The treatment of allergic rhinitis is shown to improve co-existing conditions including conjunctivitis, asthma, sinusitis, otitis media with effusion (fluid in the middle ear) and sleep disorders according to an international expert at the annual meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) in Miami Beach, Fla. [More]

ISTA Pharmaceuticals, Inc., today announced additional results from the Company's Bepreve(TM) (bepotastine besilate ophthalmic solution) 1.5% Phase 3 clinical studies. These results were presented in poster sessions at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI) in Miami Beach, FL. [More]

Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009, reporting a net loss of $8.5 million or ($0.12) per common share. [More]

Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today patient enrollment is complete in three of its late-stage clinical trials. [More]

CombinatoRx, Incorporated today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009. [More]

In the third quarter of 2009, sanofi-aventis generated net sales of euro 7,400 million, up 8.0% on a reported basis. Exchange rate movements had a favorable effect of 2.0 percentage points, with the appreciation of the U.S. dollar (and to a lesser extent the yen) against the euro more than offsetting the unfavorable effects of some other currencies. [More]

NanoViricides, Inc. (the "Company"), reports that the Company is well financed and its game changing anti-viral drug development programs are progressing successfully. As such, Management knows of no reason for the recent decline in stock price and associated volatility. [More]

Allergan, Inc. announced today that the United States District Court for the District of Delaware ruled in favor of Allergan, Inc. in its patent infringement suit against Exela PharmSci, Inc., Exela PharmSci Pvt., Ltd. ("Exela"), Apotex, Inc. and Apotex Corp. ("Apotex") (collectively, the "Defendants") for seeking to market purported generic versions of Allergan’s drugs ALPHAGAN® P (brimonidine tartrate ophthalmic solution) 0.1% and 0.15%. Specifically, after a trial in March of 2009, the Court ruled today that all five patents (U.S. Patent Nos. 6,627,210; 6,641,834; 6,673,337; 6,562,873; and 5,424,078) asserted by Allergan are valid and enforceable, that Apotex's proposed generic versions of ALPHAGAN® P 0.1% and 0.15% infringe each of the five patents, and that Exela's proposed generic version of ALPHAGAN® P 0.15% infringes U.S. Patent No. 6,641,834, which was the only patent asserted against it. Pursuant to the Hatch-Waxman Act, the United States Food and Drug Administration is required to delay approval of Defendants’ proposed generic products until the last to expire of the infringed patents, which is 2022. [More]

ISTA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced poster presentations of results from the Company's Bepreve(TM) (bepotastine besilate ophthalmic solution) 1.5% Phase 3 clinical studies in allergic conjunctivitis. The studies demonstrated Bepreve was safe and well-tolerated when given twice daily for six weeks in a healthy pediatric population as young as three years of age. [More]

Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today Inspire scientists and collaborators will present data from the denufosol tetrasodium cystic fibrosis (CF) program in a poster presentation at the 23rd Annual North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference (NACFC) October 15 - 17, 2009 in Minneapolis, MN. [More]

CombinatoRx, Incorporated, today announced that its ophthalmic collaborator, Fovea Pharmaceuticals SA, has entered into a proposed acquisition with Sanofi-Aventis. A CombinatoRx-derived combination drug candidate, Prednisporin, (FOV1101), which is a fixed dose combination of prednisolone and cyclosporine, is the most advanced product asset in the Fovea pipeline, with Phase 2b clinical studies planned for the treatment of persistent allergic conjunctivitis. [More]

Amicus Therapeutics today announced preliminary results from its Phase 2 randomized, open-label study to assess the safety, tolerability and preliminary efficacy of its investigational drug, Plicera(TM) (afegostat tartrate), in treatment-naive adult patients with type 1 Gaucher disease. [More]

Fovea Pharmaceuticals announced today that it has entered into a binding agreement with sanofi-aventis to sell 100% of its share to sanofi-aventis. Fovea has a portfolio of three clinical compounds, a unique technology platform and several discovery programs dedicated to back of the eye diseases. [More]

The retrospective CRYSTAL analysis was conducted as a result of an effort to increase the tissue ascertainment rate to determine the K-ras status of patients’ tumors. The analysis included extended patient follow up of nearly 1.5 years and doubled the tissue ascertainment rate from 45% to 89%. These data are an update from the overall survival results from CRYSTAL that were published in the April 2009 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. [More]

NanoViricides, Inc. (OTC BB: NNVC.OB) (the "Company"), announced today that Anil Diwan, PhD, President of the Company presented a talk at NanoBusiness 2009 - the 8th annual NanoBusiness Conference in Chicago, IL, on Wednesday, September 9th. [More]