Innovative Health Solutions Inc. announced FDA clearance for the new device IB-Stim to treat functional abdominal pain associated with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in patients ages 11-18 years old.

Bausch Health Companies Inc. was selected as the successful bidder to acquire certain assets of Synergy Pharmaceuticals Inc. for a cash purchase price of approximately $195 million and the assumption of certain assumed liabilities, pursuant to the terms of the stalking horse asset purchase agreement previously entered into.

For the 11th year, Med Ad News selected new Pharmaceutical Marketing Ventures to Watch that could change the way pharmaceutical products are marketed and sold.

Synergy Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced that the U.S. FDA approved Trulance (plecanatide) 3-mg tablet for the once-daily treatment of irritable bowel syndrome with constipation in adults.

Two have been around in the pharmaceutical industry for a long time, and one is a relative newcomer. In considering this year’s pharma innovators to profile, the results of their accomplishments, not how long they have been around, steered the direction of this feature. Donna Murphy, global CEO of the recently formed agency network Havas Health & You; Abraham Gutman, president and CEO of AG Mednet; and C. David Nicholson, executive VP and chief R&D officer of Allergan, are being saluted for bringing new innovations to the fields of pharmaceutical advertising, clinical trial imaging and R&D, and their accomplishments are expected to echo into the future.

Agency leaders talk about their favorite DTC campaigns of the past year.

  11 billion euro R&D programme through 2020, with 5 billion euro dedicated to pre-clinical R&D and 1.5 billion euro planned for cooperation with external partners New partnerships with the […]