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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Following a productive first year of headcount growth and scientific advancement, H3 Biomedicine Inc. (H3), a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the discovery and development of oncology treatments, announced today that it has completed an expansion of its headquarters and laboratory facilities in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The increase more than doubles the company's original space to approximately 48,000 square feet, including...

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Nov. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In conjunction with Eisai Co., Ltd., the Eisai USA Foundation, the charitable arm of Eisai Inc., announced today that it will be making a donation of $100,000 to the Hurricane Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund as well as a $50,000 donation to the American Red Cross in an effort to help provide relief to the many areas damaged by Hurricane Sandy. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120413/MM87168LOGO ) "The devastation caused by...

EXTON, Pa., Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Morphotek(® )Inc., a subsidiary of Eisai Inc., announced today that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to its investigational cancer drug, amatuximab (MORAb-009) for the treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma, the most common form of mesothelioma, which accounts for around 2,500 cases a year in the United States. This disease affects the pleura, which is the thin balloon shaped...

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- With approximately two million people in the United States living with epilepsy, including a severe and rare form called Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS), many more may be struggling with the demands of caring for a loved one with this condition - a task that may require around-the-clock attention and support. In recognition of November as Epilepsy Awareness Month and the inaugural LGS Awareness Day on November 1, of which Eisai is a...

Tokyo, Oct 25, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that it has signed a global agreement with Brazil's Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz ("Fiocruz") aimed at collaborations to develop new medicines and vaccines for malaria and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Under the global agreement, Eisai and Fiocruz will identify research development collaborations targeting Eisai compounds for indications of malaria and NTDs. For the first collaboration, it has...

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Oct. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Eisai Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved FYCOMPA (perampanel) as an adjunctive treatment for partial-onset seizures with or without secondarily generalized seizures in patients with epilepsy age 12 and older. FYCOMPA is the first FDA-approved non-competitive AMPA glutamate receptor antagonist. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120413/MM87168LOGO) "The FDA approval of...

ANNAPOLIS, Md., and WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Oct. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- METAvivor Research and Support, Inc. and Eisai Inc. announced today the launch of "The Elephant in the Pink Room," a campaign designed to place a spotlight on metastatic breast cancer (MBC), a form of the disease that causes nearly 40,000 deaths per year and is often ignored, particularly during Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121003/NY83368 )...

Tokyo, Sept 25, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Eisai Co., Ltd. and Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. announced today that they have entered into an option agreement which grants Santen rights of evaluation and first negotiation for Eisai-owned compounds in the field of ophthalmology.Under the terms of the agreement, Eisai shall grant Santen the rights to evaluate the feasibility of developing compounds disclosed by Eisai for use in the ophthalmologic field within a certain...

GREENSBORO, N.C., Sept. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Merz, Inc. (U.S. affiliate of Merz Pharma Group) today announced the appointment of Cynthia Schwalm has as vice president, neurology effective immediately. Schwalm will be responsible for the Merz's growing neurology business unit in the U.S., which includes the recently acquired product CUVPOSA(®). "Cynthia brings national as well as international experience, in developing and commercializing pharmaceutical products. We are extremely...

Tokyo, Sept 12, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that it has entered into a partnership agreement to supply the Sabin Vaccine Institute (Headquarters: Washington D.C., President: Dr. Peter Hotez, "Sabin") with E6020, an in-house developed adjuvant that enhances the immune effects of vaccines, as well as all relevant information pertaining to the compound free of charge, to support the development of vaccines for two neglected tropical...