Immunology

Food allergy treatment loses efficacy with time

(HealthDay)—Many children who are initially successfully treated for allergy to cow's milk by oral immunotherapy lose tolerance several years later, according to a letter to the editor published online June 27 in the Journal ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Low vitamin D levels common among spinal fusion patients

(HealthDay)—A substantially high number of patients undergoing spinal fusion have a vitamin D deficiency or inadequacy, according to a study published in the March 15 issue of Spine.

Medications

Bristol-Myers, Five Prime expand work on cancer, other drugs

Drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. is expanding its collaboration with Five Prime Therapeutics Inc., which could receive more than $1.75 billion if they succeed in turning Five Prime's antibody-based drug candidates into ...

Medications

Foundation sells $3.3B in Vertex drug royalties

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation says it has sold royalty rights worth $3.3 billion for innovative drugs it helped develop with Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated.

Other

Swiss pharma Novartis ups full-year sales outlook (Update)

Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis AG raised its full-year sales outlook because of delays in generic competition to its blockbuster blood pressure drug Diovan, even though it said negative currency trends contributed to ...

Other

Royalty Pharma lets Elan takeover bid expire

Royalty Pharma has let its latest takeover bid for Irish drugmaker Elan lapse as it decided against pressing ahead with a court challenge of a requirement that it withdraw the offer.

Medications

Drugmaker Elan plans to explore sale of company (Update)

Shares of Elan Corp PLC jumped Friday after the Irish drugmaker said it will explore a possible sale of the company while its board continues to fend off a hostile takeover bid from Royalty Pharma.

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