Novian Health, the developer of Novilase breast therapy, has announced the issuance of a new US patent covering the interstitial laser therapy in combination with interstitial brachytherapy treatment. Novian Health has developed the ...
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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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Ventana Medical Systems, a member of the Roche Group, has obtained the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) 510(k) approval for its Companion Algorithm ER (SP1) image analysis algorithm used with the Ventana iScan Coreo scanner ...
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HOUSTON — Mattress Firm has appointed industry veteran and philanthropist Roger Magowitz executive director of the Mattress Firm Foundation. He will oversee the day-to-day operations of the foundation, which raises awareness and funds ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug status for Kinex Pharmaceuticals' dual src/pre-tubulin inhibitor 'KX02' for the treatment of gliomas, which are the most common and aggressive form of brain cancer. KX02 is ...
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OncoMed Pharmaceuticals and Celgene have entered into an agreement to jointly develop and commercialize about six anti-cancer stem cell (CSC) product candidates from OncoMed's biologics pipeline, including demcizumab (OMP-21M18, Anti-DLL4). ...
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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. ...
More than a week after the FDA told 23andMe to stop marketing its Personal Genomic Service tests, the Mountain View, CA–based company says it is complying. "23andMe halted all marketing last week in accordance with the FDA’s ...
Aviva has announced significant improvements to its International Solutions private medical insurance from 1st February 2014. The improvements will provide new and existing customers with enhanced standard benefits and wider geographic ...
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A diet low in vitamin D causes damage to the brain, a study in rats shows, University of Kentucky researchers say. Lead author Allan Butterfield of the University of Kentucky's Center of Membrane Sciences, faculty of Sanders-Brown Center ...
A guitar owned and signed by Queen guitarist Brian May will be up for grabs at the UK Lingerie Awards 2013 in association with Fashion Forms, with 100% of the sale price being donated to charity Breast Cancer Campaign through Rock & Ribbon, ...
Turkey is not only a high-protein food, it contains all B vitamins, zinc, copper, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium and iron, U.S. food experts say. Most cuts of turkey provide valuable amounts of protein, but skinned turkey breast ...
Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a new type of nanoparticle, which can be taken orally and gets successfully absorbed through the digestive tract. The nanoparticles ...
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Cytocell announced the availability of a new range of in vitro diagnostic tests to aid in detecting patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL), a cancer of the lymphocytes. In total Cytocell has 19 different FISH probes ...
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Sumitomo Heavy Industries has obtained the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance of its Proton Therapy System, a form of radiation therapy, which employs proton beams to kill cancer cells with better dose distribution in ...
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