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Orphan drug status is given by the US regulators to compounds that can treat rare diseases, defined as those affecting fewer than 200,000 Americans. The designation gives the

Mylan has received the tentative approval for the drug in 250mg and 500mg strengths. Depakote ER is approved in the US for the treatment of bipolar disorder, epilepsy,

In the study, the inhibitor produced a clinically and statistically significant reduction in the time to sustained relief for acute hereditary angioedema (HAE) symptoms. Based on the positive

The finding may help define the role of cancer stem cells in the growth and recurrence of the disease as well as offer new options for cancer prevention,

The decision will not affect Abbott drugs which are already on sale in Thailand. The military-backed government issued “compulsory licenses” in January allowing the generic manufacture of Abbott's

Bristol-Myers Squibb plans to work with India's leading biotech firm Biocon Limited to further its research in medicinal chemistry, biology, drug metabolism, and pharmaceuticals. Under the terms of

The trial is designed to assess the safety, tolerability and cognitive effects of three doses of MEM 3454 in subjects with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease. The trial

The drug is the first targeted, once-daily oral treatment option for patients who have progressed beyond the standard treatment which includes anthracyclines, taxanes and Herceptin (trastuzumab). Tykerb inhibits

Roche told Californian biotech Maxygen that it was terminating the agreement based on the inability of the parties to establish an animal model intended to provide preclinical de-risking