Germany’s Bayer won fast-track status from U.S. drugs regulators for a new blood thinner designed to prevent certain types of strokes, as the company seeks to follow up on the success of the anticoagulant Xarelto.
Anthos Therapeutics is developing next-generation anticoagulants that do not have the bleeding risks that current blood thinners have.
The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson announced the VOYAGER PAD study met its primary efficacy and principal safety endpoints.
Netherlands-based Pharming Group N.V. denied any involvement in a potential theft of intellectual property belonging to CSL Behring from Joseph Chiao, who recently joined Pharming as medical director.
The U.S. FDA approved Janssen’s Xarelto (rivaroxaban) for preventing blood clots in acutely sick patients in hospitals who are at risk for blood clots but who are not at high risk of bleeding.
The U.S. FDA approved Fragmin (dalteparin sodium) injection, for subcutaneous use, to reduce the recurrence of symptomatic venous thromboembolism in pediatric patients 1 month of age and older.
Espero Pharmaceuticals – a commercial-stage cardiovascular pharma company – and Armetheon – a late-clinical stage pharma company developing innovative novel drugs addressing major unmet needs in cardiovascular diseases – plan to merge.
