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The medical device market was about $521.2 billion last year and is projected to hit $674.5 billion by 2022. Here’s a look at the top 10 medical device companies in the world this year.
Translate Bio, headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts, and Paris-based Sanofi are teaming up to develop five vaccines.
Billionaire biotech entrepreneur Patrick Soon-Shiong has his eyes set on taking his newly formed oncology-focused Nant public this year.
Although there are no U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approvals expected for this week, there are two Adcom meetings. Advisory Committees are used by the agency to obtain independent expert advice on scientific, technical, and policy matters.
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had granted its olinciguat (IW-1701) Orphan Drug Designation for sickle cell disease.
There are generally two types of antidepressants on the market. They are selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) or serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs). But there are still individuals who do not respond well to these drugs and the industry continues to work on developing better and alternative treatments for depression.
BioMarin Pharmaceutical received $20 million in milestone payments from Pfizer after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved its applications for talazoparib.
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As the 2018 BIO International Convention wraps up in Boston today, it kicked off with a fireside chat with Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Alkermes, received a $50 million milestone payment from Biogen. The payment occurred after Biogen reviewed preliminary gastrointestinal tolerability data from an ongoing Phase III clinical trial for MS.
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