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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev., Feb. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- PDL BioPharma, Inc. (PDL) (Nasdaq: PDLI) today announced that it has entered into a definitive settlement agreement with Novartis that resolves all disputes between them. Under the settlement agreement, PDL agreed to dismiss its claims against Novartis in its action in Nevada court, which also includes Genentech, Inc. (Genentech) and F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd (Roche) as defendants. Novartis agreed to withdraw its opposition appeal in the...
TARRYTOWN, N.Y., Feb. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: REGN) today announced that the company submitted a Biologics License Application (BLA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for VEGF Trap-Eye for the treatment of the neovascular form of age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD). Under the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA), the goal for a standard review time from submission to FDA action is ten months. Regeneron's submission includes a...
TARRYTOWN, N.Y., Feb. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: REGN) today announced financial results for the full year and fourth quarter of 2010 and provided an update on development programs and upcoming milestones. "2010 was a very productive year for Regeneron as we reported positive Phase 3 results in four clinical trials: two with VEGF Trap-Eye in wet age-related macular degeneration, called wet AMD, one with VEGF Trap-Eye in central retinal vein...
TARRYTOWN, N.Y., Feb. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: REGN) today announced that it will webcast an investor briefing on Sunday, February 13 from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time. At the investor briefing, principal investigators from the VEGF Trap-Eye clinical studies will recap presentations from the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute's Angiogenesis, Exudation and Degeneration 2011 meeting being held in Miami, Florida on Saturday, February 12. The...
TARRYTOWN, N.Y., BERLIN and SINGAPORE, Jan. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Regeneron (Nasdaq: REGN) and Bayer HealthCare today announced initiation of a new Phase 3 clinical trial in collaboration with the Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI) investigating the efficacy and safety of VEGF Trap-Eye (aflibercept ophthalmic solution) in patients with choroidal neovascularisation (CNV) of the retina as a result of pathologic myopia. The trial has started in Japan and other Asian countries,...
TARRYTOWN, N.Y. and BERLIN, Dec. 20, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: REGN) and Bayer HealthCare today announced positive top-line results for VEGF Trap-Eye (aflibercept ophthalmic solution) in the COPERNICUS study, which is led by Regeneron, the first of two Phase 3 studies in patients with macular edema due to central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO). In this trial, 56.1 percent of patients receiving VEGF Trap-Eye 2 milligrams (mg) monthly gained at...
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev., Dec. 1, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PDL BioPharma, Inc. (PDL) (Nasdaq: PDLI) today announced revenue guidance for the fourth quarter ending December 31, 2010 of approximately $74 million, as compared with actual results of $58.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2009, a 27 percent year-over-year increase. The growth is primarily driven by increased third quarter 2010 sales of Avastin®, Herceptin®, Lucentis® and Tysabri® for which PDL receives royalties...
TARRYTOWN, N.Y. and BERLIN, Nov. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: REGN) and Bayer HealthCare today announced that in two parallel Phase 3 studies in patients with the neovascular form of age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD), all regimens of VEGF Trap-Eye (aflibercept ophthalmic solution), including VEGF Trap-Eye dosed every two months, successfully met the primary endpoint compared to the current standard of care, ranibizumab dosed every...
Oct. 17 AAO-MEACO Joint Meeting 2010 scientific program highlightsGenetic medicine is the focus of two presentations at today's Scientific Program of the 2010 American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) "“ Middle East-Africa Council of Ophthalmology (MEACO) Joint Meeting. The AAO-MEACO meeting is in session October 16 through 19 at McCormick Place, Chicago. It is the largest, most comprehensive ophthalmic education conference in the world.Seeking Genetics-Specific Treatments for Age-Related...
Newer treatments for age-related macular degeneration (AMD)"”including an intravitreous (into the eye) injection of a chemotherapy drug and use of a related compound approved for use against the eye disease"”do not appear to be associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular complications or death when compared with existing therapies, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals."More than 1.5 million older Americans...
