Market News & Trends
Atlantic Pharmaceuticals Makes Major Announcement
 Atlantic Pharmaceuticals, Inc. recently announced that new patents have been issued by the USPTO relating to its tamper-resistant SMART/Script drug delivery platform. US Patent…
Blend Therapeutics Secures $16 Million
 Blend Therapeutics, Inc. recently announced it has secured a $16-million Series B financing. Blend is pioneering an integrative model for discovering novel molecular entities…
Pisgah Laboratories Receives Patent for Abuse-Deterrent Technology
 Pisgah Laboratories, Inc. recently announced it has received US Patent No. 8,334,322 from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for innovative, abuse-deterrent forms…
Radius & 3M Announce Exclusive Agreement
 Radius Health, Inc. and 3M Drug Delivery Systems recently announced an exclusive partnership agreement for development and commercialization of BA058-transdermal (TD). BA058 is a…
12/19/2012
Biogen Idec & Eisai Inc. Form Strategic Alliance Biogen Idec and Eisai Inc. recently announced a strategic alliance that will bolster the manufacturing capabilities of…
Aptalis Pharmaceutical Technologies Announces Approval
Aptalis Pharmaceutical Technologies recently announced that the European Commission granted marketing authorization for a new pediatric indication of a new oral granule formulation of…
Biogen Idec & Eisai Inc. Form Strategic Alliance
Biogen Idec and Eisai Inc. recently announced a strategic alliance that will bolster the manufacturing capabilities of both companies' Research Triangle Park (RTP)-based facilities.…
Catalent & UMN Pharma Announce Biosimilar Development Collaboration
Catalent Pharma Solutions and UMN Pharma Inc. recently announced the signing of an agreement to provide UMN Pharma a broad range of biosimilar cell…
FDA Panel Rejects Painkiller Drug
Zogenix, Inc. recently announced that the US FDA Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory Committee (AADPAC) voted 2 to 11 (with one abstention) against…
Ligand Pharmaceuticals & Pfizer Get PDUFA Date
Pfizer Inc. and Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated recently announced that the US FDA accepted for review an NDA for bazedoxifene/conjugated estrogens (BZA/CE), a potential new…
The Medicines Company Licenses BMS' Device for $105 Million
The Medicines Company and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company recently announced that the companies have signed a global license and 2-year collaboration for Recothrom, a recombinant…
12/12/2012
TNF Inhibitors Lay Groundwork for Next-Generation of Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs The challenges inherent in the pharmacological management of rheumatic diseases have stoked huge demand for…
Isis Pharmaceuticals Announces $31-Million Strategic Cancer Alliance
Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and AstraZeneca recently announced a strategic alliance for the discovery and development of novel-generation antisense therapeutics against five cancer targets, which includes…
Moderna Therapeutics Secures $40 Million for New Way of Making Therapeutic Proteins
Moderna Therapeutics recently announced it has closed more than $40 million in financing to date, led by Flagship Ventures and private investors, which will be…
New Genomic Biomarker Services to Improve Drug Development Pipelines
EMD Millipore's Discovery and Development Solutions business, part of the Life Science division of Merck KGaA of Darmstadt, Germany, recently announced it will now offer…
Pearl Therapeutics Issued US Patent on Co-Suspension Formulation Technology
Pearl Therapeutics Inc. recently announced that the US Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent on its novel co-suspension formulation technology for inhaled combinations.…
Teva Enters $376-Million Deal for Xenon's Pain Drug
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd and Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. recently announced they have entered into a collaborative development and exclusive worldwide license for XEN402, which is…
TNF Inhibitors Lay Groundwork for Next-Generation of Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs
The challenges inherent in the pharmacological management of rheumatic diseases have stoked huge demand for drug classes with excellent safety and efficacy profiles. While tumor…
Curis Announces Several Major Announcements
Curis, Inc. recently announced it has licensed from Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, exclusive worldwide rights for the development and commercialization of GDC-0917,…
Governor Jindal, AgraTech International Announce New Chitosan Facility
Governor Bobby Jindal and AgraTech International Inc. Chairman Richard DeMarco recently announced the company will renovate a former Opelousas bottling facility, creating 50 new direct…
