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Manufacturing Deal Wins China Cheap Supply Of GSK's New HIV Drug

2015-07-02 17:16:32| Biotech - Topix.net

China will receive cut-price supplies of GlaxoSmithKline's new HIV drug Tivicay, following a deal for Shanghai-based Desano Pharmaceuticals to become an additional manufacturer of the medicine's active ingredient. The collaboration between GSK's HIV unit ViiV Healthcare and Desano marks an improvement in the business climate for the British drugmaker, which was fined a record 3 billion yuan in September for bribing Chinese doctors.

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Diabetes drug helps people lose weight: study

2015-07-02 09:00:52| Biotech - Topix.net

Liraglutide, an injectable diabetes drug that US regulators approved last year for weight loss, helped obese people lose an average of 18 pounds , a yearlong study said. Most patients were able to keep the weight off for the duration of the 56-week study on the drug marketed as Saxenda by Novo Nordisk, according to the findings published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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07.06.15 -- New Powerful Drug Candidate Can Improve Failing Heart's Function

2015-07-02 02:40:32| drugdiscoveryonline News Articles

07/06/15 Drug Discovery Online Newsletter

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Novo Nordisk to end German sales of new insulin drug after price row

2015-07-01 20:23:39| Biotech - Topix.net

COPENHAGEN: Denmark's Novo Nordisk, the world's biggest insulin producer, is to stop selling its new long-acting insulin drug Tresiba in Germany following a row over pricing. The decision is the latest example of tensions between drugmakers and healthcare providers, many of whom are unhappy about the high cost of modern medicines.

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