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Unigene first quarter net loss decreases to $6.0 million

Unigene Laboratories, Inc., today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2012.

7 May 2012

ADVENTRX first quarter net loss increases to $4.2M

ADVENTRX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2012.

7 May 2012

Flamel first quarter total revenues increase to $7.3 million

Flamel Technologies today announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2012.

7 May 2012

BioCryst first quarter revenues increase to $12.2 million

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2012.

7 May 2012

Clinical data from Anacor’s tavaborole and AN2728 study to be presented at upcoming meetings

Anacor Pharmaceuticals announced today that it will be presenting clinical data on its lead compounds, tavaborole and AN2728, at the following upcoming medical meetings.

5 May 2012

Teva announces new data from women's health franchise

Teva Women's Health today announced new data from the Company's expanding women's health franchise will be featured at the 60th Annual Clinical Meeting of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) in San Diego, California, May 5-9, 2012.

5 May 2012

Breckenridge finalizes agreement with Huahai to market Nevirapine Tablets

Breckenridge Pharmaceutical, Inc. announced today that it has finalized its agreement with Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. (Huahai) to market Nevirapine Tablets. Nevirapine 200mg Tablets are AB rated to Viramune a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) used to treat HIV-1 infection and AIDS, which is marketed by Boehringer Ingelheim.

5 May 2012

MAP Pharmaceuticals first quarter net loss increases to $17.8 million

MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2012.

5 May 2012

Isis commences ISIS-APOCIIIRx Phase 2 study in hypertriglyceridemia

Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced the initiation of a Phase 2 study evaluating ISIS-APOCIIIRx in patients with hypertriglyceridemia.

5 May 2012

Cambrex first quarter sales increase 14.4% to $70.6 million

Cambrex Corporation reports first quarter results for the period ended March 31, 2012.

4 May 2012

NPS first quarter net loss increases to $10.6 million

NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company developing orphan therapeutics for rare gastrointestinal and endocrine disorders, today reported its results for the first quarter of 2012.

4 May 2012

TGen to lead multidisciplinary search for new drugs that could help treat GBM

The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) will lead a multidisciplinary search for new drugs that could help treat the most common and lethal form of brain cancer.

4 May 2012

Alnylam first quarter revenues decrease to $20.6 million

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leading RNAi therapeutics company, today reported its consolidated financial results for the first quarter 2012, and company highlights.

4 May 2012

Affymetrix total revenue decreases to $65.2 million

Affymetrix, Inc., today reported its operating results for the first quarter of 2012. Total revenue for the quarter was $65.2 million, as compared to total revenue of $73.7 million for the same period of 2011.

4 May 2012

Abbott to purchase AP214 hormone analogue from Action Pharma

Abbott and Action Pharma A/S, a privately owned company, today announced that they have entered into an agreement in which Abbott will acquire AP214 from Action Pharma.

4 May 2012

Lexicon to receive funding for LX4211 Phase 2 trial in type 1 diabetes

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that an independent, non-profit organization will provide funding to support the Phase 2 development of LX4211 in type 1 diabetes.

4 May 2012

CAPE arrests growth of prostate cancer cells and tumors in mice

An over-the-counter natural remedy derived from honeybee hives arrests the growth of prostate cancer cells and tumors in mice, according to a new paper from researchers at the University of Chicago Medicine.

4 May 2012

FDA issues Complete Response Letter to Alexza’s ADASUVE NDA

Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that it has received a Complete Response Letter (CRL) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding its New Drug Application (NDA) for ADASUVE (loxapine) inhalation powder, 5 mg and 10 mg.

4 May 2012

Event launches report on U.S. global health R&D

A post on the Global Health Technologies Coalition's (GHTC) "Breakthroughs" blog describes an event to launch a recent report from GHTC and Policy Cures on "data on U.S. investments over the past 10 years in global health research and development (R&D)."

3 May 2012

One in six prescriptions may carry a medication error: GMC survey finds

A new study has found that more than one in six patients who are put on medication after seeing their GP are given a prescription containing an error. The study comes from the General Medical Council.

3 May 2012