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Cilag, POZEN enter license agreement to develop and commercialize MT 400

POZEN Inc., a pharmaceutical company committed to transforming medicine that transforms lives, today announced that it has entered into a license agreement with Cilag GmbH International, a division of Johnson & Johnson, for the development and commercialization of MT 400 in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

23 Mar 2011

ViroPharma presents Cinryze data against HAE at AAAAI Annual Meeting

ViroPharma Incorporated today announced data presented in two poster presentations relating to Cinryze at the 2011 American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting, March 18 through 22, in San Francisco, CA.

23 Mar 2011

POZEN files motion for Treximet patent litigation against Par

POZEN Inc., a pharmaceutical company committed to transforming medicines that transform lives, today announced that it has filed a motion for a preliminary injunction seeking to prevent Par Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from launching a generic version of Treximet.

23 Mar 2011

Positive results from Meda's Dymista Phase III trial in patients with SAR

Meda announced today positive results from a Phase III clinical trial of Dymista, a novel formulation of azelastine hydrochloride and fluticasone propionate, in patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis.

22 Mar 2011

Shire's Replagal and VPRIV data on Gaucher and Fabry patients presented at ACMG meeting

Shire plc, the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, presented new data for Replagal in patients with Fabry disease, and VPRIV in patients with type 1 Gaucher disease, at the 2011 American College of Medical Genetics' Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting, held in Vancouver, BC, from March 16-20, 2011.

22 Mar 2011

CSL Behring presents Hizentra study data against PI at AAAAI meeting

Data presented by CSL Behring today suggest that treatment with higher dose Hizentra correlates with reduced risk of infection and missed school or work among patients with primary immunodeficiencies.

22 Mar 2011

XenoPort reports preliminary top-line results from arbaclofen placarbil Phase 2b clinical trial in GERD

XenoPort, Inc. announced today preliminary top-line results from a Phase 2b clinical trial of arbaclofen placarbil (also known as AP) as adjunctive therapy in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) who do not experience complete relief of GERD symptoms while being treated with proton pump inhibitors (PPI).

21 Mar 2011

CHMP recommends approval of Centralized Marketing Authorization for Cinryze

ViroPharma Incorporated today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the European Medicines Agency has adopted a positive opinion at its plenary meeting in March 2011 recommending approval of a Centralized Marketing Authorization for Cinryze (C1 inhibitor [human]) in adults and adolescents with hereditary angioedema for routine prevention, pre-procedure prevention and acute treatment of angioedema attacks.

19 Mar 2011

BioMarin announces preliminary results from ADAPT in patients suffering from PKU

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. announced today preliminary results from ADAPT (A Diversified Approach for PKU Treatment) in an abstract (Abstract #91, Mental Health Screening in Phenylketoniuria Clinic) presented by Barbara Burton, MD at the 2011 annual American College of Medical Genetics conference in Vancouver, Canada.

19 Mar 2011

Gadavist approved by FDA for use in central nervous system MRI scans

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Gadavist (gadobutrol), a gadolinium-based contrast agent, for use in patients undergoing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the central nervous system.

16 Mar 2011

Bayer receives FDA approval for Gadavist Injection

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Gadavist Injection, a macrocyclic gadolinium-based contrast agent, for intravenous use in diagnostic magnetic resonance imaging in adults and children to detect and visualize areas with disrupted blood brain barrier and/or abnormal vascularity of the central nervous system.

14 Mar 2011

Genentech announces positive outcomes from Lucentis Phase III trial against DME

Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, today announced that two-year results from a pivotal Phase III trial showed patients with diabetic macular edema who received Lucentis experienced rapid and sustained improvement in vision compared to those who received a placebo injection.

11 Mar 2011

Researchers develop web-based approach to solve personal health assessment problem

Health literacy is a prerequisite for well being in the developed world with five out of five ailments being treatable by patients themselves given access to appropriate information.

11 Mar 2011

Novartis new MS treatment receives Notice of Compliance in Canada

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc. announced today that its new MS treatment, Gilenya, has received Notice of Compliance in Canada.

10 Mar 2011

Positive results from exenatide phase 2 study in patients with type 2 diabetes

Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Eli Lilly and Company and Alkermes, Inc. today announced positive results from a phase 2 study evaluating the effects of a once-monthly injectable suspension formulation of exenatide on glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes.

10 Mar 2011

FDA approves BENLYSTA for active, autoantibody-positive systemic lupus erythematosus

Human Genome Sciences, Inc. and GlaxoSmithKline PLC today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved BENLYSTA® (belimumab) for the treatment of adult patients with active, autoantibody-positive systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who are receiving standard therapy.

10 Mar 2011

Merck to present VICTRELIS phase III study data against HCV at EASL annual meeting

Merck, known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, announced that several new data analyses from Phase III studies of VICTRELIS, its investigational oral hepatitis C protease inhibitor, will be presented at The International Liver CongressTM / 46th European Association for the Study of the Liver annual meeting.

9 Mar 2011

Novartis QAB149 receives FDA Pulmonary-Allergy Advisory Committee approval for COPD

An advisory committee recommended today that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approve QAB149 (indacaterol) 75 mcg in the US as a once-daily long-term maintenance bronchodilator treatment of airflow obstruction in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including chronic bronchitis and/or emphysema.

9 Mar 2011

Treatment with sildenafil significantly reduces RP in patients with scleroderma

Researchers in Europe reported that treatment with modified-release sildenafil significantly reduced the frequency of attacks of Raynaud's phenomenon in patients with limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis, also known as scleroderma.

8 Mar 2011

Recent rituximab trial with TNF inhibitors reports no new safety risks in patients with RA

A recent trial of rituximab in combination with a tumor necrosis factor inhibitor and methotrexate in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis found the safety profile to be consistent with other RA trials with TNF inhibitors.

8 Mar 2011

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Latest Headache News and Research

Cilag, POZEN enter license agreement to develop and commercialize MT 400

ViroPharma presents Cinryze data against HAE at AAAAI Annual Meeting

POZEN files motion for Treximet patent litigation against Par

Positive results from Meda's Dymista Phase III trial in patients with SAR

Shire's Replagal and VPRIV data on Gaucher and Fabry patients presented at ACMG meeting

CSL Behring presents Hizentra study data against PI at AAAAI meeting

XenoPort reports preliminary top-line results from arbaclofen placarbil Phase 2b clinical trial in GERD

CHMP recommends approval of Centralized Marketing Authorization for Cinryze

BioMarin announces preliminary results from ADAPT in patients suffering from PKU

Gadavist approved by FDA for use in central nervous system MRI scans

Bayer receives FDA approval for Gadavist Injection

Genentech announces positive outcomes from Lucentis Phase III trial against DME

Researchers develop web-based approach to solve personal health assessment problem

Novartis new MS treatment receives Notice of Compliance in Canada

Positive results from exenatide phase 2 study in patients with type 2 diabetes

FDA approves BENLYSTA for active, autoantibody-positive systemic lupus erythematosus

Merck to present VICTRELIS phase III study data against HCV at EASL annual meeting

Novartis QAB149 receives FDA Pulmonary-Allergy Advisory Committee approval for COPD

Treatment with sildenafil significantly reduces RP in patients with scleroderma

Recent rituximab trial with TNF inhibitors reports no new safety risks in patients with RA

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