Look back at pharma news to Apr 7

8 April 2017

As we soon head into the first-quarter financial results reporting period, German family-owned pharma major Boehringer Ingelheim came to the fore, reporting its achievements for 2016. Also in the news were positive late-stage clinical results for Paratek Pharmaceuticals’ omadacycline, Astellas Pharma’s buy of Belgian firm Ogeda, lack of investor excitement despite a US approval for Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Huntington’s drug and questions over Tesaro’s PARP inhibitor.

Is this the turnaround Paratek has been looking for?

Shares of Paratek Pharmaceuticals saw a huge gain early on Tuesday after the company provided a critical update on its late-stage pneumonia trial, noted Chris Lang on 24/7WALLSt. Specifically, the firm reported positive top-line results from a global, pivotal Phase III clinical study comparing its once-daily oral and intravenous, broad spectrum investigational antibiotic, omadacycline, to moxifloxacin in the treatment of patients with community-acquired bacterial pneumonia.

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