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Viamet Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Office of Orphan Products Development has granted orphan drug designation to VT-1598 for the treatment of coccidioidomycosis, or Valley Fever. VT-1598 is a selective, orally available inhibitor of fungal CYP51 that has demonstrated high potency in preclinical studies against Coccidioides species, the fungal pathogens responsible for Valley Fever.

DelMar Pharmaceutical Inc. announced the successful completion of an End of Phase 2 meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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DS Biopharma (DS) announced plans to develop its anti-fibrotic and anti-inflammatory compound DS102 in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients as well as in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) patients.

Allergan plc. announced that the New Drug Application (NDA) filing for oxymetazoline HCl cream 1.0%, an investigational topical prescription product for the treatment of persistent facial erythema (redness) associated with rosacea in adults, has been accepted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for standard review. Allergan expects the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) date to be in the first half of 2017.

Zambon S.p.A., an international pharmaceutical company committed to the CNS therapeutic area, and its partner Newron Pharmaceuticals S.p.A. (Newron), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel therapies for patients with diseases of the CNS and pain, announced the availability of Xadago (safinamide) in the United Kingdom.

Hyderabad, India and Princeton, NJ, USA Dr.Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd.(BSE: 500124, NSE:DRREDDY, NYSE: RDY) today announced the acquisition of an  eminent portfolio of over the counter (OTC) brands in the cough and cold, pain, and dermatology categories. The company acquired six OTC brands from Ducere Pharma, including DOAN’S®, BUFFERIN®, NUPERCAINAL® Ointment, CRUEX ® Nail  Gel, COMTREX ® , and MYOFLEX ®.

After Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease (PD) is the leading neurodegenerative disorder, affecting close to a million Americans, with 50,000 new cases diagnosed every year. A progressive disorder of the nervous system affecting movement, PD typically strikes adults in mid-life. In many cases, the spread of the disease to other brain areas leads to Parkinson's disease dementia, characterized by deterioration of memory, reason, attention and planning.

In roughly one-third of pancreatic cancer patients, tumors have grown around the pancreas to encompass critical blood vessels. Conventional wisdom has long held that surgery to remove the tumors is rarely an option, and life expectancies are usually measured in months. Mayo Clinic, teaming oncologists, gastrointestinal and vascular surgeons and others, is finding that many of these patients actually are candidates for surgery. Mayo has been fine-tuning a protocol to treat them, and in two studies, found survival now stretching into years.

Scorpions, snakes, snails, frogs and other creatures are thought to produce tens or even hundreds of millions of distinct venoms. These venoms have been honed to strike specific targets in the body.