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April 5, 2010
Decision Resources: Ovarian cancer drug market to triple

The market for drugs to treat ovarian cancer will more than triple during the period...

April 4, 2010
Keryx's cancer drug gets fast-track designation from FDA

The Food and Drug Administration has granted fast-track review to an investigational drug by Keryx...

April 4, 2010
Par reaches settlement with Sanofi-Aventis for Eloxatin generic

Par Pharmaceuticals has reached a settlement with Sanofi-Aventis in a case concerning a generic cancer...

April 4, 2010
Qutenza now available as shingles treatment

A patch for treating pain associated with shingles made by NeurogesX now is available, the...

April 1, 2010
MDRNA to buy Cequent Pharmaceuticals

MDRNA plans to buy Cambridge, Mass.-based Cequent Pharmaceuticals for $46 million, the biotech company announced...

March 31, 2010
Lilly's Gemzar patent upheld

A court has upheld Eli Lilly’s patent on an injected drug for treating cancer, the...

March 31, 2010
U.S. drug sales saw growth in 2009, IMS Health says

Pharmaceutical sales are on the rise, as 2009 saw drug sales almost three times as...

March 31, 2010
Walgreens specialty pharmacy to share its space in San Francisco

Walgreens plans to share some of the space for its specialty pharmacy in San Francisco’s...

March 30, 2010
Asclera approved as varicose vein treatment

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a drug for treating varicose veins, the agency...

March 30, 2010
AstraZeneca, Rigel get green light for licensing partnership

A licensing agreement between AstraZeneca and Rigel Pharmaceuticals for a rheumatoid arthritis treatment has gone...

March 30, 2010
LIU to host annual specialty pharmacy symposium

A university's pharmacy program is hosting its annual symposium on specialty pharmacy....

March 30, 2010
Report: Prescription drug savings sought in Massachusetts

Massachusetts is the only state that does not allow the use of coupons to purchase...

March 30, 2010
Sanofi-Aventis, AgaMatrix announce diabetes partnership

French drug maker Sanofi-Aventis and U.S.-based AgaMatrix will develop blood-glucose monitoring devices that use an...

March 29, 2010
CVS Caremark receives URAC accreditation

CVS Caremark announced on Tuesday that it has been awarded specialty pharmacy accreditation from URAC,...

March 29, 2010
Pliva Hrvastka gets tentative approval for argatroban

The Food and Drug Administration has given a tentative approval to a generic drug for...

March 28, 2010
FDA approves Zyclara

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug made by Graceway Pharmaceuticals for...

March 28, 2010
Tianyin names new CFO, chief development officer

A company in China that manufactures modernized traditional Chinese medicine has appointed a new executive...

March 25, 2010
FDA committee to review Qnexa

A Food and Drug Administration committee will review a drug by Vivus for obesity, the...

March 25, 2010
New clinical trial will compare MS drugs

Swiss drug maker Biogen Idec and Irish drug maker Elan Corp. have started enrolling patients...

March 24, 2010
BioScrip completes Critical Homecare Solutions acquisition

BioScrip has created one of the largest home care providers in the United States with...

March 24, 2010
FDA approves expanded use of Xifaxan

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new use for a drug made by...

March 23, 2010
Diamyd Medical receives orphan drug designation

The Food and Drug Administration has given orphan drug designation to a vaccine for Type...

March 23, 2010
FDA to have Genzyme plant inspected, reviewed

Genzyme Corp. will have to submit to inspections of one of its plants by the...

March 23, 2010
SVP product development and clinical operations

A company that develops drugs for inflammatory diseases has made a new executive appointment....

March 22, 2010
Boehringer Ingelheim receives FDA approval for expanded use of Mirapex ER

Less than a month after winning approval for treating early stages of Parkinson’s disease, a...