Tiny, little-known biotech Clinical Data has developed a potential blockbuster drug called Vilazodone. If OK’d, it would be the first new depression treatment in 15 years. Its potential is so huge that several Big Pharmas are s…
Shares of pharmaceutical companies Amylin, Alkermes, and Eli Lilly — partners in a new diabetes drug Bydureon — have tanked in morning trading as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration declined on Tuesday to approve the drug w…
At a recent life-sciences conference in Stockholm, execs of several U.S. and foreign biotechs clashed with Big Pharma in a lively debate on the merits of their respective goals and products. The result, however, was a stand-off…
French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi-Aventis says its multiple sclerosis drug teriflunomide significantly cut relapses in patients who took the once-daily oral treatment.
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There’s a new plot twist in the takeover battle between French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi-Aventis and U.S. drugmaker Genzyme. A regulatory filing made by Genzyme on Thursday claims Sanofi may be willing to go much higher than …