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Results from the MATINEE trial found that Nucala led to a statistically significant and clinically meaningful reduction in moderate/severe exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease compared to placebo over 104 weeks.
The Pharm Exec Pipeline Report 2007
December 1st 2007You couldn't call it a gusher, but the pipeline has still has some life in it, and important new therapies are working their way toward approval. Have we turned the corner? Judge for yourself, with the help of this guide to 61 of the best new products in development.
R&D Innovation: An Answer to Cancer
October 1st 2007Cancer R&D IS booming right now. At a time of poor ratings on both Wall Street and Main Street, pharma can at least point proudly to its oncology pipeline as proof that it still takes big risks to make big advances against big killers-and win. According to a recent IMS report, the cancer pipeline contains 380 compounds, with nearly 100 in Phase III. The long-established standard of care-surgery, radiotherapy, and chemo-is fast giving way to a high-tech array of targeted therapies. These molecules and antibodies are designed to block specific disease pathways, and they are proving both far more effective and far more tolerable than the sledgehammer status quo. Since 1996, the overall survival rate for patients has jumped by 30 percent, from one-half to two-thirds.
Incentives Incense Industry in UK
September 1st 2007The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry is challenging the UK government over the financial incentives being offered by the Department of Health (DH) to encourage doctors to switch patients from on-patent medicines to specific generic alternatives. ABPI believes the way the incentives are structured contravenes EU law-if pharma companies were to offer similar payments, they would be in serious trouble.
Kid Tested, Government Approved?
May 1st 2007As the industry focuses its attention on the upcoming renewal of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA), there is a tendency to overlook two other significant pharmaceutical programs coming up for renewal and a related piece of legislation that has been introduced: