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Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) and KAI Pharmaceuticals today announced an agreement under which Amgen will acquire KAI, a privately held pharmaceutical company based in South San Francisco. KAI's lead product candidate, KAI-4169, is a novel...

The task force, set up by the Union health ministry in India, has recommended the adoption of SMS model and identification code as a suitable method for the track and trace system. The system...

Purdue Pharma has announced the availability of Intermezzo sublingual tablet CIV in 1.75mg and 3.5mg dosage strengths for insomnia characterized by middle-of-the-night awakenings followed by difficulty returning to sleep. Intermezzo (zolpidem tartrate), which contains...

VitalMax Vitamins, a nutritional supplement company, has introduced Diabetrol, an advanced vitamin formula to keep glucose levels in check. Diabetrol consists of 16 natural vitamin ingredients, formulated to help provide blood sugar protection. The advanced...

PolyTherics has executed a research collaboration deal with Spirogen to develop antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) for the treatment of cancer. Under the collaboration, the companies will produce ADCs by integrating PolyTherics' proprietary TheraPEG linker technology...

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have documented a previously unknown biological mechanism in the brain's most important line of defence: the blood-brain barrier. Scientists now know that the barrier helps maintain a delicate balance of glutamate, a...

The Innovative Medicines Initiative has officially announced the construction of an EU-wide public-private partnership, the "European Lead Factory", to combine a comprehensive collection of candidate drug molecules - a Joint European Compound Collection - with an industry-like European...