WATERTOWN, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–pSivida announces two tech evaluation agreements with leading global pharmaceutical company to evaluate use of pSivida’s Durasert technology for ophthalmology.
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VIDEO: President discusses the approval of Avastin in France
PARIS — At the meeting of the French Society of Ophthalmology, Jean Françoise Korobelnik, MD, President of the SFO, talks about the recent provisions of the French government in favor of Avastin, which will be allowed in public hospitals to treat patients with wet AMD. Issues remain concerning safe compounding, costs and criteria for assigning patients to be treated with Avastin, Lucentis or Eylea. A second government provision is the approval and funding of Argus II, which will be implanted in 36 selected patients.
FibroGen Announces First Quarter 2015 Financial Results
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–FibroGen, Inc. (NASDAQ:FGEN) (“FibroGen”), a research-based biopharmaceutical company, today reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2015. “FibroGen and its partners, AstraZeneca and Astellas, continue to make excellent progress in the global development of roxadustat for the treatment of anemia in patients with chronic kidney disease,” said Thomas B. Neff, chief executive officer of FibroGen. “Patient enrollment in the seven Phase 3 studies re
Hoya Reports Fourth Quarter Results; Achieves Record Annual Sales and Profit
TOKYO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–HOYA Corporation (TOKYO: 7741) today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full-year ended March 31, 2015. During the quarter, revenues increased by 10.6% to 127,440 million yen compared with the same period las…
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Novartis reports 3% decrease in Alcon net sales in first quarter
Novartis reported Alcon net sales of $2.56 billion in the first quarter of 2015, a 3% decrease from $2.64 billion in the first quarter of 2014, according to a press release.The Surgical franchise was driven by sales of the Centurion phacoemulsification…
A pioneering facial recognition cane for the blind
A revolutionary ‘smart’ cane enabling the visually impaired to instantly identify friends and family could be available soon, thanks to students at Birmingham City University.