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GW Pharmaceuticals plc, announced the positive results of the first pivotal phase 3 study of its investigational medicine Epidiolex (cannabidiol or CBD) for the treatment of Dravet syndrome. In this study, Epidiolex achieved the primary endpoint of a significant reduction in convulsive seizures assessed over the entire treatment period compared with placebo (p=0.01). Epidiolex has both Orphan Drug Designation and Fast Track Designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the treatment of Dravet syndrome, a rare and debilitating type of epilepsy for which there are currently no treatments approved in the US.

KemPharm, Inc. announced that a joint meeting of the Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory Committee and Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been scheduled for May 5, 2016, to review KemPharm’s New Drug Application (NDA) for KP201/APAP, its lead investigational drug candidate for the short-term management of acute pain.

Suven Life Sciences Ltd (Suven) announces that the grant of one (1) product patent from China (CN103380131), one (1) product patent from Eurasia (9 Countries) (22043) and one (1) product patent from Hong Kong (HK 1180955)) corresponding to the New Chemical Entities (NCEs) for the treatment of disorders associated with Neurodegenerative diseases and these Patents are valid through 2032.

Government included more 88 drugs, surgical and consumables in Jan Aushadhi Scheme to make more covers over different portfolios. Till now Jan Aushadhi stores includes total 488 medicines including - Anti-allergy, Anti-infective, Anti-cancer, Antidiabetic agents, Central Nervous System disease, Cardio Vascular Agents, Eye Nose throat product, Eye disease, Gastro Intestinal Tract disease, Harmone, Non Opoidal Anti Inflammatory Drugs, Non-Steroidal Anti Inflammatory Drugs, Nutrient, Respiratory disease, Skin disease, Vaccine, Vitamins & Minerals, Miscellaneous etc.

The Supreme Court asked the central government as to why it was not making functional or upgrading its own vaccines manufacturing units, and instead procuring the vaccines from the market.

A team of researchers led by an Indian-American scientist has developed a portable biosensor that can display the progress of Alzheimer's disease in a patient.

Offering a potential new approach to preventing deadly heart attacks and strokes, Indian-origin researchers have designed a synthetic nanoparticle that can simultaneously light up invisible plaque build up inside the arteries and also treat it.

Amgen announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review Amgen's supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for the expanded use of Enbrel® (etanercept) to treat pediatric patients with chronic severe plaque psoriasis.

Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, applauds the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for broadening access to treatment for Veterans with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection.