GSK delivers improvements in sales, margins and cash flow in 2017:Total EPS 31.4p, +67% AER, +36% CER; Adjusted EPS 111.8p, +11% AER, +4% CER
Managing your medical device product development project can be a daunting task. There are regulations and paperwork to manage, along with expectations such as deadlines or goals for getting the device to market.
A groundbreaking Loyola Medicine study suggests that a simple 15-minute electrocardiogram could help a physician determine whether a patient has major depression or bipolar disorder.
It’s flu season, and many of us find ourselves glancing nervously at anyone coughing or sniffling in our vicinity. But how, besides shielding ourselves from public sneezers, do we avoid coming into contact with infections?
Novartis announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a label update for Cosentyx® (secukinumab), the first interleukin-17A (IL-17A) antagonist approved to treat moderate to severe plaque psoriasis.1 The updated label includes Cosentyx data in moderate to severe scalp psoriasis – one of the difficult-to-treat forms of the disease, which affects approximately half of all psoriasis patients.1-3 The label update is effective in the US immediately, and is based on the proven efficacy and consistent safety profile of Cosentyx from a dedicated Phase III scalp psoriasis trial.6
Rani Therapeutics, the developer of a pill designed to replace injectable drug delivery for patients suffering from chronic diseases, today announced that it has raised $53 million to invest in manufacturing in preparation for human clinical trials. This investment brings the total raised to $142 million in funding.
Healthcare firm Abbott will provide its PathVysion HER-2 DNA FISH probe kits for use in Angle's breast cancer liquid biopsy study.
Sage Therapeutics (SAGE), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel medicines to treat life-altering central nervous system (CNS) disorders, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Breakthrough Therapy designation to SAGE-217 for the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD). This is the second Breakthrough Therapy designation granted to Sage since 2016.
Bill Lundberg, M.D., has stepped down as CSO of CRISPR Therapeutics. News of Lundberg’s departure emerged on the same day Celgene revealed it has sold another chunk of its once-double-digit stake in the CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing startup.
A new long-acting reversible contraception method offering protection from unplanned pregnancy for up to five years has been launched in the UK.
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