AstraZeneca today announced its decision to withdraw the Marketing Authorisation Application (MAA) submitted to the European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) in June 2015 for cediranib in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy
DURATION-8 trial met primary and secondary endpoints, significantly reducing blood sugar (HbA1c), weight and systolic blood pressure versus either medicine alone The first trial to assess GLP-1RA/SGLT-2i combination therapy
Kontrollen av blodsocker och kolesterol hos patienter med typ 2-diabetes är bättre i Danmark jämfört med i Norge och i Sverige enligt resultat från studien Nordic DISCOVER. Studien är den första nordiska jämförande långsiktiga studien av primärvårdens omhändertagande av patienter med typ 2-diabetes. Resultat presenteras för första gången på den europeiska diabeteskonferensen EASD, 14 september.
Sjukdomskostnaderna för behandling av patienter med typ 2-diabetes fördubblades i Sverige mellan åren 2006 och 2014 samtidigt som kostnaderna för diabetesläkemedel genomgående under perioden endast representerar fyra procent. Det visar resultat från den svenska studien DAISY som presenteras på den europeiska diabeteskonferensen EASD, den 13 september.
First programme to assess potential cardiovascular and renal benefit of an SGLT-2i beyond diabetes
AstraZeneca’s first biologic respiratory medicine met primary and key secondary endpoints in pivotal trials for severe asthma
New evidence to be presented includes pivotal Phase III data on benralizumab
Value-creating divestment supports AstraZeneca’s focus on three main therapy areas Pfizer’s dedicated focus on infectious diseases will extend the reach of the antibiotics to more patients globally and maximise the potential of the late-stage, small molecule antibiotics business
Administration (FDA) Fast Track designation for the development programme in Alzheimer’s disease for AZD3293, an oral beta secretase cleaving enzyme (BACE) inhibitor currently in Phase III clinical trial. The FDA’s Fast Track programme is designed to expedite the development and review of new therapies to treat serious conditions and tackle key unmet medical needs.
AstraZeneca today announced that it has increased its equity interest in Moderna Therapeutics (Moderna) with a $140 million investment as part of Moderna’s preferred-stock financing.
Selumetinib did not meet trial endpoint of progression-free survival in KRASm NSCLC patients.
De totala intäkterna minskade som förväntat med 3%, vilket återspeglar en minskning i produktförsäljning med 2% och är drivet av patentutgångar, i synnerhet Crestor i USA. Merparten av intäkterna från externa samarbeten förväntas ligga under andra halvåret.
AstraZeneca today announced positive results from the Phase III REPROVE trial for Zavicefta (ceftazidime-avibactam), a new combination antibiotic for the treatment of a broad range of serious Gram-negative bacterial infections in hospitalised patients.
AstraZeneca today announced that the European Commission (EC) has approved Qtern (saxagliptin/dapagliflozin) tablets for the treatment of type 2 diabetes in all 28 EU member countries plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. The fixed-dose combination of saxagliptin and dapagliflozin is the first DPP-4i/SGLT-2i combination product to be approved in Europe.
Tagrisso demonstrated superior progression-free survival compared to standard platinum-based chemotherapy,with a safety profile consistent with previous trials First randomised trial to evaluate the clinical benefit of an EGFR T790M medicine, and data are consistent with those supporting Tagrisso approvals
Hur får vi en jämlik cancerbehandling i Sverige och hur kan ”ordnat införande” bidra? Vilka utmaningar och möjligheter finns för introduktion av nya cancerbehandlingar idag? Hur har processen med nationellt ordnat införande förändrat vår förmåga att jämlikt kunna erbjuda nya behandlingar, över hela landet? Vilka är lärdomarna? Hur ser uppföljningen ut? Hur vill vi ha det om 5 år?
Agreement for development and commercialisation of tralokinumab for atopic dermatitis supports sharper focus on main therapy areas
AstraZeneca also licenses European rights to LEO Pharma for brodalumab, a potential new medicine for psoriasis
AstraZeneca today announced that it has entered into agreements that support its strategic focus on three main therapy areas; Respiratory, Inflammation
AstraZeneca today announced that the European Commission (EC) has granted marketing authorisation for Zavicefta (ceftazidime-avibactam, previously known as CAZ AVI), a new combination antibiotic for the treatment of patients with serious Gram-negative bacterial infections requiring hospitalisation.
AstraZeneca today confirmed that the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has provided its interim recommendation on the use of FluMist® Quadrivalent Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine (FluMist Quadrivalent) in the US for the 2016-2017 influenza season.
Karolinska Institutet and AstraZeneca have today announced the appointment of Professor Christer Betsholtz as the new Director of their Integrated Cardio Metabolic Centre (ICMC) in Stockholm, Sweden.
Christer Betsholtz,PhD, is a leading scientific authority in the field of vascular biology with more than 300 publications. He is currently professor with tenure at Uppsala University and Karolinsk
