The first drug treatment for unusual curvature of the penis has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the agency announced Friday. Men with the condition, called Peyronie's disease, have a lump in the penis that causes ...
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The bankrupt Boston-area pharmacy that allegedly made tainted steroid injections which sickened hundreds and killed 64 will compensate victims, officials say. Paul D. Moore, the bankruptcy trustee involved in the negotiations with the ...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday began the process of regulating compounding pharmacies, which create new drug combinations or alter drugs to suit individual patient needs. Under the Drug Quality and Security Act, signed ...
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OvaScience, a life sciences company, and Intrexon Corporation have announced an agreement to access Intrexon’s portfolio of technologies to accelerate the development of OvaScience’s OvaTure technology platform Separately, ...
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Alsa Refinish, a California-based company, has process and utility patent applications in place for a medication delivery method. If successful, Alsa will hold patents for a device that delivers medications and herbal preparations ...
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Biodel, a specialty pharmaceutical company, has announced a long-term supply agreement with Becton, Dickinson and Company, a medical technology company, for worldwide exclusive rights to the novel and proprietary BD Uniject SCF disposable ...
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NanoViricides has received results of detailed lab analysis studies from the initial non-GLP toxicology studies of intravenously administered FluCide. No overt adverse safety and toxicology effects were observed in this study of the ...
InnaVirVax, a biopharmaceutical company, has commenced a Phase II clinical trial evaluating the therapeutic properties of the VAC-3S vaccine when combined with standard antiretroviral therapy (ART) in the course of HIV-1 infection. The ...
The LED market for 2014 will see continued growth for the general lighting market and supply shortage of LED chips due to increasing demands from the LED lighting market, according to a recent report from UBS. In the report, the financial ...
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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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A couple of researchers from the University of Alberta (U-A) in Canada say they have come up with a novel new way to eventually end the practice of having to apply environmentally-harmful fertilizer chemicals to commercial crops. ...
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Oraya Therapeutics announced that initial three-year safety follow-up data from its INTREPID study of Oraya Therapy stereotactic radiotherapy for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) were presented for the first time ...
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Bayer has received approval from Health Canada for Eylea (aflibercept, solution for intravitreal injection) for treatment of patients with neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD). AMD, a progressive eye disease that ...
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A claim filed by two sisters for injuries suffered from injections of the human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil will be heard in federal court in Washington. Madelyne Meylor, 20, and Olivia Meylor, 19, of Mount Horeb, Wis., allege that ...
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The medicinal products market is changing. Sensitive biopharmaceuticals require more robust packages. Falsification has to be prevented with special seals and codes. And additional package features are necessary so that patients can safely ...