AstraZeneca announced today that the US Department of Justice has ended its investigation into alleged misconduct associated with the pivotal PLATO trial. The company said it…
UK Politician Urges More Use Of Ticagrelor To Preserve AstraZeneca Jobs In UK
Use it or lose it. A UK politician is urging the National Health Service (NHS) to increase use of the antiplatelet drug ticagrelor (trade name…
FDA Approves Generic Clopidogrels As Plavix Loses Patent Protection
For the second time in the past six months, a cardiology mainstay drug has lost patent protection and gone generic. Today the FDA announced that it…
The Medicines Company Collaborates with AstraZeneca To Sell Brilinta (ticagrelor)
The Medicines Company will collaborate with AstraZeneca to help sell Brilinta (ticagrelor), AstraZeneca’s struggling oral antiplatelet drug. The collaboration is the first stage of “a…