The top 15 generic drugmakers by 2016 revenue
19 May 2017
Branded drugmakers weren't the only ones working through a tumultuous 2016. Generics companies faced pricing pressure, too. And while branded companies suffer pricing pain on costly cutting-edge therapies, generics outfits feel the pinch with already-thin margins, making pressure all the more agonizing.
Behind the numbers: The pharmaceutical industry and global health
18 May 2017
The most indisputable of all facts on global health is that we’re living longer and healthier lives than ever, and in an era of continuous health improvement. What were once considered life-threatening diseases are now manageable conditions, and not just for patients, but for our health systems also.
EMA Finds Patient Involvement Beneficial
18 May 2017
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) released a report on its pilot project to involve patients in the benefit-risk assessment of medicines at Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) meetings. The agency concluded that patient involvement was beneficial and should continue.
17 May 2017
Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Syndax," the "Company" or "we") (Nasdaq:SNDX), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing entinostat and SNDX-6352 in multiple cancer indications, today announced results from the melanoma cohort of the ongoing Phase 2 ENCORE 601 trial of entinostat in combination with KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab), Merck's anti-PD-1 (programmed death receptor-1) therapy, which will be presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting being held June 2-6, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois.
17 May 2017
Celtaxsys, Inc., a clinical stage pharmaceutical development company focused on advancing treatments for patients with rare pulmonary diseases, announced today the full enrollment of its phase 2b clinical trial testing its flagship anti-inflammatory drug candidate, once-daily oral acebilustat, in adult CF patients (NCT02443688). The study is investigating the potential of acebilustat to reduce lung inflammation and preserve lung function over the course of 48 weeks in CF patients at a high risk for rapid lung function decline.
New FDA Commissioner Gottlieb Reorganizing Inspection Staff
17 May 2017
Federal inspectors who ensure the safety of the nation’s food and medical products will begin specializing in certain areas, as new Food and Drug Administration commissioner Scott Gottlieb enters his first full week at the agency.
16 May 2017
Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Syndax," the "Company" or "we") (Nasdaq:SNDX), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing entinostat and SNDX-6352 in multiple cancer indications, today reported that the ENCORE 601 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cohort enrolling patients with disease progression on or after PD-1 therapy (programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1) and/or programmed death ligand 1, (PD-L1)) has met the pre-specified objective response threshold to advance into the second stage of the Phase 2 trial, and will re-open enrollment immediately.
Forever Young: 10 Anti-Aging Startups To Watch
16 May 2017
By 2050, the US population aged 65 and older is projected to reach 83.7M, almost double its population in 2012. To combat the aging process and help people lead longer and healthier lives, pharmaceutical corporates and tech giants alike have begun investing in startups that are specifically aiming to tackle the root causes of aging or age-related diseases. One of them - ReVision Optics.
Pharma and biotech rebound in annual trust study, but there's still room for improvement
16 May 2017
When it comes to pharma, consumers still have trust issues. But the good news from Edelman’s 2017 Trust Barometer study is that things are improving. Fifty-one percent of Americans now say they trust the industry, a gain of 4% year over year. Biotech saw an even bigger jump of 12% to 62% this year. Both industries had dipped by 2% in the U.S. the year prior.
New technology could dramatically shorten diagnosis time of stroke patients
16 May 2017
An ambitious collaboration between Brainomix, an emerging British business, and Boehringer Ingelheim, one of the world’s largest drug companies, is poised to expedite and improve treatment of stroke, the second biggest killer disease in Europe.
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