Press Releases

Cytheris SA, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on research and development of new therapies for immune modulation, and the Cancer Immunotherapy Trials Network (CITN), a new initiative in immunotherapy funded by the National Cancer Institute with its Central...

Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved linagliptin tablets, a prescription medication used along with diet and exercise to lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes....

The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the world's leading professional organization representing physicians who care for people with cancer, and CollabRx, an organization that leverages information technology to personalize cancer treatments and accelerate research have forged a strategic...

Pfizer Inc. announced that Revatio® (sildenafil citrate) has been approved by the European Commission for the treatment of pediatric patients aged 1 to 17 years old with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Efficacy in terms of improvement of exercise capacity or...

Almac’s biocatalysis business has expanded from its 2009 launch with the sale of six enzyme screening kits, to the current supply of 100s of kgs of chiral intermediates for drug substance manufacture, regular enzyme supply to specialty chemical companies...

ISTA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced positive, topline results from its Phase 2 dose-ranging, environmental clinical trial of bepotastine besilate nasal spray for the treatment of symptoms associated with seasonal allergic rhinitis, the inflammation of the nasal passages caused by allergies....

Pharmaceutical and biotechnology major Wockhardt has received tentative approval from the United States Food & Drug Administration (US FDA) for marketing 5mg and 10mg tablets of Donepezil HCl, which is used for treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Donepezil...