Pfizer to Acquire Excaliard Pharmaceuticals
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Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and Excaliard Pharmaceuticals, Inc. have entered into a definitive agreement under which Pfizer will acquire Excaliard, a privately owned biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel drugs for the treatment of skin fibrosis, more commonly referred to as skin scarring.
Enbrel® (etanercept) Patent Issued
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Amgen announced the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 8,063,182 related to Enbrel® (etanercept). This patent is owned by Hoffman-La Roche Inc. ("Roche") and exclusively licensed to Amgen.
FDA Commissioner Announces Final Decision on Avastin for Metastatic Breast Cancer
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Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced that the FDA Commissioner is revoking the approval of Avastin (bevacizumab) for the treatment of mBC in the United States.
Pfizer Wins Corporate Citizenship Award For Global Health Partnerships Program
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Pfizer Inc. has received the 2011 Business Civic Leadership Center's Corporate Citizenship Award in the Best International Ambassador category for Pfizer's Global Health Partnerships program.
Novartis and collaborators discover new dual-acting class of antimalarial compounds
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The discovery of a new class of dual-acting antimalarial compounds - the imidazolopiperazines (IZPs) - was published in the journal Science online, at the Science Express website[1].
Genzyme and Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics Announce Collaboration
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Genzyme, a Sanofi company (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY), and Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics Inc., the nonprofit affiliate of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, announced a research agreement to support the discovery of new drugs to treat people with the most common mutation found in patients with CF, Delta F508.
Bayer plans further expansion in Asia
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The Bayer Group plans to further expand its production, distribution network and research activities in Asia and considerably increase its sales in the region in the coming years.
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