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Aetna picks Gilead Sciences hepatitis C drugs over AbbVie's

2015-01-16 23:38:16| Biotech - Topix.net

Insurer Aetna has made new hepatitis C drugs from Gilead Sciences Inc. preferred treatments for customers with the liver-destroying virus. Aetna Inc. says it's reached a deal with Gilead bringing discounts for Sovaldi and Harvoni, which have list prices of about $84,000 and $94,000, respectively, for a course of treatment.

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Many Insurers Don't Cover Drugs For Weight Loss

2015-01-06 22:30:25| Biotech - Topix.net

Belviq, a weight-loss drug from Arena Pharmaceuticals, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2012. With the agency's approval of Saxenda in December, there are four new weight-loss pills available.

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Record year in pharma deals not enough to sell mature drugs

2014-12-29 08:01:04| Biotech - Topix.net

In a record year for health care acquisitions, some of the largest pharmaceutical companies tried to sell their portfolios of older drugs - and failed. Drug companies have agreed to about $260 billion of deals so far in 2014, the most since at least 2002 and more than twice the volume last year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

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US Nonprofit Awards Italian Biotech Additional Funding To Study New Class Of Drugs To Treat Alzheimer's Disease

2014-12-29 01:50:16| drugdiscoveryonline Home Page

The Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) and Italian biotechnology company Axxam SpA (Axxam) announced today that the ADDF has awarded a follow-on grant to Axxam to further develop small molecule drugs to treat Alzheimer's disease by targeting inflammation

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