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Denmark-based biotechnology firm Bavarian Nordic has dosed first patient in a randomised, prospective Phase II trial of its active immunotherapy product candidate CV-301 for treatment of bladder cancer. In the trial, which is sponsored by the...

Janssen-Cilag International (Janssen) has received approval from the European Commission (EC) for use of Vokanamet in the European Union (EU) as a treatment for adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus to improve glycaemic control. Vokanamet is...

US-based Alexion Pharmaceuticals has started a single, multinational, placebo-controlled trial designed to assess the safety and efficacy of eculizumab (Soliris) in patients with relapsing neuromyelitis optica (NMO), a life-threatening, ultra-rare neurologic disorder. Primary objective of the...

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the UK has issued its final health technology appraisal recommending afatinib as a first-line treatment option for patients with advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). ...

US-based drug maker Pfizer has confirmed that it has contacted AstraZeneca seeking to renew discussions over a possible £60bn takeover. The discussions are regarding developing a proposal by both companies that could be recommended to their...

Eli Lilly has obtained US Food and Drug Administration approval for its Cyramza (ramucirumab) as a single-agent treatment for patients with advanced or metastatic gastric cancer or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma with disease progression on or after prior fluoropyrimidine or...

US-based biopharmaceutical firm AbbVie has started a global Phase III clinical trial of an investigational oral poly (adenosine diphosphate -ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor 'veliparib (ABT-888)' in patients with previously untreated locally advanced or metastatic squamous non-small cell lung cancer...