The approval follows a positive opinion granted in July by the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use

Amgen Inc. , of Thousand Oaks, Calif., said the European Commission approved expanded marketing authorization for Aranesp (darbepoetin alfa) in the European Union following a positive opinion from the European Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use in July

Amgen Inc. , of Thousand Oaks, Calif., said the European Commission approved expanded marketing authorization for Aranesp (darbepoetin alfa) in the European Union following the positive opinion from the European Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use in July

Amgen Inc., of Thousand Oaks, Calif., received a positive opinion from the European Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use for an expanded marketing authorization of Aranesp (darbepoetin alfa) in the European Union

It does not resolve pending governmental investigations and other private litigation related to wholesaler inventory issues and other accounting matters...To that end, the company appointed Mark Pavao its senior vice president of sales and marketing

Amgen Inc., of Thousand Oaks, Calif., said the European Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use recommended approval of Mimpara (cinacalcet HCl) for secondary hyperparathyroidism in chronic kidney disease patients on dialysis and for treating hypercalcemia in patients with parathyroid carcinoma

Orbus plans to enter a supply agreement with BioInvent for commercial-grade antibodies once process development and product approval are complete...Licenses in other European countries are expected to be granted over the next 12 months

In other news, the company said researchers presented Phase II data on GVAX pancreatic cancer vaccine in patients with inoperable metastatic pancreatic cancer at the Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research's annual meeting...Licenses in other European countries are expected to be granted over the next 12 months...DOV Pharmaceutical Inc. , of Hackensack, N.J., said the FDA agreed to lift the clinical hold on ocinaplon, the company's anxiolytic, subject to its review of a revised clinical

Simultaneously, Angiotech agreed to pay $13 million to acquire NeuColl Inc., of Los Gatos, Calif...Three other potential biomarkers were found to be lower in patients' urine with the onset of transplant rejection

Biophage is developing anti-inflammatory products for humans and anti-infective products for antibiotic-resistant infections in livestock

It also has shown high levels of transfection rates of the product in human cells without causing the damage to the cell membrane that occurs with some other products

Genentech also acquired nonexclusive, worldwide rights to diagnostic and small-molecule products for human use based on the same gene

Charles River said BioLabs is positioned to serve Irish-based multinationals, as well as companies located elsewhere in Europe and the U.S., that develop products for human and animal health markets

Bio-Technology General develops genetically engineered and other products for human health care

Maxygen focuses on creating products for human therapeutics and industrial applications

The expansion will enable Genzyme to produce CTLA4Ig fusion protein in amounts sufficient to supply bulk products for human trials. • Geron Corp., of Menlo Park, Calif., and Clontech Laboratories Inc., of Palo Alto, Calif., said the launch of the hTERT-HME1 human mammary epithelial cell line marks the third cell type offered in the Infinity family of telomerase-immortalized cells, cells that express human telomerase reverse transcriptase

The report is published in the October issue of the British Journal of Surgery. • Genome Therapeutics Corp., of Waltham, Mass., and bioMerieux SA, of Lyon, France, will combine to develop, manufacture and sell in vitro diagnostic products for human clinical and industrial applications