Bayer

Drugmaker Bayer has filed an appeal against an Indian Patents Office's order, which allowed domestic drugmaker Natco Pharma to sell a generic version of the German firm's cancer drug 'Nexavar' in India, with the Intellectual Property Appellate Board. In March this year, the government had invoked a law permitting Hyderabad-based Natco Pharma to manufacture and sell cancer-treatment drug Nexavar at a price over 30 times lower than charged by its patent-holder Bayer Corporation.

Wayne, NJ,- In agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. today announced that it has updated the labels for its drospirenonecontaining combination oral contraceptives (COCs) in the United States.

Wayne, NJ,- In agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. today announced that it has updated the labels for its drospirenonecontaining combination oral contraceptives (COCs) in the United States.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is informing the public that it has not yet reached a conclusion, but remains concerned, about the potential increased risk of blood clots with the use of drospirenone-containing birth control pills. FDA has completed its review of the two 2011 studies that evaluated the risk of blood clots for women who use drospirenone-containing birth control pills, previously mentioned in FDA's Drug Safety Communication issued on May 31, 20112.