EnvisionRx, a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) and division of EnvisionRxOptions, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rite Aid Corporation, recently announced that the health care accrediting organization URAC renewed the company’s accreditation for pharmacy benefit management. Read More »
Because acute myeloid leukemia (AML) impacts relatively few individuals nationwide, gilteritinib — an anti-cancer medication developed by Tokyo-based Astellas Pharma Inc. — recently attained orphan-drug designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Read More »
Pfizer Inc. recently announced positive results for its Reflections B7391003 study, which evaluated the safety and efficacy of PF-06439535 as compared to Avastin (bevacizumab). Read More »
Eisai Inc.'s supplemental New Drug Application for Fycompa CIII has been accepted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Read More »
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. recently announced the availability of a fully integrated solution for polymer-based drug implant development and production using hot melt extrusion (HME). Read More »
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s Xermelo, a carcinoid syndrome diarrhea treatment created in collaboration with Ipsen, has been given a positive opinion for Marketing Authorization Application by the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use, the committee of the European Medicines Agency responsible for human medicines. Read More »
New Jersey-based Merck recently introduced Renflexis (infliximab-abda) in the United States as a biosimilar of Remicade (infliximab) following its FDA approval last April for all eligible indications. Read More »
Accord Healthcare has acquired Essential Pharmaceuticals, a New Jersey company that provides products, services and contributions to transplant medicine. Read More »
Tocagen Inc., a clinical-stage, cancer-selective gene therapy company, recently announced that its Toca 511 was awarded PRIME designation by the European Medicines Agency for treating high grade glioma patients. Read More »
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. of Marlborough, Massachusetts recently gained approval for its supplemental new drug submission regarding Latuda (lurasidone HCI) — aimed at relieving adolescent schizophrenia — from Health Canada, potentially extending the treatment’s age range. Read More »
Luminex Corporation recently announced that its ARIES clostridium difficile (c. difficile) assay has been given U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance. Read More »
DelMar Pharmaceuticals' application for a Phase II study evaluating a treatment for newly diagnosed MGMT-unmethylated glioblastoma multiforme has been accepted by the Human Genetic Resources Administration of China. Read More »
California-based Amgen recently obtained U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) acceptance of its Biologics License Application (BLA) for Aimovig (erenumab), a product developed specifically to help victims of frequent migraine headaches. Read More »
To better tend babies in the nation’s neonatal intensive care units, the first magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device designed for newborns recently garnered U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval following thorough safety confirmation. Read More »
Pharmaceutical provider AmerisourceBergen recently unveiled the DIR Fee Estimator, its newest tool in conjunction with its nationwide Good Neighbor Pharmacy network, to streamline transactions between provider networks and pharmacy benefit managers by providing cost estimate ranges. Read More »
Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. recently announced that Kevzara (sarilumab), a treatment for adult patients with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis who have not responded well to one or more disease modifying antirheumatic drugs, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Read More »
Therigy, a company that pioneered patient-focused specialty therapy management, recently announced a strategic partnership with EPI-Q Inc. to expand research on specialty pharmacy outcomes. Read More »
Amgen and UCB recently announced that their Evenity study, which analyzed the drug as a treatment for postmenopausal women with osteoporosis, met both primary endpoints and the secondary endpoint. Read More »
Biologics Inc., a McKesson Specialty Health oncology pharmacy services company, has been chosen by AstraZeneca to distribute Imfinzi. Read More »
Xynomic Pharma's has initiated a strategic partnership with the University of California San Francisco for a PAX Study – a multi-national, multi-center, randomized Phase 2/3 study of Pazopanib plus Abexinostat, as opposed to Pazopanib monotherapy in patients with locally advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Read More »
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