Japanese companies agree to discontinue regenerative cell therapy pact after high-profile Phase II failure, but SanBio will move ahead with development and Dainippon will hold onto ex-partner stake for now.

Strides has set a sales target of $200-400m for Stelis’s generic injectables business in two to four years as part of its plan to reach $800m in total revenues in four years. Meanwhile, Stelis’s Rh-teriparatide for osteoporosis and sodium hyaluronate for osteoarthritis await Phase III incremental studies in the US.

Abbott is developing an extended release version of vildagliptin in India, adding a new dimension to the market dynamics for the DPP-4 inhibitor, which has seen a key patent expire. Sustained release vildagliptin products from Wockhardt and Synokem also appear to be in the works.