Pfizer's Geodon gets expanded FDA approval

Categories: Health| Nov 20, 2009

NEW YORK -- Pfizer Inc. said Friday the Food and Drug Administration approved Geodon as a part of a combination maintenance treatment for bipolar disorder in adults. The new approval covers use of Geodon as an adjunct to lithium or valproate. The ...Read More

Antigenics pulls European Oncophage application

Categories: Business| Nov 20, 2009

LEXINGTON - Biotechnology company Antigenics Inc. said today it will not seek approval for a potential kidney cancer treatment after a European advisory committee recommended against approving the drug candidate. The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of The European ...Read More

Dendreon's potential prostate cancer treatment Provenge gets May 1 FDA review date

Categories: Health| Nov 20, 2009

SEATTLE (AP) - Biotechnology company Dendreon Corp. said Friday the Food and Drug Administration will make a regulatory decision on the potential prostate cancer vaccine Provenge by May 1. The drug is aimed at treating prostate cancer. It works as a ...Read More

UPDATE 1-Covidien says FDA extends review of opiod pain drug

Categories: Health| Nov 20, 2009

* FDA sets Feb. 22, 2010, as new action date * Says FDA needs more time to review additional data Nov 20 (Reuters) - Covidien Plc (COV.N) said U.S. healthregulators extended the review period of its experimentalopioid pain drug by three months ...Read More

FDA advisory panel backs safety of Spiriva Handihaler

Categories: Health| Nov 20, 2009

WASHINGTON -- Federal health experts yesterday brushed off lingering safety questions about apopular inhaler drug and suggested that it carry bolder benefit claims. The Food and Drug Administration's panel of lung specialists voted 11-1 in favor of new labelingabout the benefits ...Read More

Flu Shot Made From Caterpillars Fails Safety Vote

Categories: Health| Nov 19, 2009

Flu Shot Made From Caterpillars Fails Safety Vote Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Protein Sciences Corp. failed toprove its experimental flu vaccine is safe enough to be approvedand more study is needed, a U.S. advisory panel said. The shot, called FluBlok, is produced in less than twomonths by inserting flu ...Read More

FDA panel backs stronger benefits of Spiriva

Categories: Top Stories| Nov 19, 2009

Federal health experts say an inhaler drug from a German drugmaker works well enough to carry bolder claims about reducing coughing, wheezing and other respiratory problems. The Food and Drug Administration's panel of lung specialists voted 11-1 to allow Boehringer Ingelheim ...Read More

FDA panel backs safety, benefits of Spiriva

Categories: Health, Most Viewed, Top Stories| Nov 19, 2009

WASHINGTON -- Federal health experts on Thursday brushed off lingering safety questions about a popular inhaler drug and suggested it carry bolder benefit claims. The Food and Drug Administration's panel of lung specialists voted 11-1 in favor of new labeling about ...Read More

Analyst upgrades Momenta, saying he expects approval for generic clotting drug M-Enoxaparin

Categories: Business| Nov 19, 2009

NEW YORK - Shares of Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc. rose Thursday after an analyst upgraded the stock, saying Momenta will soon receive marketing approval for its version of the anti-clotting drug Lovenox. Momenta expects the Food and Drug Administration to make a ...Read More

Company seeks to test stem cells for blindness

Categories: Health| Nov 19, 2009

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Advanced Cell Technology, a small Massachusetts-based biotechnology company, said on Thursday it has asked for approval to test human embryonic stem cells in treating a rare cause of blindness. The company said it filed an IND, an investigational ...Read More