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  • Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab), the company’s anti-PD-1 (programmed death receptor-1) therapy, at a fixed dose of 200 mg every three weeks, for the treatment of patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) with disease progression on or after platinum-containing chemotherapy.

  • Sylogent, a software and data services company, has announced the formal launch of PROJECTIC for the pharmaceutical industry. The web-based process management tool is designed to visualize milestones, projects and tasks across the enterprise with the push of a button. PROJECTIC is a flexible tool that allows for repetitive structured processes to be saved as templates that are managed by key data points. 

  • Microbion’s MBN-101 receive Fast Track designation

    Microbion Corporation (“Microbion”) of Bozeman, MT, USA and Microbion Pharma Corp. of Vancouver, BC, Canada, specializing in the treatment of hard to treat and antibiotic-resistant infections, announced that the U.S. FDA has granted MBN-101 Fast Track designation for adjunctive treatment of mild and moderate diabetic foot ulcer infections.

  • GSK agreement with Verily Life Sciences LLC (formerly Google Life Sciences), an Alphabet company, to form Galvani Bioelectronics to enable the research, development and commercialisation of bioelectronic medicines. GSK will hold a 55% equity interest in the new jointly owned company and Verily will hold 45%. 

  • Allergan plc announced that it has completed the divestiture of its global generic pharmaceuticals business to Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Allergan has received $33.4 billion in cash and 100.3 million shares of Teva stock valued at $5.4 billion based on the opening price of $53.39 for Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. shares on August 2, 2016. These shares are subject to a twelve month holding period post-close of the transaction.

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