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FDA Amends Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Daklinza Breakthrough Therapy

May 22, 2015 By MedNews Leave a Comment

The FDA has revised Bristol-Myers Squibb’s breakthrough therapy designation for its daclatasvir/sofosbuvir combination hepatitis C therapy to cover patients with advanced cirrhosis or whose infection recurs after a liver transplant. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Drug Industry News Tagged With: Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cirrhosis, daclatasvir, Hepatitis C, sofosbuvir

AstraZeneca Diabetes Drug Dapagliflozin Shows Promise

June 28, 2007 By MedNews Leave a Comment

A new, experimental diabetes drug from AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb called dapagliflozin, a Type 2 diabetes treatment developed showed some positive results, according to a presentation at the American Diabetes Association annual conference.

The companies reported that "no discontinuations due to adverse events and no serious adverse events" occurred. Furthermore, pre-clinical data also revealed that in tests on diabetic rats, the treatment significantly reduced plasma glucose levels–in some cases only two hours after a first dose.

Filed Under: Diabetes Tagged With: AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, dapagliflozin, Diabetes

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