Sanofi has pulled the plug on its experimental Clostridium difficile vaccine after an interim analysis of a late-stage trial concluded that key targets were unlikely to be met.
Tokyo, July 31, 2017 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Yoshihiko Hatanaka, “Astellas”) today announced that it has submitted an application for marketing approval of fidaxomicin (generic name) for the treatment of infectious enteritis (including pseudomembranous colitis1) (susceptible strains: fidaxomicin susceptible Clostridium difficile2).
Swiss biotechnology company Actelion on Thursday presented mixed trial results for its antibiotic hopeful cadazolid, saying it met the main goal of one late-stage study but failed to hit the target in a second, identical study.
The investment is in a pharmaceutical and medical device component manufacturing facility in Suzhou, China, near Shanghai