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Luminex Announces Commercial Launch of New Cystic Fibrosis Test

Posted on August 27, 2010 at 10:59 AM Comments comments (0)

Luminex Corporation (Nasdaq: LMNX), the worldwide leader in multiplexed solutions, today announced the full commercial launch of its xTAG(R) Cystic Fibrosis 60 Kit v2, a new diagnostic test that can simultaneously screen a single blood sample for up to 60 cystic fibrosis-causing gen...

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Vanda Pharmaceuticals Initiates Phase III Clinical Study Aimed at Resetting the Body Clock

Posted on August 27, 2010 at 10:55 AM Comments comments (0)

Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: VNDA), today announced it has initiated a Phase III clinical trial to evaluate tasimelteon in patients with Non-24-Hour Sleep Wake Disorder (N24HSWD), a condition experienced primari...

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Chelsea Therapeutics Announces FDA Approval of CH-4051 Phase II Protocol

Posted on August 26, 2010 at 7:52 AM Comments comments (0)

 Chelsea Therapeutics International, Ltd. (Nasdaq:CHTP) announced confirmation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that its proposed Phase II protocol for CH-4051 in rheumatoid arthritis has been approved by the agency. Chelsea plans to initiate patient screening next month and initiating treatment in October.

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GSK Commences Phase 3 Clinical Trial with Shingles Vaccine Containing QS-21

Posted on August 26, 2010 at 7:47 AM Comments comments (0)

Antigenics, Inc. (NASDAQ : AGEN) today announced that GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK) herpes zoster vacc...

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Myriad Genetics to Present at the Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Conference and the Stifel Nicolaus Healthcare Conference

Posted on August 25, 2010 at 9:49 AM Comments comments (0)

Myriad Genetics, Inc. (Nasdaq:MYGN) announced today that Peter D. Meldrum, President and CEO, is scheduled to present at the Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Conference, at 9:45 a.m. Eastern on September 14, 2010, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City and the Stifel Nicolaus Healthcare Confere...

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Impax Pharmaceuticals Completes Enrollment in ADVANCE-PD Phase III Trial of IPX066 in Parkinson's Disease

Posted on August 25, 2010 at 9:46 AM Comments comments (0)

Impax Pharmaceuticals,the brand products division of Impax Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ: IPXL), today announced that it has completed enrollment of its ADVANCE-PD trial. ADVANCE-PD is a multinational Phase III trial of its late-stage product IPX066 in advan...

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Data on VIVUS' Qnexa(R) to Be Presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress

Posted on August 25, 2010 at 9:43 AM Comments comments (0)

VIVUS, Inc. (Nasdaq: VVUS) today announced that data on Qnexa(R), an investigational drug candidate, will be featured in two poster presentations at t...

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Neuralstem Files FDA Application for First Chronic Spinal Cord Injury Stem Cell Trial

Posted on August 25, 2010 at 9:40 AM Comments comments (0)

Neuralstem, Inc. (NYSE Amex: CUR) announced that it has filed an Investigational New Drug (IND) application with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin a Phase I safety clinical trial for chro...

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Celgene Expects to Receive a Paragraph IV Notification of an ANDA Filing for REVLIMID(R)

Posted on August 25, 2010 at 9:35 AM Comments comments (0)

Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) today announced that information was posted on the FDA Web site indicating that an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) has been received by the Office of Generic Drugs (OGD) containing a "Paragraph IV" patent certification, for REVLI...

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