| Genzyme Plans Buyback, To Shed Businesses Genzyme plans to shed three of its noncore businesses by the end of the year, and will repurchase $2 billion of its stock. online.wsj.com |
Medicare to Weigh Coverage for Dendreon Drug The U.S. government said it would analyze whether covering the costs of Provenge, Dendreon's expensive immunotherapy treatment for prostate cancer, is "reasonable and necessary." online.wsj.com |
St. Jude Says Ex-Executive Violated Pact by Joining Medtronic St. Jude Medical believes a former top executive with access to "copious amounts" of confidential information violated an employment agreement by leaving and quickly joining heart-device rival Medtronic. online.wsj.com |
Biodel's Linjeta Should Overcome the Usual FDA Approval Hurdles Joseph Krueger submits: Previously, I wrote an article about Biodel's (BIOD) VIAject (now called Linjeta), comparing its benefits to Mannkind’s (NASDAQ: MNKD) Afrezza. Linjeta is a more rapid-acting form of injectable human insulin for meal-time use by patients with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes. Linjeta provides quicker glucose control than standard insulin, and also touts the benefits of reducing the usual weight gain and life-threatening hypoglycemic events seen in insulin users. Current insulin therapies are not delivered quickly enough to simulate the desired meal-time insulin spike. The formulation of insulin in Linjeta promotes a more rapid absorption, which more closely mirrors the effects of naturally produced insulin in non-diabetics, thereby providing more effective blood glucose control. In the article I discussed the potential problems facing Mannkind’s Afrezza approval and compared it to VIAject/Linjeta's potential approval. In the face of several recent panel reviews and/or FDA approvals having a poor outcome, I thought it would be a good time to re-visit this idea and discuss the prospects for Linjeta’s approval in light of several developments.Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
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