Boehringer Ingelheim comments the nevirapine production for Rwanda by Apotex

Seeded on Wed Oct 3, 2007 7:34 AM EDT (CNET News.com)

On Sept. 19th, 2007, the Canadian Patent Office (CIPO) granted an authorisation to the Canadian generic manufacturer Apotex Inc. for the production of a certain volume of APO-TRIOVIR for export into Rwanda.

health, boehringer-ingelheim, canadian-patent-office

Award-Winning Thinkers in European CRM and eBusiness for Pharma

Seeded on Tue Oct 2, 2007 6:47 AM EDT (CNET News.com)

Previous month, eyeforpharma and DigiRedo spent the afternoon with Fonny Schenck, the 20-year veteran from Johnson & Johnson, just recently departed after 7 years pioneering award-winning programmes in CRM and eBusiness integration, multi-channel optimisation and SFE support.

health, pharma, pharma-marketing

European Medicines Agency recommends restricted use of nimesulide-containing medicinal products

Seeded on Mon Oct 1, 2007 6:59 PM EDT (CNET News.com)

Finalising a review of the liver safety of systemic formulations of medicines containing nimesulide, the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has concluded that the benefits of these medicines outweigh their risks, but that there is a need to limit the duration of use and to restrict …

health, pharma, emea

Herceptin eradicates tumours and may reduce the need for mastectomies

Seeded on Mon Oct 1, 2007 6:52 PM EDT (CNET News.com)

New data show that the addition of Herceptin (trastuzumab) to chemotherapy prior to breast cancer surgery (neoadjuvant therapy) completely eradicates tumours in nearly three times as many women with inflammatory HER2-positive breast cancer compared to chemotherapy alone.

health, breast-cancer, pharma