June2016

News Hour: Sandoz, a Novartis division, and the pioneer and global leader in biosimilars, announced results from two key studies comparing its  biosimilar etanercept and rituximab candidates with the originator products – Enbrel® and MabThera® respectively. In both...

News Hour: Novartis  announced Phase III data from RESPONSE-2 showing that Jakavi®(ruxolitinib) helped patients with polycythemia vera (PV), who did not have an enlarged spleen and were resistant to or intolerant of hydroxyurea, achieve superior hematocrit...

News Hour: Novartis  announced data from the largest study of its kind confirming the long-term safety profile of Revolade (eltrombopag) in adults with chronic immune (idiopathic) thrombocytopenia (ITP), with data for up to 6 years in...

News Hour: Novartis announced  that it will further expand its long-standing partnership with Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV). Novartis will lead the development of antimalarial compound KAF156 with scientific and financial support from MMV in collaboration...

News Hour: A new analysis published  in JAMA Cardiology has found that timely and broad adoption of Entresto® (sacubitril/valsartan) by all eligible heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) could prevent or postpone more than...

News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a new $275 million loan for water efficiency improvements in Dhaka that will build on ongoing ADB projects to expand water supply in the fast-growing city. “Dhaka,...

News Hour: Britain has voted to break out of the European Union, national media declared on Friday, striking a thunderous blow against the bloc and spreading alarm through markets as sterling plummeted to a 31-year low...

News Hour: The World Bank and the Ministry of Economic Development of Kosovo organized a joint two-day event National Conference on Kosovo Digital Economy (KODE) Program on June 21-22, 2016. It convened several ministries, telecommunications and...

News Hour: Seven Indonesian sailors have been kidnapped at sea in the southern Philippines, the government in Jakarta said on Friday, the latest in a spree of abductions by armed gangs in the strife-torn region, reports BSS....

News Hour: Emergency personnel mounted rescue efforts amid scenes of carnage on Friday as the toll from hurricane-force winds and a tornado in China rose to at least 98 dead, with hundreds more injured, reports BSS....