A new strain of bird flu appears to retain its ability to cause serious disease even after it develops resistance to anti-viral drugs, U.S. researchers say. Dr. Nicole Bouvier, an assistant professor of medicine, infectious diseases at ...
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A meta-analysis found exercise may be as effective as drugs in helping patients with strokes, diabetes and heart disease, British and U.S. researchers say. Researchers at the London School of Economics and Political Science, the Harvard ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first generic versions of Cymbalta, a drug used to treat depression and other conditions, officials say. Dr. Kathleen Uhl, acting director of the Office of Generic Drugs in the FDA's ...
US-based Agios Pharmaceuticals has announced an extension of one additional year to the period of exclusivity for their strategic cancer metabolism collaboration with Celgene. Celgene research president Dr Thomas Daniel noted the quality ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released the final version of a voluntary plan to phase out the use of certain antibiotics in food animals. Antibiotics are added to the feed or drinking water of cattle, hogs, poultry and other ...
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Women with moderate to severe may find relief by a class of erectile dysfunction drugs, U.S. researchers say. Study leader Richard Legro of Pennsylvania State College of Medicine said primary dysmenorrhea, also called PD, is the most ...
ReposiTrak has signed a deal with Food Marketing Institute (FMI), which will encourage the use of ReposiTrak food and drug safety solution among its food retail and wholesale members. ReposiTrak is a food safety solution provider, backed ...
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CareFusion, a global medical technology company, has announced multiple new technologies across its device and software platforms to help improve the safety, efficiency and cost of intravenous (IV) medications to enhance enterprise-wide ...
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Druggability Technologies (DRGT) has entered into a multi-year collaboration deal with Bayer HealthCare that will deploy DRGT's proprietary Super-API platform to support Bayer HealthCare's formulation efforts directed at enhancing compound ...
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Neurotransmitters play a powerful role in managing the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system in many animals, controlling mood, energy levels, aggression, social bonding, and sexual behavior. For example, many antidepressant drugs ...
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Roche and Molecular Partners have entered into a research collaboration and licensing agreement to discover, develop and commercialize several proprietary therapeutics incorporating Molecular' DARPin biologics conjugated to toxic agents ...
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Wolters Kluwer Health, a provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, has announced that its Medi-Span Controlled Substances Drug File has been selected by Health Market Science (HMS) for integration with its ...
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Taiwan-based JHL Biotech and Switzerland-based Selexis have formed a biologic drug development alliance to serve the biopharmaceutical industry. JHL Biotech and Selexis have signed a non-exclusive strategic agreement to provide seamless ...
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CDRD Ventures, the commercialization vehicle of The Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD), has announced the launch of a new spin-off company, Sitka Biopharma is a biotechnology company developing a new bladder cancer treatment. ...
It's not easy to find IT staff with the right skill-set, and it's even harder to find people with good Cisco skills. That's according to Steve Capper, director of IT at construction firm Skanska, as he told Computing recently. Further ...
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