Pfizer has secured regular approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Xalkori (crizotinib) capsules to treat patients with metastatic ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The approval was based on ...
Based in Fargo, ND, CSM is a full-service packaging and labeling company that specializes in supplying investigational medicines, including cancer drugs and supplies for clinical trials. CSM's licensed pharmacists and pharmacy technicians ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted AstraZeneca's new drug application (NDA) for naloxegol, an investigational peripherally-acting mu-opioid receptor antagonist (PAMORA). The drug has been studied in opioid-induced ...
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Four scientists from top pharmaceutical companies have collaborated to bring together the successful strategies for implementing an electronic patient reported outcome (ePRO) system in the form of an ebook. The handbook named "How to ...
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The incidence of diabetes in the United States has been rising for years, making it the seventh leading cause of death in the country, according to the National Institutes of Health, but promising new research indicates that fish oil can ...
Avedro (Waltham, MA) landed a CE Mark in the European Union for its non-surgical myopia treatment device. The device, dubbed KXL II, can perform a photorefractive intrastromal cross-linking procedure, allowing for the correction of myopia. ...
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Followers of the popular Mediterranean diet have known for years that eating fresh fruits and vegetables, nuts, seeds and plenty of extra virgin olive oil is beneficial to health. Recent studies have continued to bolster this eating ...
Lavender essential oils have been used in European hospitals, mainly France, for treating burns. But that is not the only application of lavender that has proven itself. Insomnia and anxiety relief are the most common uses aside from burns. ...
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Over the past several years, astaxanthin has earned a reputation as one of the most potent and powerful nutritional supplements ever made. I first began spreading the word about astaxanthin in 2004 when I toured the BioAstin production farm ...
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Cognoptix disclosed at the ‘Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease’ (CTAD) scientific meeting the strong results of a multi-site clinical trial of its SAPPHIRE II eye test, which is designed to identify Alzheimer’s ...
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Frutarom Switzerland Ltd., Health BU, joins forces with Aquanova AG, the German pharma GMP manufacturer of superior ingredient formulas, to market NovaSOL Curcumin, a solubilized, highly bioavailable form of curcumin for the dietary ...
France-based Synapse Biomedical has obtained the Health Canada approval for its NeuRx diaphragm pacing system (DPS) for ventilator-dependent spinal cord injury (SCI) patients who lack voluntary control of their diaphragms. Synapse ...
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NanoViricides has secured orphan drug designation from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for its drug candidate DengueCide, for the treatment of dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever. Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne disease that affects ...
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A.P. Pharma, a specialty pharmaceutical company, has initiated a program to expand its pipeline of sustained release products, including a new program targeting the relief of post-surgical pain. The company also announced it will pursue a ...
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FDA regulators have released a report on Intuitive Surgical’s da Vinci system, which was based on responses from 11 surgeons who had used the system. The report covers complications, patient recovery times, training concerns, and ...
Tags: FDA Survey, Medicine