Astrazeneca

AstraZeneca fulfill deal of respiratory business of Takeda Pharma

  • Posted on: 5 May 2016
  • By: Shalini.Sharma

AstraZeneca has fulfilled the deal of the core respiratory business of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited. The agreement, announced in December 2015.  Agreement includes the expansion of rights to roflumilast (marketed as Daliresp in the US and Daxas in other countries), the only approved oral PDE4 inhibitor for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. AstraZeneca marketed Daliresp in the US in the first quarter of 2015.

AstraZeneca enters into US licensing agreement with Ironwood Pharmaceuticals for lesinurad

  • Posted on: 27 April 2016
  • By: Shalini.Sharma

AstraZeneca announced that it has entered into a licensing agreement with Ironwood Pharmaceuticals for the exclusive US rights to Zurampic® (lesinurad). Zurampic was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)in December 2015, in combination with a xanthine oxidase inhibitor (XOI), for the treatment of hyperuricemia associated with uncontrolled gout.

Bevespi Aerosphere™ approved by the US FDA for patients with COPD

  • Posted on: 27 April 2016
  • By: Shalini.Sharma

Astrazeneca announced that the US Food and Drug Administration has approved Bevespi Aerosphere (glycopyrrolate and formoterol fumarate) inhalation aerosol indicated for the long-term, maintenance treatment of airflow obstruction in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including chronic bronchitis and/or emphysema.

AstraZeneca launches integrated genomics approach to transform drug discovery and development

  • Posted on: 25 April 2016
  • By: Shalini.Sharma

AstraZeneca and its global biologics research and development arm, MedImmune, announced an integrated genomics initiative to transform drug discovery and development across its entire research and development pipeline.

AstraZeneca and Eli Lilly and Company announce continuation of pivotal clinical trial for people with early Alzheimer’s disease

  • Posted on: 12 April 2016
  • By: Shalini.Sharma

AstraZeneca and Eli Lilly and Company announced that AMARANTH, a Phase II/III study of AZD3293, an oral beta secretase cleaving enzyme (BACE) inhibitor currently in development as a potential treatment for early Alzheimer’s disease, will continue into Phase III of the Phase II/III seamless trial.

Astrazeneca pandemic influenza vaccine receives positive CHMP opinion

  • Posted on: 4 April 2016
  • By: Shalini.Sharma

AstraZeneca and its global biologics research and development arm, MedImmune, announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has issued a positive opinion recommending the conditional approval of Pandemic Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine (P/LAIV). P/LAIV is indicated for the prevention of influenza in an officially declared pandemic in children and adolescents from 12 months to less than 18 years of age.

AstraZeneca brilinta preferred over clopidogrel in updated ACC & AHA guideline in acute coronary syndrome

  • Posted on: 4 April 2016
  • By: Shalini.Sharma

AstraZeneca confirmed that the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) have released a treatment guideline on the duration of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT). Brilinta (ticagrelor) is now preferred over clopidogrel for the management of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) who have received a coronary stent and in non-ST Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome (NSTE-ACS) patients treated with medical therapy alone (Class IIa LoE: B-R). This update is the first time the ACC/AHA has recommended Brilinta over clopidogrel for patients who have experienced an ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).

AstraZeneca reports top-line results from the Brilinta SOCRATES trial in stroke

  • Posted on: 25 March 2016
  • By: Shalini.Sharma

AstraZeneca  announced the top-line results of the SOCRATES trial, assessing the efficacy of Brilinta/Brilique (ticagrelor) 90mg tablets twice daily, when compared to aspirin 100mg once daily in patients with acute ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA). The primary efficacy endpoint of time to first occurrence of any event from the composite of stroke (ischaemic or haemorrhagic), myocardial infarction (MI, also known as heart attack) and death was not met. Fewer events were observed on Brilinta/Brilique versus the comparator in the overall trial population but the trend did not reach statistical significance.

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