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FDA approves Amgen's cholesterol-lowering drug Repatha
2015-08-28 02:31:47| Biotech - Topix.net
WASHINGTON: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Amgen Inc's Repatha drug for patients with hereditary forms of high cholesterol and those with cardiovascular disease. Last month the FDA approved a similar drug from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc and Sanofi SA.
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Eli Lilly and partner pitch new diabetes drug
2015-08-28 01:37:04| Agriculture - Topix.net
Eli Lilly and partner pitch new diabetes drug Synjardy is a combination of two existing diabetes medications that lower blood sugar levels. Check out this story on IndyStar.com: http://indy.st/1JotLRo A new drug to treat adult onset diabetes, developed by Eli Lilly and Co.
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Amgen wins approval for second biotech cholesterol drug
2015-08-28 00:23:50| Biotech - Topix.net
" Amgen Inc. has won approval for the second medicine in a new class of biotech drugs that reduce artery-clogging cholesterol more than older statin drugs that have been used for decades. The drug Repatha could eventually help millions of Americans who face increased risks of heart disease because they cannot control their cholesterol with existing drugs.
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Novo Nordisk adding diabetes drug output in NC, Denmark
2015-08-26 21:38:06| Biotech - Topix.net
Danish drug maker Novo Nordisk said Wednesday it will open new factories in North Carolina and Denmark as pharmaceutical companies seek to keep up with demand for diabetes medications in an increasingly overweight world. Novo Nordisk plans to invest about $2 billion over the next five years in new production facilities in the Raleigh suburb of Clayton and near Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Federal court backs patent protecting Eli Lilly cancer drug
2015-08-26 16:29:15| Biotech - Topix.net
Shares of Eli Lilly rose Wednesday in premarket trading a day after the drugmaker said a federal court upheld a patent protecting one of its top-selling drugs, the cancer treatment Alimta. The Indianapolis company said Tuesday after markets closed that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana ruled in Lilly's favor regarding the infringement of a vitamin regimen patent for Alimta.
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