Novartis heart drug cuts diabetes risk
In new results from a trial that pitted Diovan (valsartan) against another blood pressure drug, amlodipine (marketed as Norvasc by Pfizer), patients taking valsartan were found to have
US-based biotechnology company Superluminal Medicines has completed a $60m Series B financing round to support its research into therapies for rare genetic forms of obesity and hypothalamic obesity.
The results demonstrate that Albuferon (albumin-interferon alpha) exhibits more antiviral activity at clinically achieved serum levels than standard interferon alpha or the modified interferons, Roche’s Pegasys (peginterferon alfa-2a)