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  • Allergan plc  and Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new, expanded label for NAMZARIC® (memantine and donepezil hydrochlorides) extended-release, a once-daily, fixed-dose combination of memantine hydrochloride (a NMDA receptor antagonist) and donepezil hydrochloride (an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, AChEI).

  • For HIV-infected mothers whose immune system is in good health, taking a three-drug antiretroviral regimen during breastfeeding essentially eliminates HIV transmission by breast milk to their infants, according to results from a large clinical trial conducted in sub-Saharan Africa and India

  • Biologists and mathematicians from MIPT, Stony Brook University and other scientific research centres have taught a computer to predict the structure of protein complexes in a cell 10 times faster than before. The study has been published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA.

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  • ANI Pharmaceuticals has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for nilutamide tablets which is first generic competitor to Nilandron®. Trailing twelve- month sales of Nilandron® were $23 million according to IMS Health.

  • Sun Pharma Advanced Research Company Ltd. And Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and includes its subsidiaries or associate companies) announced a licensing arrangement for SPARC’s ELEPSIA XRTM (Levetiracetam Extended Release tablets). 

  • Celgene International Sàrl, announced that the European Commission (EC) has approved REVLIMID® (lenalidomide) for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma (MCL). 

    MCL is a rare sub-type of aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), which starts in the lymph nodes but can move to other organs, causing tumours known as lymphomas. Between 3 and 6 percent of NHL patients have MCL. MCL has the poorest long-term survival of all B-cell lymphoma subtypes, with fewer than 50 percent of patients surviving at 5 years. In Europe there were 93,433 new cases of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and 37,900 deaths in 2012. MCL has a median age of onset of 70 years and affects men more often than women. 

  • Celgene International Sàrl, announced that the European Commission (EC) has approved REVLIMID® (lenalidomide) for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma (MCL). 

    MCL is a rare sub-type of aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), which starts in the lymph nodes but can move to other organs, causing tumours known as lymphomas. Between 3 and 6 percent of NHL patients have MCL. MCL has the poorest long-term survival of all B-cell lymphoma subtypes, with fewer than 50 percent of patients surviving at 5 years. In Europe there were 93,433 new cases of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and 37,900 deaths in 2012. MCL has a median age of onset of 70 years and affects men more often than women. 

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