Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany (ots) - Pieris AG, a biopharmaceutical and protein engineering company exploiting its proprietary Anticalin(r) technology for the development of superior human biotherapeutic and diagnostics products, today announced that it has successfully reached key milestones within its collaboration project with Syngenta. After careful ...
Bensberg (ots) - Girindus, with core competencies in process development, scale up and manufacture of innovative drug and cosmetic actives, sees a significant increase in demand for its commercial oligonucleotide production capabilities in the USA and Europe. "Our know-how and our technical expertise in the area of oligonucleotide research, development and manufacturing has been validated by an increased market ...
Aachen (ots) - Tapentadol would be the first new molecular entity in the class of oral centrally acting analgesics to enter medical practice in over 25 years. At the American Pain Society Meeting in San Antonio, Texas, Grünenthal GmbH presented positive results on preclinical and early clinical studies of ...
21st Annual Meeting of the European Association of Urology (EAU), Paris, 5th - 8th April 2006 Treatment with degarelix results in fast, profound and sustained reductions in testosterone and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels without a testosterone surge Paris (ots) - Following the presentation today of the results of the Phase IIb programme with degarelix in prostate cancer, which are in line with previous ...
Lugano/Johannesburg (ots) - HELSINN HEALTHCARE SA, and PFIZER LABORATORIES (PTY) LTD, announce the signing of an agreement granting PFIZER in South Africa, the exclusive license and distribution rights of Aloxi® (Palonosetron hydrochloride), a therapy for the prevention of nausea and vomiting induced by ...
Zürich (ots) - Prionics announced the acquisition of CEDI-Diagnostics. The Dutch firm is a spin-off from the world-famous Wageningen University and Research Centre (Wageningen UR). Through the purchase of CEDI, Prionics will acquire a substantial number of new products and gain rights to commercialize ...
Lugano, Switzerland and Stockholm, Sweden (ots) - HELSINN HEALTHCARE SA, a Swiss pharmaceutical group, and BIOVITRUM AB, a Swedish Biotechnology company, announce the signing of an agreement granting BIOVITRUM the exclusive License and Distribution rights of Aloxi® (Palonosetron hydrochloride) in the NORDIC ...
Lugano (ots) - HELSINN HEALTHCARE SA signed an Agreement with THERABEL PHARMA under which it granted THERABEL PHARMA the exclusive License and Distribution rights to distribute, market and sell Aloxi® (palonosetron hydrochloride) in France, Belgium, Luxemburg and The Netherlands. Aloxi® is a strong and long-lasting antiemetic belonging to ...
Zurich (ots) - The world leader in prion diagnostics has landed another coup in the fight against animal diseases and consumer protection. Prionics AG will be promoting the use of the innovative diagnostic ear tag TypiFix, which combines individual livestock identification with tissue sampling. "The special mummification technique of TypiFix allows it to easily trace back from the fork to the farm", says ...
Zurich (ots) - Baxter Healthcare S.A. announced today that Baxter"s ready-to-use liquid 10% Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG), has received unanimous positive opinion for marketing authorization from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA). Once licensed, ...
Zurich (ots) - Prionics AG, the world leader in prion diagnostics and Pfizer Animal Health, the world's leading animal health company, agreed today that Prionics will acquire Pfizer Animal Health's diagnostic products. Terms were not disclosed. The product line includes tests for the detection of ...
Lugano, Switzerland and Lisboa, Portugal (ots) - HELSINN HEALTHCARE SA, a Swiss pharmaceutical group, and ANGELINI FARMACÊUTICA, a Portuguese Pharmaceutical company, announce the signing of an agreement granting ANGELINI the exclusive License and Distribution rights for ALOXI® (Palonosetron hydrochloride) in PORTUGAL. ALOXI® is a strong and long acting ...
South San Francisco, Calif and Lugano, Switzerland (ots) - Exelixis, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXEL) and Helsinn Healthcare S.A. reached an agreement for the development of XL119 (becatecarin). Under the terms of the agreement, Helsinn will pay Exelixis an upfront payment of $4 million and additional milestones up to $21 million. In addition, Helsinn will assume the cost of the Phase III program going forward. In return, Exelixis ...
Biasca, Switzerland (ots) - HELSINN HEALTHCARE SA, a Swiss pharmaceutical group, and ROCHE today announced the signing of a licensing agreement, granting HELSINN HEALTHCARE the worldwide rights for the patented, phase II product, NETUPITANT. Netupitant is a potent and selective NK-1 receptor antagonist, developed as NKE by Roche, for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV). "We are ...
DUBLIN, IRELAND, May 11th, 2005 - HELSINN BIREX THERAPEUTICS LTD, one of the Irish companies of the Swiss pharmaceutical group Helsinn Healthcare SA, announced today that the company received the first delivery of ALOXI" (palonosetron hydrochloride) from Helsinn Birex Pharmaceuticals LTD, Dublin, on 9th May 2005 ...
Biasca, Switzerland (ots) - Helsinn Chemicals SA and Helsinn Advanced Synthesis SA have successfully passed a re-certification audit of its ISO14001 Environmental Management System. The audit by SGS took place on May 2nd and 3rd 2005. In parallel, Helsinn has also applied for an audit from SGS to inspect the Helsinn sites in relation to the Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series (OHSAS) 18001 ...
Lugano, Switzerland, and Ljulubiana (ots) - HELSINN HEALTHCARE SA, a Swiss pharmaceutical group, and PHARMASWISS, a Pharmaceutical company based in SLOVENIA, announce the signing of an agreement granting PHARMASWISS the exclusive License and Distribution rights for ALOXI® (Palonosetron hydrochloride) in ...
Lugano Switzerland (ots) - HELSINN HEALTHCARE SA, a Swiss pharmaceutical group, announced today that the European Commission has granted the marketing authorisation for their new drug ALOXI®. This announcement comes approximately three months after the CHMP's recommendation to approve ALOXI" for the prevention of acute nausea and vomiting associated with highly ...
Frankfurt, Germany (ots) - AEterna Zentaris Inc. (TSX: AEZ; NASDAQ: AEZS) announced it has received Colombian Food and Drug Agency approval for Impavido® (miltefosine), to treat the cutaneous form of leishmaniasis, a severe parasitic skin disease estimated to affect millions of people worldwide. This is the first-ever approval of Impavido® for this form of ...
LUGANO, SWITZERLAND, and VIENNA, AUSTRIA (ots) - HELSINN HEALTHCARE SA, a Swiss pharmaceutical group, and CSC, a Pharmaceutical company based in AUSTRIA, announce the signing of an agreement granting CSC the exclusive License and Distribution rights for ALOXI® (Palonosetron hydrochloride) in Austria and other countries in Central and Eastern Europe. ALOXI® is ...
LUGANO, SWITZERLAND, and Athens, GREECE (ots) - HELSINN HEALTHCARE SA, a Swiss pharmaceutical group, and GALENICA, a Pharmaceutical company based in Greece, announce the signing of an agreement granting GALENICA the exclusive License and Distribution rights for ALOXI® (Palonosetron hydrochloride) in GREECE. ALOXI® is the second generation of serotonine (5-HT3) ...
DEERFIELD, Ill., and CONCORD, Calif. (ots) - Subsidiaries of Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX) and Cerus Corporation (NASDAQ: CERS) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement with BioOne Corporation for commercialization of the INTERCEPT Blood System for platelets in parts of Asia. The ...
Vienna, Austria (ots) - AOP Orphan Pharmaceuticals, manufacturer and product developer of Thromboreductin®, announces that it has achieved its intermediate goal to make Thromboreductin® available in the European Union by means of an ambitious GCP compliant clinical trial programme. Thromboreductin is the first Anagrelide containing medicinal product approved ...
Geneva (ots) - Novo Nordisk Switzerland announced today that Levemir® (insulin detemir), a novel, predictable basal insulin analogue with a unique mechanism of prolonging action (scientifically known as protraction), is available for people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes in Switzerland today. The Swiss launch is just the beginning of an exciting global roll-out of ...
Piscataway, NJ (ots) - Amersham Biosciences, the life sciences business of Amersham (LSE:, NYSE:, OSE: AHM), has enhanced its CodeLink Informatics Solution to help scientists to improve productivity further by streamlining data extraction, acquisition and management processes in their gene expression experiments. The suite of tools includes CodeLink Expression ...
London (ots) - William Ransom & Son plc, the natural healthcare company, announced today a pre-tax profit before amortisation of goodwill of £0.055m in its interim results to 30 September 2003 (pre-tax loss of £0.095m after amortisation of goodwill). The Directors have declared a dividend of 0.50p. In summary: · Turnover declined by 1.6% to £6.731 ...
London, UK (ots) - Antisoma, (LSE: ASM) the biopharmaceutical company specialising in the development of novel anti-cancer drugs, today announces the promotion of Mr Nicholas Adams to Director of Business Development. Nick will lead Antisoma's business development team, for which a key focus remains the acquisition of new products to add to Antisoma's pipeline. He has also been appointed to Antisoma's Executive ...
London (ots) - William Ransom, the natural healthcare company, today confirmed that it is considering the sale of its valuable Hitchin town centre site for residential development. A reorganisation would produce operational savings as pharmaceutical manufacture is transferred to the company's Witham site. Cash ...
London, UK and Princeton, New Jersey USA (ots) - Antisoma plc (LSE: ASM; Nasdaq Europe: ASOM), a United Kingdom-based biopharmaceutical company, and Cytogen Corporation (Nasdaq: CYTO), a United States-based, product-driven, oncology-focused biopharmaceutical company, today announced that Antisoma has acquired certain royalty rights to Antisoma's lead product, R1549 (formerly Pemtumomab), from Cytogen. In connection ...
London, UK (ots) - Antisoma (LSE: ASM- Nasdaq Europe: ASOM), the UK-based biopharmaceutical company, today announces that it has received approval for a voluntary de-listing from the Nasdaq Europe Market. The de-listing of Antisoma shares will be effective from the close of business on Wednesday 10 September ...