Researchers at University of Adelaide,Australia,are collaborating with an international team of researchers from Italy,to develop better quality pasta,which also offers health benefits. The University's ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant ...
Tags: pasta, health, durum wheat
Saladax Biomedical has signed a distribution contract with INyDIA Labs for My5-FU, a test that measures levels of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), in the blood of cancer patients, in Spain and Protugal. INyDIA will provide My5-FU test kits to ...
Tags: medical research, medical test, clinical research, company collaboration
Saladax Biomedical has signed a diagnostic agreement with Eilaf Pharma for My5-FU diagnostic test in Egypt and throughout the Middle East North African (MENA) region. The test will measure the levels of an anti-cancer drug, ...
Tags: My5-FU diagnostic test, medical research, medical test
Hospira has announced the US re-launch of oxaliplatin injection, a generic version of Sanofi's chemotherapy medication Eloxatin. Hospira will initially offer the solution form of oxaliplatin injection in 50mg and 100mg single-use vials, ...
Tags: oxaliplatin injection, Sanofi's chemotherapy medication, oncology drug
Bedford Laboratories has issued a nationwide voluntary hospital/user-level recall of certain lots of leucovorin calcium injection due to the discovery of visible crystalline particulate matter in a small number of vials. The particulate ...
Sagent Pharmaceuticals has introduced a folic acid derivative therapy, designed to treat megaloblastic anemias patients who are not responding to oral therapy. The new Leucovorin Calcium for Injection is indicated for rescue after ...
CML HealthCare, a provider of medical diagnostic services, has introduced a new blood-based diagnostic test for colorectal cancer. The new COLOGIC test is designed for screening patients who are at high risk for colorectal cancer and ...
Tags: medical diagnostic services, blood-based diagnostic test, COLOGIC test
XBiotech has received FDA fast track designation for its anti-cachexia drug Xilonix, a first-in-class True Human antibody. Xilonix blocks an inflammatory substance (IL-1a) produced by the body in response to tumor growth, which plays a ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ZALTRAP (ziv-aflibercept) injection to be used in combination with 5-fluorouracil, leucovorin, irinotecan (FOLFIRI) to treat patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) that is ...
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Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) and Eli Lilly (LLY) have received an approval from US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to expand the use of Erbitux in combination with the chemotherapy regimen Folfiri as an initial treatment of patients with ...
Tags: FDA approval, Erbitux, KRAS mutation-negative colorectal cancer
The US FDA has granted priority review designation to Bayer HealthCare's new drug application (NDA) filed for regorafenib to treat patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) whose disease has progressed after approved standard ...
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Pentax has entered into an agreement to distribute SpectraScience's WavSTAT Optical Biopsy system for use in colorectal cancer screening and diagnosis. Under the agreement, Pentax gained rights to provide WavSTAT system for minimum ...
Tags: Optical Biopsy system, colorectal cancer screening system
Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals have received FDA priority review for the biologics license application (BLA) of ZALTRAP (aflibercept) as a treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). The filing was based on the Phase III ...