The USFDA has accepted Otsuka Pharmaceutical's new drug application (NDA) of tolvaptan for priority review to treat autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). The filing was based on Phase III clinical trial results of the drug ...
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H7N9 is a serotype of the species Influenzavirus A (avian influenza virus or bird flu virus). H7 normally circulates amongst avian populations with some variants known to occasionally infect humans. An H7N9 virus was first reported to have ...
Canbex Therapeutics has completed a 2.1m ($3.2m) fundraising round to complete early development of drug candidate to treat spasticity in multiple sclerosis (MS). The financing for the round was led by Merck Serono Ventures, the venture ...
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Ahead of its upcoming Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on April 30, 2013, Oerlikon's Board of Directors announces that they will propose to the General Meeting of Shareholders to reelect Kurt J. Hausheer, Gerhard Pegam, ...
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In April, AATCC will honor the US Marine Corps Systems Command and scientists at the US Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center, as recipients of the 2012 Henry E. Millson Award for Invention. The award is being ...
The attractive new façade covering the four towers at Sowwah Square in the heart of Abu Dhabi’s new Central Business District (CBD) provides another stunning example of the functional and structural capabilities of ...
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H-Square Corporation of Santa Clara, CA, USA, a maker of wafer and substrate fabrication handling tools and equipment, has appointed Rick O’Malley as sales representative of the firm’s Oregon and Washington territories. ...
Gozaik , a free social web application for recent graduates and young professional job seekers that allows users to produce multimedia, mosaic-style resumes for Twitter, launches in Beta today. The platform makes all jobs tweeted searchable ...
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Belgium-based clinical stagebiopharmaceutical company arGEN-X has progressed its fourth therapeutic candidate, ARGX-112, into formal preclinical development. The new human antibody ARGX-112 neutralizes both IL20 and IL22 signaling through ...
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Deinove, a France-based bacteria company, will establish a new subsidiary Deinobiotics to speed up research and development of new antibiotics as part of its antibiotics program. The Holding Incubator Green Chemistry, which has invested ...
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US-based biotechnology firm DART Therapeutics is developing a selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) drug candidate for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). DMD is a pediatric rare disease that affects approximately one in 3,600 boys ...
TransTech Pharma has received FDA fast track designation for new small-molecule chemical compound TTP488, for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. TTP488 prevents interaction of a material found in the Alzheimer's patients cells, ...
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Optima Specialty Steel, Inc., an independent North American specialty steel manufacturer announced Thursday planned transitions in company leadership. Effective March 29, 2013, Kevin Stevick will resign as Chief Executive Officer of ...
Merck, referred to as MSD outside the US and Canada, and Luminex have signed a deal to develop a companion diagnostic device to support patient selection for the clinical development program of investigational drug MK-8931 to treat ...
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GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is closing its Sirtris Pharmaceuticals office in Cambridge and fully integrating its research and development (R&D) operations with Philadelphia office. The firm is mulling to relocate some of the 60 staffers ...