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First 'biosimilar' of a biologic drug reaches US, finally
2015-09-11 00:00:58| Biotech - Topix.net
" Years after discounted versions of some of the most expensive drugs ever went on sale in other countries, they're finally coming to the world's biggest medicine market. Last week brought the first U.S. launch in a new category called "biosimilars."
Microsoft battles US over 'drug' emails
2015-09-09 02:00:30| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Microsoft is returning to court to resist a US government demand that it hand over emails stored on computers in Dublin.
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Study finds key GSK-Theravance lung drug didn't extend lives
2015-09-09 01:33:31| Biotech - Topix.net
A closely watched study of GlaxoSmithKline plc's Breo Ellipta respiratory treatment failed to prove that it extends patients' lives, denying the drugmaker a much-needed marketing edge in its most lucrative - but declining - medicine category. It was a disappointing deja vu for the British drugmaker, which previously failed to prove the same benefit for its much older respiratory treatment Advair, long the company's top seller with revenue of $8.3 billion as recently as 2013.
Oklahoma receives grant to fight prescription drug overdose
2015-09-08 23:26:33| Biotech - Topix.net
The Oklahoma Department of Health has received an $820,000 grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to prevent overdose deaths due to prescription opioids. The grant is part of the Prevention for States program that will support 16 states with annual awards over the next four years to improve prescribing practices and try to decrease the number of prescription drug overdoses.
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[Newsmaker] Samsung's first biosimilar drug gains domestic approval
2015-09-08 11:51:41| Biotech - Topix.net
Samsung Group, South Korea's leading conglomerate, has taken a significant step toward driving forward its newly-established biopharmaceuticals business, an emerging sector expected to become one of the company's future growth engines. Samsung Bioepis, the conglomerate's biotechnology research and development unit, said Monday that it had gained approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety to begin selling Brenzys, its biosimilar copy of Pfizer's rheumatoid arthritis treatment Enbrel, in South Korea.
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