GSK news

- Benlysta (belimumab) 10 mg/kg plus standard of care met its primary efficacy endpoint by achieving a statistically significant improvement in patient response rate versus placebo plus standard of care at Week 52 in BLISS-76
- Primary efficacy endpoint met in two pivotal Phase 3 trials, as specified by Special Protocol Assessment agreement with FDA

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) today announced that this week, approximately half a million people will have received its pandemic H1N1 vaccine, Pandemrix™, as part of Government initiated vaccination programmes across Europe, which commenced earlier this month

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Theravance, Inc. (NASDAQ: THRX) today announced that the first patient has commenced treatment as part of the Phase III programme being undertaken to develop a next-generation combination treatment for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), a leading cause of chronic illness and death.

GSK and Genmab announced the accelerated approval of ArzerraTM (ofatumumab) from the US Food and Drug Administration for use in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) that is refractory to fludarabine and alemtuzumab.

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) today announced that, to date, more than 150,000 people have received GSK's pandemic H1N1 vaccine, Pandemrix™, as part of Government initiated vaccination programmes across Europe which commenced last week.

BENLYSTA (belimumab) significantly reduced SLE disease activity, disease flare rates and fatigue; significantly delayed time-to-first SLE disease flare; reduced prednisone use and improved health-related patient quality of life in the BLISS-52 study

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved CERVARIX® [Human papillomavirus bivalent (types 16 and 18) vaccine.

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) today announced results from a second clinical trial of its pandemic (H1N1) adjuvanted vaccine, which demonstrate that one dose of the vaccine can provide a strong immune response which exceeds criteria as defined by international licensing authorities using the lowest dose of antigen available in pandemic vaccines.

Landmark approval paves the way for access to the vaccine for women in Japan.

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Prosensa, the Dutch based biopharmaceutical company focusing on RNA modulating therapeutics, today announced that they have entered into an exclusive worldwide collaboration for the development and commercialisation of RNA based therapeutics for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)