On Friday, Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:OREX)’s shares inclined 6.08% to $2.18.
Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. (OREX) declared that Kwang Dong Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd., has filed a New Drug Application with the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) in South Korea for Contrave® (naltrexone HCl and bupropion HCl) as a monotherapy for weight management in overweight or obese adult patients. If approved, Kwang Dong will market and distribute Contrave as part of its distributorship agreement with Orexigen’s wholly-owned subsidiary Orexigen Therapeutics Ireland Ltd., executed in August 2015.
Under the terms of the agreement, Kwang Dong is responsible for seeking regulatory approval and for all commercialization activity and expenses. Kwang Dong expects to begin marketing Contrave in the second half of 2016, if regulatory approval is obtained.
Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development of pharmaceutical products in the United States. The company offers Contrave for the treatment of obesity.
Time Warner Cable Inc (NYSE:TWC)’s shares gained 1.84% to $185.19.
Time Warner Cable (TWC) has partnered with Telemundo to launch a new Disfruta Aún Más campaign to communicate how TWC continues to enhance its products and services to assist customers connect to what they love at home and on-the-go with value-driven offerings like the Triple Play bundle, Everyday Low Price Internet, TWC Phone Unlimited and the new Phone 2 Go App. The new Spanish-language campaign launches this week with four TV spots planned for the duration of the campaign, starring Colombian-born actress, Carmen Villalobos, of the hit Telemundo super series, El Señor de los Cielos. The commercials will air across the TWC footprint and will also be accessible for viewing on the TWC YouTube page (YouTube.com/twc).
TWC declared the expansion of TWC Phone Unlimited to comprise unlimited calling to all 28 countries in the European Union plus Norway. TWC customers with the phone plan can already make unlimited calls to anywhere in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, China, India, Hong Kong, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and now can call most of Europe, all for one low monthly price.
Time Warner Cable Inc., together with its auxiliaries, provides video, high-speed data, and voice services in the United States. It operates in three segments: Residential Services, Business Services, and Other Operations.
At the end of Friday’s trade, Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:LGND)‘s shares surged 5.91% to $89.45.
Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (LGND) declares it has expanded its global license and supply agreements with SAGE Therapeutics (SAGE) to now also cover the use of Captisol® in the development and commercialization of SAGE-689. Under the terms of the license, Ligand received a licensing fee and will be eligible to receive potential milestone payments, tiered royalties on future net sales and revenue from Captisol material sales. SAGE will be responsible for all costs related to the program.
Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated operates as a biotechnology company in the United States. The company’s commercial programs comprise Promacta, an oral medicine that enhances the number of platelets in the blood; Kyprolis that is used for the treatment of multiple myeloma; bazedoxifene, which is used for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis; and Captisol-enabled Noxafil-IV, a formulation of posaconazole for intravenous (IV) use.
Unilever N.V. (ADR) (NYSE:UN), ended its Friday’s trading session with 2.16% gain, and closed at $41.12.
Unilever as one of the 2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies for its commitment to progressive workplace programs, counting advancement of women, flexibility, child care and paid parental leave. The 100 Best Companies are featured in the October/November issue of Working Mother and on workingmother.com.
Jennifer Owens, editorial director of Working Mother Media, says, “Thirty years is an important milestone and we are happy to honor it. But we know, too, that the road ahead to truly supportive workplaces for all employees remains long. Recently, more than 2 million people work at a Best Company but that’s a drop in the bucket when you consider that our nation is home to 24 million working mothers—70 percent of moms with kids under age 18 are employed.”
Unilever N.V. operates as a fast-moving consumer goods company in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Australasia, Africa, the Middle East, Turkey, Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. The company operates through Personal Care, Foods, Refreshment, and Home Care segments.
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