After the disclosure from AstraZeneca that it’s under Justice Department scrutiny for illegally funding Iraqi terrorism, Roche and Johnson & Johnson revealed similar inquiries from the agency.
Last year, around 100 veterans filed a bombshell lawsuit against several drugmakers, by accusing that they funded terrorism by paying high bribes to win contracts with the Iraqi Ministry of Health. At present, the Department of Justice is investigating similar accusations, as per AstraZeneca securities filing which says that it's part of the probe.
The research team from Stanford University have invented a novel wearable that could measure the level of a patient’s cortisol from their sweat. Cortisol is a hormone linked to stress, which takes several days to test. This scientific discovery was recently published in Science Advances.
In a major breakthrough in cancer research, a team of scientists from the University of Toronto, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, The Netherlands Cancer Institute and the University of Bern have discovered how cells repair damaged strands of DNA. They revealed a brand new protein complex in cells that protect broken DNA ends and causes its repair, in their study published in Nature on Wednesday.
Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness among the elderly. The most commonly used drugs to slow the progression of the disease is Roche’s Lucentis and Regeneron’s Eylea. These drugs are injected into the eye which, needless to say, leads to more inconvenience.
HCC or hepatocellular carcinoma can result in patients getting liver diseases such as viral hepatitis and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease with cirrhosis due to disease progression. New data from recent researches shows factors that improve early detection and diagnosis, and risks prior to HCC and during treatment.
Despite the looming crises, Novartis will be shutting down antimicrobial research at its Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research campus in Emeryville, California. There will be a loss of 140 jobs and the current projects will be put up for sale. This company was working on phase 2 clinical trial of LYS228 against complicated urinary tract infections and complicated intra-abdominal infections. The work on anti-dengue drugs and anti-malaria drugs (KAF156 and KAE609) were already in pipeline.
Genentech recently won the patent for a psoriasis drug. Unfortunately, Roche’s Genentech unit prosecuted Eli Lilly for violation by claiming their psoriasis drugTalz, infringes on one of their patents.
Recent news regarding pharma companies in Asia
The U.S, Based Array BioPharma received FDA approval for its much-awaited BRAFTOVI capsules with the combination of MEKTOVI tablets for the treatment of patients with metastatic melanoma with a BRAFV600E or BRAFV600K mutation.
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