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Roche Chairman to step down in 2014

Bayer Group sales increase by approximately 9%

Novartis’ acute gouty arthritis drug approved in Europe
Novartis has received European Commission approval for its acute gouty arthritis medicine

GSK’s ViiV Healthcare to increase HIV medicine access for children

Rare Disease Day initiatives from Boehringer, Shire and Genzyme

PatientsLikeMe awarded $1.9m grant to create first open research platform
Patient organisation, PatientsLikeMe, has won a grant to create an open-participation research platform to help researchers develop better health outcome measures. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has awarded PatientsLikeMe with a US $1.9 million grant so it can create the world’s first…

Rare Disease Day initiatives from Boehringer, Shire and Genzyme
Today is Rare Disease Day and many companies, both pharma and rare disease organisations, have announced their support for this awareness initiative. Today marks the sixth international Rare Disease Day, led by EURORDIS, to raise awareness for patients with rare…

FDA expands approval of Bayer’s cancer drug
Bayer’s Stivarga has had its approval expanded through the FDA’s priority review program to treat rare disease patients with GIST. The US FDA approval of Bayer’s Stivarga has been expanded so as to treat rare disease patients with advanced…