FDA staff says Merck’s sleep drug effective, questions dosage

Posted: May 20th, 2013  |  Company/topic: Merck
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(Reuters) - Merck & Co's experimental insomnia drug suvorexant appears generally effective, according to reviewers at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, but they questioned the company's propo…
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Novo Nordisk says completes hemophilia drug trial

Posted: May 17th, 2013  |  Company/topic: Novo Nordisk
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's Novo Nordisk, the world's biggest insulin producer, said on Friday it had completed the first phase III trial of a hemophilia drug, N9-GP.
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EU watchdog backs Bayer acne drug for certain patients

Posted: May 17th, 2013  |  Company/topic: Bayer
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LONDON (Reuters) - Bayer's acne pill Diane 35 and its generic versions are safe to use in certain women when other options have failed, the European Medicines Agency said on Friday.
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Sanofi says will keep Toulouse research site

Posted: May 17th, 2013  |  Company/topic: Sanofi
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PARIS (Reuters) - Sanofi said it would overhaul rather than exit its Toulouse research site, as it seeks to break an impasse with the French government which opposed the drugmaker's reorganization pla…
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