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XenoPort is shedding 50% of its workforce and shelving its discovery research efforts following the "unexpected setback" in the approval of Horizant (XP13512; gabapentin enacarbil extended release tablets), which is under development with ...
AstraZeneca is to stop research in several core areas as it strives to improve its R&D efficiency and cut costs. Newly released details of the restructuring, which was first revealed at its financial results meeting in January, show that it will ...
Pantoprazole (Protonix) proved to be both a boon and blight on Nycomed 's financial performance in 2009. The gastro-oesophageal reflux disease treatment struggled to cope with its loss of exclusivity in many key European markets, but still drove ...
Salix Pharmaceuticals has won a strong endorsement from the US FDA's advisory committee on gastrointestinal drugs for approval of a new indication for its semi-synthetic antibiotic Xifaxan (rifaximin). On February 23rd, the panel voted 14 to four ...
Watson Pharmaceuticals ' acquisition of Arrow in early December helped to boost its full-year 2009 net revenues to $2.8 billion, 10% higher than in 2008. The acquisition, which cost Watson $1.75 billion, particularly boosted Watson's generic ...
 
The therapeutic landscape in HCV treatment is at an inflection point – recent data from the first generation of protease inhibitors promise the dawn of a new standard of care. But do not expect to ...
On the face of it, the Philippines should be an attractive market for multinational pharmaceutical companies. There is a well-established healthcare system that covers the majority of the population ...
Drug delivery specialists continue to push the boundaries of innovative science, with recent highlights including the emergence of a needle-free migraine treatment and advances in RNAi delivery, ...
 
The South Korean pharmaceutical company Yuhan Corp is looking to expand sales of its novel acid pump antagonist revaprazan into overseas markets as part of an effort to take group revenues past the ...
 
The economic stimulus bill signed into law by US President Barack Obama on February 17th provides a $1.1 billion bolus to government agencies for comparative effectiveness research on medical ...
The FDA has not hesitated to use its new safety powers since they took effect on March 25th. A review of original and supplemental NDA and BLA approval letters on the FDA's website indicates that, ...
 
Background: Alicaforsen (ISIS 2302), an antisense to intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) (CD54), was designed to inhibit ICAM-1 expression. ICAM-1 seems to play a role in cell-mediated ...
Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis represent the most common forms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), clinical conditions affecting the small and/or large bowel. It is well known that IBD is an ...
Background: Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is an autoimmune liver disease of unknown etiology characterized by the presence of antimitochondrial antibodies (AMA) in 90 – 95% of patients. AMA are ...
 
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