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These 3 Pharmaceutical Companies Control Roughly Half of All Cancer Drug Sales
2015-01-25 15:46:46| Biotech - Topix.net
When it comes to diseases and disorders that need the immediate attention of drug developers, there's a good chance you'll find cancer at or very near the top of the list. Within the United States, cancer is the second leading cause of death, behind only heart disease.
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UPDATE 1-U.S. FDA approves NPS drug, in move validating Shire takeover deal
2015-01-24 06:29:54| Biotech - Topix.net
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved NPS Pharmaceuticals Inc's drug Natpara to treat a rare hormone disorder, validating a bet by Shire Plc , which recently agreed to acquire NPS for $5.2 billion. Natpara is designed to treat hypoparathyroidism, a condition in which the body's parathyroid gland does not secrete enough parathyroid hormone .
Supreme court ruling in drug case has broad implications for tech sector
2015-01-21 17:15:09| Biotech - Topix.net
Erik Belt is an intellectual property lawyer at McCarter & English in Boston and president-elect of the Boston Patent Law Association. A Supreme Court ruling yesterday shooting down a local biotech firm's hopes of launching a generic version of a multiple sclerosis drug before September has ramifications far beyond the pharmaceutical industry, say patent lawyers.
Supreme Court sides with Teva in drug dispute
2015-01-20 17:19:28| Biotech - Topix.net
The Supreme Court has sided with Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. in the company's high-profile patent dispute with rival firms over the top-selling multiple sclerosis drug. The justices ruled Tuesday that a federal appeals court wrongly overturned five of Teva's patents for the drug Copaxone.
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East Bay's Depomed snags J&J pain-fighting drug in $1 billion deal
2015-01-20 17:10:51| Food - Topix.net
Depomed President and CEO Jim Schoeneck. Depomed agreed to buy U.S. rights to a pain-killing opioid drug for $1.05 billion.
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