New Molecular Entity Drug Name Active Ingredient Date FDA-approved use on approval date Aristada aripiprazole lauroxil 10/6/2015 To treat adults with schizophrenia Tresiba insulin degludec injection 9/25/2015 To improve blood sugar (glucose) control in adults with diabetes mellitus Lonsurf trifluridine and tipiracil 9/22/2015 To treat patients with an advanced form of colorectal cancer who are no longer responding to other […]
Swiss pharmaceutical firm Helsinn Healthcare SA on October 13th 2015 said it has settled patent litigations relating to its anti-nausea injection Aloxi with Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. The settlement will allow Dr. Reddy’s to market the generic version of Aloxi in the US on 30 September 2018 or earlier under certain circumstances, Helsinn said in a statement.The terms of the settlement […]
Gene Patents struck down by Australia’s High Court saying that allowing patents of genes were wrong, and they do not constitute a patentable invention. The judges unanimously agreed on the outcome that the key part of a gene is not its physical structure but rather the information stored in it, which is not an invention. They also said that if […]
In a decision issued on September 22, 2015 Judge King ruled the copyright invalid, finding that though Summy Co. may have owned the copyright to “Good Morning to All,” it never had proper rights to the “Happy Birthday” lyrics. The “Happy Birthday” song dates to late 19th century work by a schoolteacher named Patty Smith Hill and her sister Mildred Hill The Hill sisters […]