Verily, Google’s life science’s sister company under Alphabet (NSDQ:GOOGL), has received an FDA 510(k) clearance to include an irregular pulse monitor in its Study Watch wearable. The FDA announcement, last updated Jan. 20, did not include additional information. The agency cleared ECG capabilities on the Study Watch in January 2019. Launched in April 2017, the Study […]
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Novartis unit spikes Pear Therapeutics deal
Novartis (NYSE:NVS) unit Sandoz said this week that Pear Therapeutics will take sole responsibility for the commercialization of their prescription digital therapeutics program for treating substance and opioid use disorders. In April 2018, Pear announced that it agreed to deal commercialization rights of its digital therapeutics to Sandoz. The companies did not disclose financial details, but […]
Freshly spun-out Alcon posts Q1 sales beat
Shares in Alcon (NYSE:ALC) are steady today after the ophthalmic device maker, freshly spun out from Novartis (NYSE:NVS), posted first quarter 2019 earnings that beat sales expectations on Wall street. The Geneva-based company posted sales of $1.8 billion for the three months ended March 31, just in line with its sales during the same quarter of […]
Smiths Medical, United Therapeutics conspired to stifle generic Remodulin, Sandoz alleges
Smiths Medical allegedly conspired with United Therapeutics to stifle a generic version of pulmonary arterial hypertension drug Remodulin, according to a lawsuit filed this week by Novartis (NYSE:NVS) unit Sandoz. The Smiths Group (LON:SMIN) subsidiary, which is slated for a spinout as a separately traded company next year, makes the infusion pumps and single-use cartridges for the PAH drug treprostinil, sold […]
Medtronic taps Lennon as CIO | Personnel Moves – April 9, 2018
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) said that it named Sean Lennon as its new chief information officer, set to take effect April 29. The Fridley, Minn.-based medtech giant said that Lennon will take over for Mike Hedges, who is retiring from the position after 19 years with Medtronic, including 10 as CIO. Prior to joining Medtronic, Lennon served as […]
Novartis completes spinout of Alcon eye biz
Novartis (NYSE:NVS) closed the spinout of its Alcon vision care business, setting the stage for its shares to begin trading today in Switzerland and New York. The spinout, announced last June, saw each Novartis shareholder receive a single ALC share for every five NVS shares as of the close of business April 1, Novartis said last […]
ReShape taps Allergan vet Bandy for CEO | Personnel Moves, April 3 2019
ReShape Lifesciences (NSDQ:RSLS) said last week that it named Allergan (NYSE: AGN) veteran Barton Bandy to replace Dan Gladney in the corner office, effective April 1. Gladney, who announced his retirement in January, is staying on as chairman. Bandy spent a decade at Inamed until its $3.2 billion purchase by Allergan in 2005. “I am […]
Novartis plans Alcon spinout for early April
Novartis (NYSE:NVS) said today that it’s planning to list the shares of its Alcon vision care business April 9 in Switzerland and New York. Terms for the spinout, announced last June, call for each Novartis shareholder to receive a single ALC share for every five NVS shares at the close of business April 8. The […]
Novartis launches COPD inhalers in China
Novartis (NYSE:NVS) has launched its Ultibro Breezhaler and Seebri Breezhaler in China for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The Ultibro Breezhaler system is a once-daily fixed-dose combination of indacaterol and glycopyrronium bromide. Seebri Breezhaler is a fixed-dose formulation of glycopyrronium bromide. Get the full story at our sister site, Drug Delivery Business News.
Novartis’ Alcon picks up PowerVision for $285m
Novartis (NYSE:NVS) subsidiary Alcon said today that it acquired intraocular lens developer PowerVision for $285 million. PowerVision is developing fluid-based intraocular lens implants that use the eye’s natural accommodating response to transport fluid in the implanted lens, Fort Worth, Texas-based Alcon said. The fluid-based lens creates a continuously variable monofocal lens using the natural contractions of the eye’s […]
Mylan wins race for generic Advair approval
FDA has approved the first generic of GlaxoSmithKline‘s (NYSE:GSK) blockbuster Advair respiratory drug, this one by Mylan (NSDQ:MYL), six months after rejecting Mylan’s application. Canonsburg, PA-based Mylan’s shares jumped 7% to $30.82 at market close after yesterday’s late-afternoon announcement, and were trading at $30.96 mid-morning today. GSK’s stock dipped 2% to$38.70 on the news late yesterday, but had more than […]
