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Although the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recommended that a certain type of genetic testing (for the genotype CYP2C19) be considered before prescribing the drug clopidogrel to identify individuals who may be less responsive to the medication, a review and analysis of previous studies did not find an overall significant association between the CYP2C19 genotype and cardiovascular events, according to a study in the December 28 issue of JAMA. Clopidogrel is an antiplatelet...
Containers of Enfamil Premium Newborn formula are being pulled from Walmart shelves after an infant in Missouri became sick and died after developing a rare infection from the bacteria Cronobacter sakazakii that has previously been found in powdered infant formula, reports Kim Carollo for ABC News. Only ten days-old, Avery Cornett of Lebanon, Mo., died Sunday of an infection from the bacteria after being fed Enfamil Newborn formula, Elizabeth Weise reports for USA Today. The bacteria was...
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Mylan Inc. (Nasdaq: MYL) today announced that its subsidiary Mylan Laboratories Limited (formerly Matrix Laboratories Limited) has received approval for three antiretroviral (ARV) therapies used to treat HIV/AIDS under the World Health Organization's (WHO) Prequalification of Medicines Programme. The products include: Atazanavir Capsule, 300 mg, Ritonavir Tablet, 100 mg (heat-stable), and Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate and Lamivudine...
PRINCETON, NJ and NANJING, China, Dec. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) and Simcere Pharmaceutical Group (NYSE: SCR), a leading pharmaceutical company in China, today announced that the companies have expanded the strategic partnership formed last year to include a second collaboration in a different therapeutic area. The companies agreed to co-develop BMS-795311, Bristol-Myers Squibb's preclinical small molecule inhibitor of the Cholesteryl Ester...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that the first patient has been dosed in a Phase 1 clinical study combining MM-121, a fully human monoclonal antibody that targets ErbB3, with cetuximab (Erbitux®) and irinotecan (Camptosar®) in patients with advanced cancers. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100913/NE63515LOGO) The Phase 1 study evaluates the safety and pharmacokinetics of MM-121 when...
QINGDAO, China and ROCKVILLE, Md., Dec. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Synutra International, Inc. (NASDAQ: SYUT), ("Synutra" or the "Company"), which owns subsidiaries in China that produce, market and sell nutritional products for infants, children and adults, today announced the planned relocation of the Company's R&D, customer service, call-center, and training facilities into a new corporate campus in Beijing by the end of December, 2011. The new Synutra Campus is located in the...
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Nektar Therapeutics (Nasdaq: NKTR) announced today that the company has initiated its pivotal Phase 3 global clinical trial evaluating NKTR-102 as a single agent in women with metastatic breast cancer. NKTR-102 is a next-generation topoisomerase I inhibitor designed using Nektar's proprietary polymer conjugate technology, and is being developed in multiple tumor settings. The BEACON Study (BrEAst Cancer Outcomes with NKTR-102) is designed to...
CHICAGO, Dec. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include Pfizer (NYSE: PFE), Bristol - Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY), Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY), Forest Laboratories (NYSE: FRX) and Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101027/ZIRLOGO) Get the...
GENE-MATRIX study to determine optimal antiplatelet therapy for 4,000 cardiac stent patients Ottawa, Ontario (PRWEB) December 06, 2011 Spartan Bioscience today announced the start of GENE-MATRIX—the largest clinical trial to date of point-of-care DNA testing in medicine. The randomized prospective trial will enroll 4,000 patients over 2 years at up to 40 hospitals in Italy. The Spartan RX CYP2C19 point-of-care DNA testing system will be used to test heart attack patients receiving...
HUDDINGE, Sweden, December 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Medivir AB (OMX:MVIR), the research-based speciality pharmaceutical company focused on the development of high-value treatments for infectious diseases, announces that its development partner, Tibotec Pharmaceuticals, has entered into an agreement with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY). TMC435, a once daily NS3/4A protease inhibitor (PI) for the treatment of genotype-1 chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection...
