India has partly suspended patents granted to Roche Holding for its breast cancer drug Herceptin, over issues that the patents had not been filed in accordance with the laid down process. An article published in Swiss newspaper Schweiz am ...
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The Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) in India has cancelled the patent for GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) anti-cancer drug Tykerb in its salt form over failure in demonstrating significant improvement in the efficacy. Fresenius ...
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Specialty pharmaceutical company Sagent Pharmaceuticals has introduced an antineoplastic agent, Docetaxel Injection Concentrate, in three preservative-free vial presentations. Designed to help reduce medication errors, the product ...
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Researchers at A*STAR’s Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have identified potential targets for therapeutic drugs against aggressive breast cancer. Working in collaboration with local and international institutions, GIS scientists ...
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Inspired by the streets of New York City, PINCH NYC is the newest urban lifestyle brand to hit the fashion world. PINCH NYC is a mash-up of New York City's high-end and urban designs meant to empower individual attitude, fashion expression ...
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Researchers have developed an intelligent surgical knife that can help doctors identify if a tissue being cut is of cancerous nature or not, in turn enabling an accurate surgery. The knife, created by London's Imperial College ...
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US-based NanoString Technologies has announced that its Prosigna Breast Cancer Prognostic Gene Signature Assay offers better prognostic information in endocrine treated patients with HR+ node negative disease. NanoString Technologies said ...
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US-based NanoString Technologies has announced that its Prosigna Breast Cancer Prognostic Gene Signature Assay offers better prognostic information in endocrine treated patients with HR+ node negative disease. NanoString Technologies said ...
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Scientists at the Institute of Cancer Research, London, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and Queen Mary University of London have developed a new breast cancer test, dubbed as PAM50, to help women avoid unnecessary chemotherapy. The ...
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Saks Fifth Avenue and the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) announced that actress Jennifer Aniston has been named the EIF ambassador for Saks Fifth Avenue’s 2013 Key to the Cure campaign. In the 14 years since the inception of ...
US-based Ambrx and China-based Zhejiang Medicine have collaborated to develop and commercialize ARX788, an antibody drug conjugate (ADC) targeting Her2-positive breast cancer. As per the deal, both the companies will advance the product ...
Marks & Spencer (M&S) today publishes its latest Plan A Report which shows progress against the programme’s 180 sustainability commitments, including its stretching 2015 targets. 139 of the 180 commitments have been achieved ...
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Reusable plastic water bottles may be good for the environment, but a new study shows they might be bad for your health. There's a possibility that the chemical found in plastic water bottles, baby bottles and the lining of many food, ...
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Miso, the main ingredient in that cloudy broth you may have had in Japanese restaurants, is relatively high in sodium, with about 630 milligrams per tablespoon. So if you are prone to high blood pressure, you might want to use the ...
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Navidea Biopharmaceuticals has launched its Lymphoseek (technetium Tc 99m tilmanocept) Injection in the US. The injection is used in lymphatic mapping procedures that help in the diagnostic evaluation of potential cancer spread for ...
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