TNFerade, an investigational drug against pancreatic cancer, has been awarded Orphan Drug status providing potential financial and regulatory incentives by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, its maker GenVec announced in a press statement.

India's Aurobindo Pharma posted net profit of Rs 128.29 crore in Q2 September 2009 as against a net loss of Rs 38.50 crore in the same quarter last year. Aurobindo Pharma's net sales rose 30% to Rs 826.31 crore in Q2 September 2009 over Q2 September 2008. During the quarter ended September ...

ADX10059, an experimental drug can block movement disorder dystonia symptoms induced by levodopa in Parkinson's disease patients, Addex Pharma said in a press statement.

Stimuvax, an experimental therapeutic vaccine the stimulate immune cell to fight cancer from Merck KGaA of Germany, has been found  promising enough to treat several cancers including breast tumours and lung cancer.

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