Pharmaceuticals

News Hour: Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals Inc Chief Executive Guy Macdonald said annual sales of the company’s lead experimental antibiotic for serious bacterial infections could climb as high as $700 million if approved. The antibiotic, eravacycline, is being...

News Hour: GlaxoSmithKline and Gilead Sciences will vie for business in treating HIV patients next week when both companies unveil clinical trial results at a medical meeting in Seattle. Most attention is focused on Gilead’s next-generation...

News Hour: Amgen Inc said its potent cholesterol fighter Repatha significantly reduced the risk of heart attacks, strokes and death in patients with heart disease, according to initial results of a large, eagerly-anticipated trial released on...

News Hour: Pfizer’s breast cancer drug Ibrance, or palbociclib, is too expensive to justify its use on Britain’s state-run health service, the country’s healthcare cost-effectiveness watchdog said on Friday. The National Institute for Health and Care...

News Hour: Sanofi announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Xyzal® Allergy 24HR as an over-the-counter (OTC) treatment for the relief of symptoms associated with seasonal and year-round allergies. Specifically, two formulations of...

News Hour: Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that Health Canada approved KevzaraTM (sarilumab), an interleukin-6 (IL-6) receptor antibody, for the treatment of adult patients with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who have had an...

News Hour: Novartis has broadened the indications for its Votubia drug, the company said on Tuesday, when the European Union approved its use to treat refractory partial-onset seizures in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex. Votubia is...

News Hour: Alcon, the global leader in eye care and a division of Novartis, announces the launch of AcrySof® IQ PanOptix® Toric presbyopia- and astigmatism-correcting intraocular lens (IOL) for patients with pre-existing corneal astigmatism undergoing cataract...

News Hour: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted priority review designation of Roche’s rheumatoid arthritis medication Actemra for giant cell arteritis (GCA), the Swiss drugmaker said on Tuesday. “We will continue to work...

News Hour: Sanofi announced that the European Commission has granted marketing authorization in Europe for SuliquaTM, the once-daily titratable fixed-ratio combination of basal insulin glargine 100 Units/mL and GLP-1 receptor agonist lixisenatide for the treatment of...