Orange County NC Board of Health – Substance Abuse Treatment & the Legal System

Orange County NC Board of Health – Substance Abuse Treatment & The Legal System
The Orange County Board of Health Spotlight Speaker Series – Substance Abuse Treatment and the Legal System. Panelists included: Patricia Hussey, Executive D…

San Diego Life Sciences Roundup: Santarus, Cytori, IPOs, and More
—Salix Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: SLXP) of Raleigh, NC, said it's buying San Diego-based Santarus (NASDAQ: SNTS) in a deal valued at $ 2.6 billion. Santarus, founded in 1996, has built up a diverse portfolio of drugs for treating ulcerative colitis … Read more on Xconomy

Biologics, Inc. Selected as Limited Distribution Network Partner for IMBRUVICATM
CARY, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Biologics, an integrated oncology services company, is proud to announce it has been selected as a specialty pharmacy provider for IMBRUVICA™ (ibrutinib) capsules, now approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA … Read more on Business Wire (press release)

Protecting Data Exclusivity, Protecting the Future of Medicine
Unlike conventional “small molecule” drugs for which a generic drug can be shown to be the same as an innovator drug, a biosimilar [follow-on biologic (FOB), subsequent entry biologic (SEB)] is a product that is similar but not identical to the pioneer … Read more on IPWatchdog.com

Six to Receive the North Carolina Award, State's Highest Honor
21, at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center in Durham. Governor Pat McCrory will … In 2011, his multinational research team demonstrated that treatment of HIV infection with antiretroviral drugs stopped HIV transmission. Science magazine … Read more on Stanly News & Press