Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company announce positive top-line pivotal Phase III data results for empagliflozin
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Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced top-line results for four completed Phase III clinical trials for empagliflozin, an investigational sodium glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitor being studied for treatment of patients with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D).
Abbott completes separation of research-based pharmaceuticals business
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Abbott (NYSE: ABT) has completed the separation of its research-based pharmaceuticals business, which became AbbVie, a new independent biopharmaceutical company. AbbVie will begin trading independently on the New York Stock Exchange today under the symbol "ABBV."
FDA approves ELIQUIS® (apixaban) to reduce the risk of stroke and systemic embolism in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation
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- Category: Bristol-Myers Squibb
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) and Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved ELIQUIS® (apixaban) to reduce the risk of stroke and systemic embolism in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation, the most common type of irregular heartbeat, affects approximately 5.8 million people in the U.S., and results in a five times greater risk of stroke.
Novartis drug Signifor® gains FDA approval as the first medication to treat Cushing's disease
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Novartis announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Signifor® (pasireotide) injection for the treatment of adult patients with Cushing's disease for whom pituitary surgery is not an option or has not been curative3. Signifor is the first medicine to be approved in the US that addresses the underlying mechanism of Cushing's disease,
GSK forms partnership with Vodafone to help increase childhood vaccination in Mozambique
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- Category: GlaxoSmithKline
GSK has formed a partnership with Vodafone to harness innovative mobile technology to help vaccinate more children against common infectious diseases in Africa. Despite major advances in the funding and availability of vaccines worldwide, it is estimated that up to a fifth of children worldwide still do not receive basic vaccines.
Roche reports positive studies of MabThera given by subcutaneous injection
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Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced results from two studies which showed that a fixed dose of MabThera (rituximab) can be administered subcutaneously (SC), potentially allowing patients to spend less time in infusion centers receiving their MabThera treatment.
Boehringer Ingelheim and Apexigen sign manufacturing agreement
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Boehringer Ingelheim Biopharmaceuticals, a global leader in the field of biopharmaceuticals manufacturing, and Apexigen, an emerging biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery and development of best-in-class therapeutic monoclonal antibodies, announced the signing of a manufacturing supply agreement.
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