envi...

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Phase III study of Avastin in advanced stomach cancer did not meet primary endpoint

Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced the topline results from a global phase III trial investigating t...

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Wednesday, 10 March 2010   
Novel Drug for Chronic Management of Hyperuricemia in Gout Patients
Teijin Pharma Limited announced the European launch of TMX-67 (febuxostat), a novel drug discovered by Teijin Pharma for the treatment of hyperuricemia in patients with gout. Ipsen, a global biotechnology specialty care group and the TMX-67 licensee in Europe, and its sublicensee the Menarini Group, the first Italian pharmaceutical group in the world, have began marketing the product in Europe under the brand name ADENURIC(r).
 
Wednesday, 10 March 2010   
Synthon completes acquisition of Nafar Laboratorios
Synthon announces its acquisition of Nafar Laboratorios - a developer, manufacturer and distributor of generic drugs to the Mexican market. Nafar has grown from a distributor of generic drugs broadly to an integrated company with its own research and development capabilities.
 
Tuesday, 09 March 2010   
MitoTarget Launches New Online Resource for Physicians and Sufferers from Rare Illness ALS
Trophos, the pharmaceutical company specialising in therapies for orphan diseases including ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease), announces, on behalf of the MitoTarget consortium, the launch of MitoTarget Online. The multilingual web-based resource aims to be the first point of call for all of those affected by ALS. This includes sufferers and all physicians, care nurses and specialists, as well as members of the public with a friend or family member with the disease.
 
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Research & Development

Novel Drug for Chronic Management of Hyperuricemia in Gout Patients

Teijin Pharma Limited announced the European launch of TMX-67 (febuxostat), a novel drug discovered by Teijin Pharma for the treatment...

Synthon completes acquisition of Nafar Laboratorios

Synthon announces its acquisition of Nafar Laboratorios - a developer, manufacturer and distributor of generic drugs to the Mexican market....

MitoTarget Launches New Online Resource for Physicians and Sufferers from Rare Illness ALS

Trophos, the pharmaceutical company specialising in therapies for orphan diseases including ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease), announces, on...

EU-funded researchers sequence human gut microbe genome

EU-funded researchers have sequenced the genome of the community of microbes that lives in our guts. The study sheds new...

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Conferences & Events

Web Innovators, Pharma, Insurance and Government Converge to Speak at Health 2.0 Europe

6-7 April 2010, Paris, France. Health 2.0 Europe, a conference dedicated to how Web 2.0 and social media are transforming healthcare systems in Europe, has finalized its agenda and speaker...

analytica Conference 2010: Trendsetter in analytical chemistry and bioanalysis

More than 1,000 international exhibitors will gather in Munich this year for analytica, the world's largest trade fair for analysis and laboratory technology in chemistry, biochemistry, food chemistry, clinical chemistry...

Job Day analytica 2010: Platform and source of inspiration for jobs and careers

As in the past, the leading international trade fair analytica 2010 will spend an entire day being a source of inspiration for everyone who is planning to embark on a...

Dialog Between Life-Science Companies and Investors

analytica 2010 will bring new and experienced life-science entrepreneurs together with investors for the second Finance Day on Friday, March 26, 2010. Organized by GoingPublic Media AG, the information event...

Final agenda and Sponsorship deadline for Health 2.0 Europe

Health 2.0 Europe will be a unique conference, featuring the three integral components of Health 2.0 in a unique format where leading examples of Health 2.0 in North America will...

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EC Pharmaceuticals

EC tops a billion Euros invested in the fight against AIDS

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Not too far from World AIDS Day, the European Commission can announce that it has invested over one billion Euros in the fight against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. As a...

European Commission tops a billion Euros invested in the fight against the global AIDS epidemic

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The European Commission has invested over one billion Euros in the fight against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. As a founding member of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and...

European Partnership for Action against Cancer

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At the end of September month, in Brussels, over 300 cancer organisations, patients and cancer survivors, health professionals, researchers, health authorities and health ministers gather to mark the official launch...

Commission calls on EU Member States to join forces against Alzheimer's disease

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On 22 July the European Commission called on EU Member States to pool their resources and better coordinate research efforts to combat Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases. The proposals adopted...

Public call for expressions of interest for Commission appointees

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This public call for expressions of interest relates to the appointment by the European Commission of members representing patients' organisations at the Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products of the European...

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EMEA News

European Medicines Agency advises of risk of fever in young children following vaccination with Pandemrix

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The European Medicines Agency is warning that young children may experience fever after their second dose of the pandemic influenza vaccine Pandemrix. Prescribers and parents should monitor the temperature of...

EMEA makes recommendations to minimise risk of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis with gadolinium-containing contrast agents

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The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has adopted a set of recommendations aimed at minimising the risk of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) with gadolinium-containing contrast agents in patients at risk of...

European Medicines Agency 2009 mid-year report shows it is still on target, despite influenza pandemic activities

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The European Medicines Agency is performing on target despite the increase of activities relating to the influenza pandemic. This was the message given by the Agency's Executive Director, Thomas Lönngren,...

European Medicines Agency implements internal reorganisation

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The European Medicines Agency has begun implementing a series of changes to its internal organisation aimed at improving the functioning of the Agency and the way in which it delivers...

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