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  • Dr. Reddy ’s announced  the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding  (MoU) with The Life Sciences Sector  Skill Development Council  (LSSSDC)  and  Vishnu  Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (VIPER) .The MoU is aimed at fostering market research collaboration between LSSSDC and industry par tners , that in turn will help align educational courses to industry requirements.The MoU will also collaborate to create pharmaceutical,biotechnology and clinical research occupation standards, as well as establish acompetency matrix for job roles in the pharmaceutical sector.

  • Amgen and Merck known as MSD outside the United States and Canada,  announced a cancer immunotherapy collaboration to support a Phase 1b/3 study investigating BLINCYTO® (blinatumomab) in combination with KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), which is the most common type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). BLINCYTO is Amgen’s CD19 bispecific T cell engager (BiTE®), and KEYTRUDA is Merck’s anti-PD-1 antibody. The study is an open-label, multicenter, randomized trial to evaluate safety and efficacy in patients with DLBCL.

  • Gilead Sciences, Inc. announced that its Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for an investigational, once-daily fixed-dose combination of the nucleotide analog polymerase inhibitor sofosbuvir (SOF) 400 mg and velpatasvir (VEL) 100 mg, an investigational pan-genotypic NS5A inhibitor, for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, has been fully validated and is now under assessment by the European Medicines Agency (EMA). The data included in the application, which was submitted on November 17, 2015, support the use of SOF/VEL among patients with genotype 1-6 HCV infection, including patients with compensated and decompensated cirrhosis.

  • Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. has received final approval from US FDA for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for generic version of Gleevec®, Imatinib Mesylate tablets 100mg and 400mg. Gleevec® is the registered trademark of Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation.

  • Cipla Ltd, a global pharmaceutical company announced that it has launched a novel “5 in 1” anti-ageing skin care product Cutisera developed by Stempeutics. Cutisera has been developed using bio-active factors derived from human adult stem cells to enhance the rejuvenation of ageing skin.

  • Biotronik, the world’s leading manufacturer of MR conditional cardiac devices, has announced that its Eluna 8 pacemaker is now available in Japan. The pacemaker is approved for 1.5 tesla (T) full-body MRI scans, and ultra-high strength 3.0 T MRI scans with an exclusion zone.

  • AbbVie, a global biopharmaceutical company, announced its New Drug Application (NDA) has been accepted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a once-daily, fixed-dose formulation of the components of VIEKIRA PAK® (ombitasvir, paritaprevir, and ritonavir tablets; dasabuvir tablets). VIEKIRA PAK is an all-oral, interferon-free treatment approved with or without ribavirin (RBV) in the United States for patients with genotype 1 (GT1) chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, including those with compensated cirrhosis. VIEKIRA PAK is not for people with decompensated cirrhosis.

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