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Bayer bolsters campaign for PAH drug riociguat with positive long-term data
Bayer has a new set of upbeat results from its long-term extension study of riociguat, a major new player in a busy field of competitors angling for a share of the market for pulmonary arterial hypertension.
EMA says Bayer's Diane-35 has more benefit than risk
France drug regulator in January yanked Bayer's contraceptive Diane-35 off the market and insisted the European Medicines Agency investigate its off-label use as an acne treatment and its risks of blood clots. The EMA has done that and has come down in support of the drug, even for the off-label use.
Who's who in Big Pharma offers appetizing look at ASCO data
With the big American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting coming up in two weeks, anticipation about the coming onslaught of data is mounting. Last night, ASCO released some key abstracts for studies to be presented at the meeting, offering an aperitif to oncology-drug followers. Here is a sampling of news, some from our sister publication FierceBiotech.
Report: Roche looking to unload blood glucose meter business
Roche may be trying to unload its blood glucose meter business, reflecting continued challenges over reimbursement, and a contrast from the far better success the company has enjoyed with diagnostics development.
UPDATED: FDA OKs pinpoint prostate cancer radiation drug Xofigo from Bayer, Algeta
The approval comes just three months after the FDA granted priority review status for Alpharadin, a radiopharmaceutical from Bayer and Norway's Algeta that will now enter an increasingly competitive--and growing--market.
Minority Schering shareholders extract another €46 per share from Bayer
A group of minority Schering AG shareholders held out to the bitter end against what Bayer wanted to pay them for their shares, and they will now get the sweet deal they said they deserved.
Sanofi lets go of rights to Regeneron's antibodies in ophthalmology
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has wagered on two preclinical programs for its growing business in ophthalmology drugs. The biotech heavyweight has forked over $20 million upfront and promised up to $45 million in milestones to its major partner Sanofi for full rights to the pair of antibody programs for use against eye diseases.
Bayer bolsters birth-control business with $1.1B Conceptus buyout
What's a birth-control drug maker to do when its pills start to flag? Turn to a device instead. That's the strategy Bayer is using to bolster its contraceptives business, with plans to spend $1.1 billion in cash to buy California-based Conceptus and its Essure birth-control product.
Bayer to grab birth control device maker Conceptus for $1.1B
Bayer AG will snatch up California birth control device maker Conceptus for a $1.1 billion, a move that helps the German maker of drugs and chemicals add to its women's health products. Investors reacted strongly, driving the Conceptus's stock up more than 19% to nearly $31, in late morning trading on April 29.
Bayer drug sales up 2.3%, as new products offset older drugs' suffering
Poor Bayer HealthCare. Its new drugs and modest sales growth couldn't make up for lagging sales and soaring costs at Bayer's plastics business. Announcing its first-quarter results, Bayer Group understandably leaned on its healthcare unit's strengths, but headlines focused on the German company's overall disappointments: profits up only 0.4%, sales up just 2.1%, both below analyst expectations.
