InteKrin raises $18.25 million in financing
The financing was led by Skyline Ventures of Palo Alto, California, and managing director David Lowe of Skyline will join InteKrin’s board of directors. Existing major investors Sofinnova
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted rare paediatric disease designation to Vanda Pharmaceuticals’ VCA-894A, an investigational antisense oligonucleotide therapy for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, axonal, type 2S (CMT2S).
The FDA approval of Diovan HCT and Exforge for first-line use reinforces current US guideline recommendations to start appropriate patients on combination therapy. With the approvals, healthcare professionals
Schering-Plough has acquired sugammadex in November 2007 through its acquisition of Organon BioSciences, which developed the product. Thomas Koestler, executive vice president and president of Schering-Plough Research Institute,