Oxytocin, the "bonding hormone" between mother and child, may also be the bonding hormone between husband and wife, researchers in Germany and China say. Dr. Rene Hurlemann, executive senior physician at the Inpatient and Outpatient ...
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After 85 years, antibiotics are growing impotent. So what will medicine, agriculture and everyday life look like if we lose these drugs entirely? A few years ago, I started looking online to fill in chapters of my family history that no ...
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The ageing of the population is an inevitable world phenomenon which will cause significant changes to society and generate numerous business opportunities that will contribute to the socio-economic development of countries. The ...
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US-based BioMarin Pharmaceutical has announced that the Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee (EMDAC) of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted in favor of approval of Vimizim for the treatment of Morquio A ...
Eisai Europe has become a signatory to the Tuberculosis Drug Accelerator (TBDA) partnership, an initiative that aims to speed up the discovery of essential new treatments for tuberculosis (TB). Launched in June 2012 through a ...
A biomedical engineer is developing a clinical-grade open-source 12-lead ECG. The device includes support for Android devices and is designed to meet all relevant medical device manufacturing standards, like ISO 60601-1. According to early ...
US-based medical device company Unilife has signed a 15-year global supply contract with Hikma Pharmaceuticals for the use of Unifill prefilled syringes with a range of generic injectable drugs. Unilife will supply customized prefillable ...
Bitcoin scored several big wins this week, including endorsements from U.S. federal officials and Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, signalling its progress toward wider acceptance. Bitcoin has battled concerns about volatility, ...
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Pro-Ject launched at the PDA Europe conference in Basel to muscle into a global market for injectable drugs said to be worth $240bn, 28% of the overall market worldwide. Spring-loaded auto-injectors holding pre-filled syringes are meant ...
Tags: Aptar Pharma, Hypodermic, Auto-Injector
Single Cell Technology (SCT) and AB Biosciences (ABB) have entered into a collaboration to identify new therapeutic antibodies. Under the deal, SCT will use its patented platform to screen plasma cells, measure the kinetics of secreted ...
Myriad Genetics, a molecular diagnostic company, and biotechnology firm BioMarin Pharmaceutical have signed a research collaboration agreement for identifying tumor types that may be sensitive to BioMarin's investigational product ...
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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 ...
France-based NovAliX has entered into a fragment-based drug discovery project with Japanese biopharmaceutical firm Kyowa Hakko Kirin. The deal, which is a continuation of the alliance announced in January 2013, builds upon the positive ...
Viteava Pharmaceuticals has announced the execution of an exclusive worldwide license to an intellectual property portfolio claiming composition of matter and/or methods of use of novel analogs and derivatives of the green tea flavonoid, ...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns doctors of the rare but serious risk of heart attack and death with use of the cardiac nuclear stress test agents. The cardiac nuclear stress test agents Lexiscan, or regadenoson, and Adenoscan, ...