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Benefits of Pradaxa® maintained in difficult to treat patients with atrial fibrillation and symptomatic heart failure

Published in the European Journal of Heart Failure1, results from a new sub-analysis of the RE-LY®* trial demonstrate important benefits of Pradaxa® (dabigatran etexilate) over warfarin in difficult-to-treat patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) and previous symptomatic heart failure...

Immune-boosting colorectal cancer drug shows promise

New data on an emerging treatment that aims to fight colorectal cancer by stimulating the immune system have been presented at the ESMO 15th World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer. The findings confirm the biological action...

FDA takes action to protect consumers from dangerous medicines sold by illegal online pharmacies

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, in partnership with international regulatory and law enforcement agencies, took action this week against more than 9,600 websites that illegally sell potentially dangerous, unapproved prescription medicines to consumers. These actions include the issuance...

Targeted viral therapy destroys breast cancer stem cells in preclinical experiments

A promising new treatment for breast cancer being developed at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center and the VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine (VIMM) has been shown in cell culture and in animal models to selectively kill cancer stem...

FDA obtains waiver from European Commission to facilitate export for U.S. pharmaceutical manufacturers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that the U.S. is now a "listed" countrydisclaimer icon with the European Commission (EC) so that U.S. companies need not obtain an export certificate from the FDA before shipping certain pharmaceutical products...

Aspirin may fight cancer by slowing DNA damage

Aspirin is known to lower risk for some cancers, and a new study led by a UC San Francisco scientist points to a possible explanation, with the discovery that aspirin slows the accumulation of DNA mutations in abnormal cells...

MedImmune, AstraZeneca’s biologics arm, and NGM Biopharmaceuticals announce agreement to discover and develop therapies for diabetes and obesity

AstraZeneca announced that MedImmune, its global biologics research and development arm, and NGM Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. have entered into an exclusive agreement to discover, develop and commercialise novel therapeutics from NGM's enteroendocrine cell (EEC) programme for the treatment of type...

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