FDA approves Mylan’s generic Advair
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Mylan NV’s generic version of the GlaxoSmithKline-developed blockbuster asthma treatment Advair, driving shares of Mylan 7 percent higher.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Mylan NV’s generic version of the GlaxoSmithKline-developed blockbuster asthma treatment Advair, driving shares of Mylan 7 percent higher.
Johnson & Johnson and the company’s DePuy Orthopaedics unit have agreed to pay $120 million to resolve deceptive marketing claims by several U.S. states over the company’s metal-on-metal hip implants.
Abbott announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of the TactiCath Contact Force Ablation Catheter, Sensor Enabled, a new ablation catheter designed to help physicians accurately and effectively treat atrial fibrillation (AFib).
Abbott exercised an option to purchase Cephea Valve Technologies, a device company developing a less-invasive heart valve replacement technology for mitral valve disease.
Edwards Lifesciences Corp. paid rival Boston Scientific Corp. $180 million as part of a settlement to end long-standing patent disputes between the two medical device makers.
Abbott announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the Amplatzer Piccolo Occluder, the world’s first medical device that can be implanted in the tiniest babies using a minimally invasive procedure to treat patent ductus arteriosus (PDA).
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GeoVax Labs and Enesi Pharma announced a collaboration to develop solid-dose needle-free vaccine formulations utilizing GeoVax’s novel MVA-VLP vaccine platform in combination with Enesi’s ImplaVax device and formulation technology.
EnClear Therapies – a new medical device company spun out from QurAlis – will focus developmental programs on targeting neurological diseases, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and progressive supranuclear palsy.
Boston Scientific exercised the company’s option to buy the remaining shares of Santa Rosa, Calif.-based Millipede for $325 million.