Regeneron, Sanofi asthma drug seen as potential game changer

Posted: May 21st, 2013  |  Company/topic: Sanofi
Website: Reuters: Health News
(Reuters) - A new type of asthma drug meant to attack the underlying causes of the respiratory disease slashed episodes by 87 percent in a mid-stage trial, making it a potential game changer for patie…
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Regeneron, Sanofi asthma drug seen as potential game changer

Posted: May 21st, 2013  |  Company/topic: Sanofi
Website: Reuters: Healthcare
May 21 (Reuters) - A new type of asthma drug meant to attack the underlying causes of the respiratory disease slashed episodes by 87 percent in a mid-stage trial, making it a potential game changer fo…
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Takeda beefs up new vaccines arm with $250M bolt-on buyout of Inviragen

Posted: May 7th, 2013  |  Company/topic: Takeda
Website: FierceBiotech News
A couple of months after moving its experimental dengue vaccine into the second phase of a mid-stage study, Fort Collins, CO-based Inviragen has been snapped up by Takeda in a $250 million deal.
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Astellas, VCs stake virtual biotech spinout with $15M and a PhII program

Posted: May 7th, 2013  |  Company/topic: Astellas
Website: FierceBiotech News
Astellas and a pair of venture companies have joined forces to launch a spinout virtual biotech which will pick up mid-stage research work on an experimental therapy for nocturia.
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