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Melbourne, Australia, 17 September 2015: A NOVEL drug which helps neurosurgeons to better visualise and remove malignant brain tumours has been approved for marketing and distribution in New Zealand by Medsafe. The drug, GLIOLAN (aminolevulinic acid HCl), assists neurosurgeons to better visualise and more completely remove malignant brain tumours (gliomas) by causing them to become
Melbourne, Australia, 3 September 2015: A BREAKTHROUGH genetic test that could spare thousands of Australian women with early stage breast cancer from chemotherapy and its toxic side effects will be considered for reimbursement later this year. The multi-gene test, known as the Oncotype DX® Breast Cancer Assay, predicts a patient’s likely benefit from chemotherapy and the overall risk
Melbourne, Australia, 20 August 2015: Australian biopharmaceutical company Specialised Therapeutics Australia has struck an exclusive license and commercialisation agreement with European pharmaceutical partner company PharmaMar to market and distribute the novel oncology drug APLIDIN® (plitidepsin) in Australia and New Zealand. Under the terms of the agreement, PharmaMar will receive an upfront payment, royalties and additional remunerations
Melbourne, Australia, and Lugano, Switzerland, 8 May 2015: Australian biopharmaceutical company Specialised Therapeutics Australia (STA) and Helsinn, a Swiss group focused on building quality cancer care, announce that the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has approved AKYNZEO® for the prevention of acute and delayed nausea and vomiting associated with initial and repeat courses of moderately and highly emetogenic cancer chemotherapy.
Cambridge, MA, and Melbourne, Australia, November 24, 2014: ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARIA) and Specialised Therapeutics Australia Pty Ltd (STA), today announced the marketing approval of ICLUSIG™ (ponatinib) in Australia by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA). The Australian Product Information for ICLUSIG states that it is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with: Chronic
Melbourne, Australia, 31 October 2014: Australian biopharmaceutical company Specialised Therapeutics Australia (STA) is pleased to announce ABRAXANE®(nanoparticle albumin-bound paclitaxel) in combination with gemcitabine, will be reimbursed via the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) for patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer from the 1st of November. In Australia, pancreatic cancer is the 5th most common cause of cancer mortality. Pancreatic cancer
Melbourne, Australia and Atlanta, Georgia, 28 April 2014: Australian and New Zealand patients suffering from vision impairment due to a type of diabetes-induced eye disease will have access to a new treatment, following a license deal between Australian biopharmaceutical company Specialised Therapeutics Australia (STA) and Alimera Sciences. (NASDAQ: ALIM). The exclusive agreement enables STA to distribute
Melbourne, Australia – March, 2014: Australian biopharmaceutical company Specialised Therapeutics Australia (STA) is pleased to announce that ABRAXANE® (nanoparticle albumin-bound paclitaxel) in combination with gemcitabine in now approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) for the first-line treatment of metastatic pancreatic cancer. The TGA approved indication is: ABRAXANE, in combination with gemcitabine, is indicated for the first-line
Melbourne, Australia January 28, 2014: ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARIA) and Specialised Therapeutics Australia Pty Ltd (STA), a specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced that ARIAD has granted STA exclusive rights to commercialize Iclusig® (ponatinib) in Australia in patients with Philadelphia-positive (Ph+) leukemias. Under the terms of the agreement, STA will be responsible for obtaining marketing authorization and
Melbourne, Australia January 7, 2014: Australian women will potentially have greater access to the only genomic test validated to predict whether patients with early-stage invasive breast cancer would benefit from chemotherapy, following an agreement between Specialised Therapeutics Australia (STA) and Genomic Health, Inc. (NASDAQ: GHDX). STA has struck an agreement to represent the important diagnostic technology