Drug Maker and Eye Doctors Settle Dispute Over Avastin
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Genentech appears to have resolved a dispute with ophthalmologists over use of the companyâs drug Avastin to treat eye diseases.
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British pharmaceutical group GlaxoSmithKline said it had settled a tax dispute with the US government at a cost of about 3.1 billion dollars (2.44 billion euros) to GSK.
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Shares of biotechnology company Eyetech Pharmaceuticals fell in after-hours trading Friday after a key US Food and Drug Administration advisory panel withheld approval for Macugen, a new drug to treat failing eyesight in the elderly.
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Eyetech Pharmaceuticals Inc. said that its Nasdaq-listed shares have been halted for trading on Friday while a Food and Drug Administration panel meets to review the company&#39;s application for
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The pharmaceutical's settlement ends a government probe.
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Merck & Co.  said on Thursday its $1.1 billion deal to buy Sirna Therapeutics Inc. cleared an antitrust hurdle and said the deal could close as early as the end of this month.
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Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche Holding AG said Friday that the European Union's executive body had approved its cancer drug Avastin.
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LONDON/NEW YORK  - A court ruling upholding the patent on blockbuster blood-thinning drug Plavix has reignited talk France's Sanofi-Aventis  will bid for its smaller U.S. partner Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. .
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Genentech Inc. and Swiss drug maker Roche Holding AG said Monday that a recent study showed their colon cancer drug Avastin significantly extended patient survival when combined with an oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy drug.
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GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK.L: Quote, Profile, Research) has agreed to release all clinical studies of its drugs to settle a lawsuit that accused it of withholding negative information about the antidepressant Paxil, the New York
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A drug to treat a common eye disease that damages vision produced promising results in a major trial, researchers say.
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Rival drug giants Pfizer Inc.  and Merck & Co. Inc.  argued conflicting views of the dangers of their pain relievers on Wednesday to U.S. science advisers weighing the risks of medicines similar to recalled arthritis drug Vioxx.
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Genentech appears to have resolved a dispute with ophthalmologists that will allow its drug Avastin to continue to be used to treat eye diseases, boths sides said.
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GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to disclose information on all clinical studies of its drugs to settle a lawsuit that accused it of withholding negative information about the antidepressant Paxil, the New York Attorney General&#39;s office says
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The latest studies on Avandia, GlaxoSmithKline's blockbuster diabetes drug, have raised enough questions about the drug's safety to worry the American Diabetes Association.
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THE REGION QLT Inc. , a Canadian maker of eye-disease treatments, said a US judge upheld a jury verdict in favor of Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in a dispute over the invention of the Visudyne brand vision-loss treatment. A federal judge in Boston adopted a jury decision reached in November that QLT should pay royalties of about 3 percent ...
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GlaxoSmithKline Plc GSK.L has agreed  to disclose information on all clinical studies of its drugs to  settle a lawsuit that accused it of withholding negative  information about the antidepressant Paxil, the New York  Attorney General's office said on Thursday.