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ATLANTA, June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- UCB today announced new Cimzia® (certolizumab pegol) data demonstrating rapid and sustained improvements in managing moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA) symptoms and pain for patients, as well as results of a survey showing the impact of RA pain on the daily lives of women, focusing on productivity and relationships, during the 2010 European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) annual congress in Rome, Italy, June 16-19. "Insights from...
SEATTLE, June 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Company") (Nasdaq and MTA: CTIC) today reported exploratory analyses of the data at study completion from the Company's pivotal PIX301 trial of Pixuvri(TM) (pixantrone dimaleate), the first randomized controlled trial in patients with relapsed or refractory, aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma ("NHL"). These analyses demonstrated that patients who achieved a complete response (CR)/unconfirmed complete response (CRu) to...
SEATTLE, June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Trubion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRBN), today announced that the Board of Appeal for the European Patent Office (EPO) has upheld the Opposition Division's original decision (announced Sept. 11, 2008) to revoke Genentech and Biogen Idec's European Patent 1176981, generally directed to the use of an anti-CD20 antibody for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The revocation of the patent claims as originally granted is now final. (Logo:...
HACKENSACK, N.J., June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center announced today important research findings that will be presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting taking place June 4 - 8, 2010 in Chicago. Research highlights include a comparison of first-line treatments for an aggressive form of lymphoma, the efficacy and safety of a new genetically engineered cancer therapy, and the value of a commonly used...
HACKENSACK, N.J., June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center announced today that its physicians and researchers will present 16 abstracts on treatment and diagnostic progress in many different areas of oncology during the Annual Meeting of American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago, IL from June 4-8. "At the John Theurer Cancer Center, we're dedicated to providing extraordinary cancer care to our patients, which includes...
SEATTLE, May 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (CTI) (Nasdaq: CTIC; MTA) reported today preliminary cardiac safety results from a North American randomized phase II trial which substituted pixantrone for doxorubicin in the standard CHOP-R regimen. Called PIX203, the randomized trial compared CPOP-R directly to CHOP-R in the 1st line treatment of high risk patients with diffuse large B cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (DLBCL, NHL). While CHOP-R is considered the standard of...
ATLANTA, May 2 /PRNewswire/ -- UCB announced today results of an open-label extension study, PRECiSE 4 (P4), of Cimzia® (certolizumab pegol; CZP) demonstrating that Cimzia provides sustained efficacy over four years in moderate to severe Crohn's Disease patients regardless of whether patients were previously treated with infliximab (IFX) or infliximab-naive. Cimzia is indicated for reducing the signs and symptoms of Crohn's Disease and maintaining clinical response in adult patients...
CAMBRIDGE, England, March 19, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Mundipharma announced today that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has issued a positive opinion recommending that marketing authorisations can be granted in Germany and the following Member States of the EU: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom (UK) for the use of bendamustine in the treatment...
EXTON, Pa., March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- BioTrends is pleased to announce the publication of a new syndicated report, LaunchTrends®: ACTEMRA. Actemra (tocilizumab), marketed by Roche-Genentech, is the first IL-6 receptor inhibitor agent approved for rheumatoid arthritis. This report is the first in a three wave series and is derived from on-line survey responses from 77 rheumatologists and qualitative interviews with 20 rheumatologists. At one month post launch, more than one-third of the...
EXTON, Penn., March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- BioTrends Research Group released topline findings from LaunchTrends®: ACTEMRA, Wave 1 today, highlighting the market uptake of the product at one month post launch. Actemra (tocilizumab), marketed by Roche-Genentech, is a new IL-6 inhibitor with monthly dosing by IV infusion. The study results are based on an on-line survey completed by 77 rheumatologists in late February. The surveyed rheumatologists are excited to have a new biologic agent that...
