AstraZeneca

Dec 08, 2016

With $496M CNS sale, Novartis joins other Pharma companies casting off tired meds The latest Big Pharma to join the asset-sale party is Novartis, which is in talks to offload some of its older central nervous system (CNS) drugs, including Ritalin for attention deficit disorder and Exelon patch for Alzheimer’s. The p...

Dec 06, 2016

Glaxo replaces ViiV Healthcare chief as executive shuffle continues The executive exodus at GlaxoSmithKline is continuing—and so is the rise of women to the company’s top ranks. The British pharma giant announced that Dominique Limet, head of HIV unit ViiV Healthcare, would step down at the end of March 2017—the sam...

Oct 06, 2016

Bayer Partners with DelSiTech to Develop Innovative Drug Delivery Technology for Ophthalmology Bayer has partnered with a Finnish drug delivery and drug developmental company,DelSiTechLtd., through a Collaboration and Technology Licence Agreement. The agreement gives Bayer’s compounds a worldwide application of DelS...

Sep 22, 2016

Collaboration between Sygnis AG and ECACC for licensing and distribution of Caco-2 cell line Sygnis AG enters into a collaboration agreement with ECACC to significantly expand Sygnis' Caco-2 business. Under the collaboration, ECACC will organize that companies obtain the license for the use of the Caco-2 cell line f...

Sep 08, 2016

Sun Pharma forms distribution partnership with Mitsubishi Tanabe in Japan In a recent strategic move, Sun Pharma formed a distribution alliance with Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation in Japan for the total of 14 prescription brands which were acquired from Novartis for $293m. The brands are Parlodel, Lamisil, Nit...

Sep 06, 2016

AstraZeneca has got good results in the clinical trial for its next-generation asthma medication and could be available to patients by the end of next year. The drug, Benralizumab, is a new biological treatment for people with severe asthma, and works by targeting eosinophils that cause inflammation in the lungs of ...

Aug 25, 2016

NATCO Pharma surges 7% post successful Establishment Inspection Report for Chennai Plant NATCO pharma has reached a new high of Rs. 703 on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) as the drug maker revealed the successful Establishment Inspection Report (EIR) for Chennai Plant. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) h...

Mar 13, 2015

Antibody-Drug Conjugates-A Big Boom! Therapeutics developed to create innovative medicines based on the use of new and improved antibodies is the next generation cure for the treatment of various diseases. In past decade, the antibody drug conjugates have emerged out as the active areas of many biopharmaceutical ...

Mar 10, 2015

264 Antibody-Drug Conjugates in Pipeline!!!! Antibody-Drug Conjugates (ADCs) are monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) attached to biologically active drugs by chemical linkers with labile bonds. Billions of dollars are spent on the chemotherapy treatments annually. The ongoing research on this therapy will replace the ch...