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Gilead Announces Harvoni Study Results in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients with Advanced Liver Disease and Those Who Failed Prior Treatment

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High Cure Rates in Nearly 800 HCV Patients with Advanced Liver Disease BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov. 11, 2014– Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) today announced results from several Phase 2 and Phase 3 studies evaluating investigational uses of Harvoni® (ledipasvir 90 mg/sofosbuvir 400 mg) for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in patients with […]

FDA Accepts Amgen’s Biologics License Application For LDL Cholesterol-Lowering Medication Evolocumab

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THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Nov. 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review Amgen’s Biologics License Application (BLA) for evolocumab for the treatment of high cholesterol. Evolocumab is an investigational fully human monoclonal antibody that inhibits proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9), a […]

Interim Data from Proof-of-Concept Study of Merck’s Investigational Hepatitis C Treatment Grazoprevir/Elbasvir in Combination with a Nucleotide Inhibitor (C-SWIFT study) Presented at The Liver Meeting®

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Merck Plans to Initiate Phase 2 C-CREST Program to Evaluate Merck’s Triple Combination of Grazoprevir/Elbasvir with MK-3682 (formerly IDX21437), a Novel Nucleotide Inhibitor, in Q1 2015 BOSTON, November 9, 2014–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced the presentation of interim data from the C-SWIFT study exploring the potential […]

New Studies Investigating the Use of KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab), Merck’s Anti-PD-1 Therapy, in Advanced Melanoma Compared to Chemotherapy, in Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma and in Triple Negative Breast Cancer, to be Presented for the First Time

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By Year End, Data on KEYTRUDA in Seven Tumor Types Will Have Been Presented WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J., November 6, 2014 –(BUSINESS WIRE)–Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced today that in November and December, data will be presented for the first time investigating the use of KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) – the […]

Gilead Submits New Drug Application to U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Tenofovir Alafenamide (TAF)-Based Single Tablet Regimen for HIV

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High Rates of Viral Suppression and Improved Renal and Bone Safety Demonstrated in Phase 3 Studies First of Several TAF-Based Single Tablet Regimens Being Evaluated by Gilead FOSTER CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov. 6, 2014– Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: GILD) today announced that it has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug […]

North Wales first in Europe to connect cardiology departments with GE Healthcare’s Centricity Cardio Enterprise solution

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GE Healthcare supporting a number of European hospitals to improve efficiency and patient-care via innovative integrated care solutions Birmingham, 4 November 2014 – GE Healthcare is sharing information on several partnerships focusing on integrated care at EHI Live on the 4-5 November in Birmingham, UK. In North Wales, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is to […]

Amgen Announces Top-Line Secondary Endpoint Results Of Phase 3 Trebananib TRINOVA-1 Trial In Patients With Recurrent Ovarian Cancer

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Study Failed to Meet Secondary Endpoint of Overall Survival THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Nov. 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) today announced the top-line secondary endpoint results of overall survival from the Phase 3 TRINOVA-1 trial in women with recurrent platinum-resistant ovarian cancer. The study, which evaluated trebananib plus paclitaxel versus placebo plus paclitaxel, did not […]

Amgen Announces Appointment Of R. Sanders Williams To Board Of Directors

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THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Oct. 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) today announced the appointment of R. Sanders Williams, M.D., president of Gladstone Institutes and Gladstone’s Robert W. and Linda L. Mahley Distinguished Professor. “We are pleased to welcome Dr. Sandy Williams to the Amgen Board,” said Robert A. Bradway, chairman and chief executive officer […]

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Approves Gilead’s Harvoni® (Ledipasvir/Sofosbuvir), the First Once-Daily Single Tablet Regimen for the Treatment of Genotype 1 Chronic Hepatitis C

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Harvoni Achieved Cure Rates (SVR12) of 94-99 Percent in Three Phase 3 Studies Shortens Treatment Duration to Just Eight Weeks for Certain Treatment-Naïve Patients Eliminates Need for Interferon and Ribavirin for Patients with Genotype 1 Hepatitis C FOSTER CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct. 10, 2014– Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) today announced that the U.S. Food and […]

Gilead’s Investigational Tenofovir Alafenamide (TAF)-Based Single Tablet HIV Regimen Meets 48-Week Primary Objective in Two Phase 3 Studies

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U.S. and EU Filings Planned for Q4 2014 FOSTER CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sep. 24, 2014– Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:GILD) today announced that two Phase 3 clinical trials (Studies 104 and 111) evaluating an investigational once-daily single tablet regimen containing tenofovir alafenamide (TAF) for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in treatment-naïve adults met their primary objectives. The […]

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