Lupin Lands $58M Pact; FDA Rejects New Use for J&J's Simponi - July 25, 2011

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Monday, July 25, 2011  |   |   |   |  FIRST ASIA PACIFIC PHARMACEUTICAL COMPLIANCE CONGRESS September 13 - 15, 2011 The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore Sponsored by Pharmaceutical Compliance Forum and Asia Pacific Healthcare Industry Compliance Team Please click here for more information.   •  Lupin Ltd. (LUPN.BO) Lands $58 Million Pact More... •  FDA Rejects New Use for Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)'s Simponi More... •  QRxPharma Pty Ltd. Announces a $35 Million Capital Raising to Progress MoxDuo Formulations and Support Commercialisation of MoxDuo(R) IR More... •  Roche (RHHBY) Cancer Drug Rejected by National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) Found to Triple Survival Time More... •  Raptor Pharmaceutical Inc. (RPTP) Cystinosis Drug Meets Late-Stage Trial Goal More... •  Biogen Idec, Inc. (Massachusetts) (BIIB) Receives Conditional Approval in the European Union for FAMPYRA(R) to Improve Walking in Adults with Multiple Sclerosis More... •  CEVEC Pharma Raises $8.5 Million to Commercialize Human-Cell Expression Platform for Proteins and Vaccines More... •  Bayer AG (BAY.F)'s Xarelto Blood Thinner Matched Warfarin in Japanese Safety Study More... 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