Celgene International Sàrl Abraxane, an albumin-bound form of paclitaxel, has demonstrated statistically significant improvementin overall survival for advanced pancreatic cancer patients in Phase III study. The Metastatic ...
Antares Pharma and Watson Pharmaceuticals have introduced Gelnique 3% (oxybutynin) gel 3%, for the treatment of overactive bladder (OAB). The product is available in a metered pump dispenser and is delivered transdermally, resulting in a ...
Biogen Idec (BIIB) and Isis Pharmaceuticals have entered into an exclusive, worldwide option and collaboration agreement, pursuant to which the companies will develop and commercialize a novel antisense drug for the treatment of myotonic ...
Tags: Steinert Disease, antisense drug
Clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, Tocagen, has entered into a partnership agreement with MRI Interventions and Brainlab. Under the collaboration, Tocagen will use MRI Interventions' ClearPoint neuro intervention system at selected ...
Jennerex has treated the first patient in a Phase 2 clinical trial of intravenous treatment with JX-594 for patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)who have not received treatment with sorafeni. The ...
Tags: hepatocellular carcinoma, JX-594, intravenous treatment, Jennerex
Cohera Medical has initiated a no-drain clinical trial at two Germany-based surgery centers to evaluate TissuGlu surgical adhesive as a treatment for reducing complications in abdominoplasty procedures. CE marked TissuGlu is internal ...
Planisware has launched a pre-packaged on demand Project Portfolio Management (PPM) solution to maximize time-to-value for small and mid-sized pharmaceutical organizations. Incorporating a preconfigured system that answers various ...
Tags: pre-packaged, pharmaceutical organization, Pharma solution
Arkivum has launched A-Stor Pharma, a digital data archiving service, designed to meet the needs of the healthcare and life sciences industries. The cloud storage service A-Stor Pharma integrates with the customer's existing ...
Tags: healthcare, life sciences
ePharmaSolutions has launched PatientLive, a new patient recruitment application for the new Windows 8 platform. The new solution has a consumer and sponsor component, which will offer pharmaceutical companies and CROs a better return on ...
Tags: ePharmaSolutions, PatientLive, Windows 8 platform, pharmaceutical
The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has approved the use of Alcon's Nevanac in patients suffering from diabetes to minimize the possibility of postoperative macular oedema (MO) coupled with cataract surgery. The approval allows the ...
Tags: The Scottish Medicines Consortium, diabetic cataract patients, Medicine
Allegro Diagnostics has presented positive results from a clinical trial of its BronchoGen genomic test, designed for the early detection of lung cancer in current and former smokers. Using the company's PCR molecular testing platform ...
Tags: clinical trial, genomic test, Lung Cancer Detection Assay
NinePoint Medical has reported positive data of its NvisionVLE imaging system, designed to view real-time volumetric images of Barrett's esophagus and tissues up to 3mm deep at better than 10 micron resolution. Two single-arm, open-label ...
Tags: NvisionVLE imaging system, NvisionVLE system, Medical devices
Alere has presented positive results from PELICAN clinical trial,designed to assess the safety and efficacy of Triage placental growth factor (PlGF) blood test in diagnosing pre-eclampsia in women with suspected pre-eclampsia before 35 ...
Tags: PlGF Blood Test, placental growth factor blood test, PlGF testing
Proteonomix, a biotechnology company, has announced Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval for its clinical trial of UMK-121 in patients with end stage liver disease. The company previously signed an agreement with the University of ...
Sapheon, a developer of technologies for the treatment of vascular diseases, has completed the first closing in its $18.5m Series B Preferred equity offering. The company said the proceeds from the Series B offering will be used to ...