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Ariad lands Jonathan E. Dickinson as general manager, Europe
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Gilead hungers for more cancer drug deals
Gilead Sciences waves an active trigger finger for acquisitions. After loading up on cancer drugs through a number of deals in recent years, the biopharma powerhouse is looking for new targets, Bloomberg reported. And Gilead's interest in blood-cancer drugs sparked some speculation about a couple of likely buyout prospects.
FDA green-lights new anti-anthrax, rare disease drugs from GlaxoSmithKline and Novartis
The FDA is wrapping up business before the end of the year and making a flurry of approvals. The agency OK'd three new drugs Friday, with all of the green-lighted therapies sanctioned for combating relatively rare ailments and securing orphan drug status.
UPDATED: FDA OKs Ariad's blockbuster contender ponatinib for leukemia
Ariad's plan to launch its maiden commercialization effort took hard shape today as the FDA announced that it had approved ponatinib for two types of leukemia. Tapped as a likely blockbuster by a number of analysts, Ariad gained regulatory approval for the targeted treatment a full three months ahead of its regulatory deadline.
Europeans follow FDA, wave away Merck's weak ridaforolimus bid
Five months after Merck's woeful application for ridaforolimus was shown the door at the FDA, the Europeans repeated the regulatory coup de grace on the other side of the Atlantic.
FDA grants speedy review to Ariad's blockbuster hopeful
The FDA has granted the company an accelerated review of the targeted cancer treatment for patients who have failed previous treatment for chronic myeloid leukemia or Philadelphia-chromosome positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The speedy review comes with action date of March 27.
Ariad grabs spotlight at ESMO with 'compelling' results for lung cancer drug
With its lead drug ponatinib on track to a likely approval in the U.S. and Europe, Ariad Pharmaceuticals ($ARIA) moved center stage at ESMO 2012 over the weekend with an early-stage cancer drug that produced some impressive results among a small population of non-small cell lung cancer patients.
UPDATED: T-DM1 survival rate wows as Roche pushes for megablockbuster approval
Investigators behind the big T-DM1 breast cancer program took the lid off the last big data box from its pivotal study this morning, revealing that the armed antibody delivered a 32% reduction in the risk of death among patients in the pivotal Phase III study when compared to the standard-of-care arm.
EU hits accelerator on Ariad's leukemia drug app
Ariad Pharmaceuticals picked up an accelerated review for its promising leukemia drug ponatinib from the European Union's drug regulator as the Cambridge, MA-based biotech steams ahead with plans to commercialize the blockbuster hopeful over the next year.
Ariad speeds targeted leukemia drug to FDA in race for key approval
Ariad Pharmaceuticals ($ARIA) has taken another big step toward its first big regulatory approval, shaving weeks off its schedule to file an application for ponatinib in the U.S. as it races to the market with a new leukemia treatment.
