Zug (ots) - AmVac AG announces new preclinical data on its vaccine candidate AMV602 for the prevention of infections caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Last fall, the company selected the candidate as the most promising for further development among a range of potential leads. In preclinical studies, renowned RSV expert Prof.ssa Grazia Cusi and her team at the University of Siena, Italy, have now confirmed the ...
Norderstedt (ots) - Endomagnetics, the company developing a portfolio of products to improve the standard of breast cancer management, has announced it has signed a distribution agreement with Sysmex Europe GmbH, a subsidiary of global healthcare company Sysmex Corporation. Sysmex has the exclusive right to provide sales and support for Endomagnetics' SentiMag® system across the EMEA region. This is Endomagnetics' first ...
Paris, France (ots) - - Data presented at ATTD by Sanofi will focus on the company's integrated portfolio of therapeutic solutions, blood glucose monitoring, insulin delivery and contributions to advancing diabetes research - Sanofi (EURONEXT : SAN and NYSE : SNY) announced today that its comprehensive portfolio of ...
Lugano, Switzerland and Mexico City, Mexico (ots) - Stendhal strengthens its pipeline of in-licensed specialty drug products by signing a Distribution and License Agreement with Helsinn Group for an innovative phase III ghrelin receptor agonist. Swiss pharmaceutical Helsinn Group has granted Latin American specialty ...
Lugano (ots) - Helsinn Group is pleased to announce that tomorrow (Tuesday, January 8th, 2013) at 9am Pacific Standard Time (18:00 Swiss time), Dr. Riccardo Braglia, Helsinn Group CEO, will present an overview of the Helsinn group, its products and corporate goals at the 31st Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, San Francisco. Dr. Braglia's presentation will be ...
Schlieren-Zurich (ots) - The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has reviewed field performance data of the BOVIGAM® Interferon-y (IFN-y) test and recommends IFN-y tests for inclusion in the official list of stand-alone tests for bovine tuberculosis (TB). BOVIGAM® is currently widely used as a supplementary test to complement skin testing. Prionics trusts that the ...
Lugano, Switzerland (ots) - The Swiss pharmaceutical Helsinn Group announces today that Taiho Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Japanese licensee of Helsinn's second generation 5-HT3 receptor antagonist (5- HT3 RA) palonosetron, has launched on the national market the 0.75mg infusion bag formulation of palonosetron hydrochloride (Aloxi®). The infusion bag is an additional formulation to the 0.75mg injectable form already marketed ...
Schlieren-Zurich (ots) - An innovative new test is now available to detect TSE (scrapie and mad cow disease) in sheep and goats. With the Prionics®-Check PrioSTRIP SR, Prionics brings to the market the first test to achieve high diagnostic sensitivity on preclinical TSE cases. The test was approved today by the European Commission for use in TSE testing in small ...
Lugano (ots) - Helsinn Group announces that it has signed an agreement with the Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology to provide long-term financial support for CancerLinQ, a multi-phase initiative to build a rapid learning system in oncology. Helsinn supports the Foundation's ...
Ittigen, Switzerland (ots) - Pevion Biotech AG today announced the launch of a new program called Defensomes, a platform for broad spectrum immune enhancement via mechanisms of innate immunity. The proprietary technology is derived from a vaccine platform with a solid safety track record comprising more than 80 ...
Zurich, Switzerland (ots) - Sequana Medical is pleased to announce that it has received CE mark approval for use of its alfapump® system in patients with ascites caused by cancer (malignant ascites). The alfapump® system was first introduced to the European market last year for patients with refractory ascites ...
Zug (ots) - AmVac AG has announced that it has made decisive progress in the development of their new RSV vaccine. The vaccine candidate is based on AmVac's innovative Sendai virus vector platform and developed for the prevention of respiratory infections, which are induced by RSV (respiratory syncytial virus). RSV ...
Freienbach, Switzerland (ots) - EffRx Pharmaceuticals SA is proud to announce that BINOSTO (TM) (alendronate sodium) Effervescent Tablet for buffered oral solution (70 mg) is now available by prescription in the United States. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration earlier this year approved BINOSTO to treat ...
Lugano, Switzerland and Melbourne, Australia (ots) - Helsinn Healthcare SA and STA reinforce their Cancer Supportive Care Alliance in Australia and New Zealand with a Distribution and License Agreement for the innovative phase III ghrelin receptor agonist Melbourne biopharmaceutical company Specialised Therapeutics ...
Lugano, Switzerland & Vienna, Austria (ots) - New data presented at the 2012 meeting of the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) in Vienna show antiemetic efficacy maintained across the chemotherapy cycles and a positive safety profile The oral formulation of palonosetron, the second generation 5-HT3 receptor ...
Freienbach, Switzerland (ots) - EffRx Pharmaceuticals SA is proud to announce and welcome Lorenzo Bosisio, new Head of Business Development and Marketing. Lorenzo will be responsible for the outlicensing and marketing of EffRx's approved product Steovess®/BinostoTM outside of the USA and Canada as well as developing the business for EffRx's other pipeline products. ...
Lugano (ots) - Helsinn Group announces that on September 18th it has signed a license agreement with CJ CheilJedang, Korea for Helsinn's new product for potential use in the prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV). The agreement covers the exclusive license and distribution rights for a ...
Lugano, Switzerland / Raleigh, N.C., USA (ots) - Gelclair® Strengthens DARA's Growing Portfolio of In-licensed Oncology and Oncology Supportive Care Products The Helsinn Group of Switzerland announced today that it has entered into an exclusive agreement with DARA BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: DARA) for U.S. ...
Lugano, Switzerland (ots) - Starting July 1st the Swiss Group has become Gold sponsor of the Sharing Progress in Cancer Care (SPCC) Programme Through its support to the Sharing Progress in Cancer Care (SPCC) Programme, Helsinn Group starts to actively collaborate with the European School of Oncology (ESO) in promoting education in oncology, with special attention to cancer supportive care. SPPC is a collaborative ...
Munich (ots) - Jan Van Ruymbeke, 53, will become the new Chief Executive Officer of Daiichi Sankyo Europe this autumn. The native of Belgium will replace Reinhard Bauer, who is retiring after 10 years in this position. Van Ruymbeke will assume responsibility for the pharmaceutical company in October. Until the end ...
Oss, The Netherlands (ots) - Movianto Nederland, the logistics and transportation company specialised in pharmaceuticals and healthcare, is set to begin operations in the new state-of-the- art warehouse especially built to meet the clients' needs. The strategically located warehouse also offers the largest facility for the storage of deep frozen pharmaceutical products ...
Parsippany, NJ (ots) - - Creates 3rd largest global generics company - - ~$8.0 billion anticipated pro forma combined revenue in 2012 - - Significantly increases scale of Watson's ex-U.S. generic business- - Accelerates revenue and earnings growth - - Immediately accretive to non-GAAP earnings, before synergies - - Greater than $300 million annual synergies anticipated within 3 years - - Strong combined cash flow allows ...
Chicago, Illinois (ots) - --Results Support Differentiating Drug-like Features for Targeted Anti-cancer Drug-- Pieris AG announced today the presentation of a range of in vitro and in vivo preclinical data for the company's proprietary c-Met antagonist program, PRS-110, at the American Association for Cancer ...
Bern, Switzerland (ots) - - - Quality of Life (QoL) is strongly diminished in RVVC patients - Current available treatment fails in two thirds of patients - High medical need demands novel effective treatment options Pevion Biotech AG today announced results from a large, international survey on the Quality of Life ...
Freising, Germany (ots) - Pieris AG announced today the receipt of a EUR 1 million grant to support the development of the company's proprietary PRS-110 compound targeting c-Met, a cellular receptor that plays a key role in cancer cell growth and metastasis. The goal of the funded research will be to delineate a ...
Warsaw, Poland (ots) - Actavis and Bioton (WSE:BIO) announced today that they have formed a joint venture company for the development and registration of insulins, including analogue insulins. Within the framework of the joint-venture, Bioton will be responsible for the development and manufacture of insulin ...
San Diego, CA, USA (ots) - Breadth of Pharmacokinetic Data Points to Tunable Half-life for Platform Pieris AG presented novel preclinical in vitro and in vivo data for its PRS-080 Anticalin hepcidin antagonist in an oral presentation at the American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting, the company announced today. ...
Zurich, Switzerland (ots) - NHS National Innovation Centre supports the cost effectiveness of Sequana Medical's ALFApump System Sequana Medical announced today the findings of an independent economic assessment of the ALFApump System commissioned by the National Innovation Centre, the NHS organization which supports ...
Lausanne, Switzerland (ots) - A new study shows self-centered CEOs who "crave acclaim and applause" are more likely to keep their companies at the forefront of technological innovation. Additionally, the desire for attention from self-absorbed CEOs fuels the willingness to make daring decisions that less confident counterparts might shy away from, especially during a period of radical change. Conducted by professors at ...