Merck’s cholesterol pill fails in PhIII; no US filing

Posted: December 21st, 2012  |  Company/topic: Merck
Website: PharmaTimes World News
Merck's cholesterol pill fails in PhIII; no US filing…
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AstraZeneca’s pill for RA can’t outperform Humira in study

Posted: December 13th, 2012  |  Company/topic: AstraZeneca
Website: MedCity News
LONDON (Reuters) - An experimental rheumatoid arthritis drug from AstraZeneca proved inferior to Abbott Laboratories' Humira in a clinical study, knocking hopes for one of the few late-stage products…
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Gilead Sciences Leads The Race In Developing A Hepatitis C Pill

Posted: December 8th, 2012  |  Company/topic: Gilead
Website: Bioportfolio Latest News
By Peter GeschekThe race to develop a hepatitis C pill is one of the most dramatic in the pharmaceutical industry. Almost no month goes by without surprises good as well as bad.Incivek from Vertex VRT…
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UPDATE 1-Bayer sues Lupin over generic birth control pill

Posted: November 29th, 2012  |  Company/topic: Bayer
Website: Reuters: Healthcare
FRANKFURT, Nov 29 (Reuters) - German drugmaker Bayer has filed a lawsuit in the United States against Indian generic drug maker Lupin, to prevent it from selling a version of Bayer's birth-control pi…
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