2011-05-31 09:41 Sanofi announced today that new results from a Phase III study showed that the investigational product Lyxumia® (lixisenatide), when used as an add-on therapy to basal insulin (in association with or without metformin), achieved its primary efficacy endpoint of significantly reducing HbA1c versus placebo for patients with type 2 diabetes without significantly increasing their risk of hypoglycemia.

2011-05-30 11:21 Sanofi and Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) announced today a three-year research collaboration agreement for the research of new treatments for nine neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), listed by the World Health Organization (WHO) for which new, adapted, and efficient tools are urgently needed to treat patients in endemic countries.

2011-05-19 14:59 Sanofi today announced that data from eight compounds in the company’s robust oncology portfolio will be showcased in more than 100 abstracts at the 47th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago, June 3-7, 2011.

2011-05-09 14:07 Lauren Dousset är nu landschef på sanofi-aventis i Sverige och efterträder därmed Margarita Lopez Acosta. Sanofi-aventis är ett av världens största forskande läkemedelsföretag och fokuserar bland annat på onkologi, diabetes och hjärt-kärlsjukdomar.

2011-05-04 11:09 Den 1 maj 2011 sänker vi kraftigt priset på Insuman Basal SoloSTAR vilket innebär att Insuman Basal SoloSTAR blir 20% billigare än Insulatard FlexPen. Därmed blir Insuman Basal SoloSTAR blir det billigaste NPH-insulinet i förfylld penna på den svenska marknaden.

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2011-04-04 11:27 EU-kommissionen har nu godkänt Jevtana (cabazitaxel), i kombination med prednison eller prednisolon, för behandling av patienter med metastatisk hormonrefraktär prostatacancer (mHRPC) som tidigare fått docetaxel-baserad behandling. Resultat från TROPIC-studien visade att Jevtana ger mer än hälften av patienterna åtminstone ett år till att leva.

2011-03-09 14:02 Sanofi-aventis (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY) announced today it had signed a new agreement to donate $25 million, extending its decade-long partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO) for another five years to control neglected tropical diseases, including the potentially fatal Human African Trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness.

2011-01-26 16:07 CHMP inom EMA har gett ett positivt utlåtande (”positive opinion”) där de rekommenderar att JEVTANA® (cabazitaxel) ska godkännas för försäljning inom EU. Rekommendationen gäller JEVTANA® i kombination med prednison eller prednisolon, och avser behandling av patienter med metastatisk hormonrefraktär prostatacancer (mHRPC) som tidigare fått docetaxel-baserad behandling.

2010-12-21 16:03 Sanofi-aventis and Ascendis Pharma announced today a global licensing and patent transfer agreement on Ascendis’ proprietary TransCon Linker and Hydrogel carrier technology, which allows for a drug compound to be released in the body in a precise, time-controlled fashion, creating a long-acting effect.