A multiple-sclerosis drug that was at the center of Sanofi SA's SAN.FR +1.12% $20 billion takeover battle for Genzyme Corp. three years ago was approved for sale in Europe on Tuesday, the drug's first regulatory approval world-wide. The ...
Water is the most important raw material in the manufacture of drugs, vaccines and cosmetics. The new Loopo pharma water distribution system, developed by BWT Pharma & Biotech, provides the highest standard of hygiene safety in the ...
Ventana Medical Systems,a member of the Roche Group, and pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) have entered into a collaboration agreement for the development of companion diagnostic tests for BI oncology programs. Companion ...
US-based Mystic Pharmaceuticals has secured two Notices of Allowance from the US Patent Office for its Unit Dose Drug Delivery Platform and Piercing Device for Drug Delivery Systems patent applications. According to the company, the new ...
An advertisement using children to emphasise the dangers of driving under the influence of drugs has debuted in New Zealand. The commercial, titled 'Blazed', was created by award-winning film director Taika Waititi for the New Zealand ...
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The Russia's Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks has issued a patent to Israel-based Oramed Pharmaceuticals related to methods and compositions for oral administration of proteins. The patent titled "Methods ...
Biopharmaceutical contract manufacturer Sigma-Tau PharmaSource has entered into a manufacturing services agreement with Aradigm, a specialty pharmaceutical firm focused on the development and commercialization of drugs delivered by ...
Cancer Research Technology (CRT), Cancer Research UK's technology development arm, has signed a multi-project alliance agreement with Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA) to research and develop new cancer drugs, which will help in ...
Alcohol-related visits to hospital emergency rooms have increased by 38% from 2001 to 2010, according to the data given by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The report mentioned emergency room visits, including ...
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US-based DiscoveRx’s BioSeek division launched BioMAP panel, a primary human cell-based assay platform, for oncology research. The BioMAP panel comprising primary human cell-based tumor-host model systems allows the researchers to ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved breakthrough therapy designation for Danish biotechnology company Genmab and British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK) Arzerra (ofatumumab) in combination with ...
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SeaChange Pharmaceuticals has introduced its similarity ensemble approach (SEA) software called SEAware for predictive matching of drugs with disease and toxicity targets. SEAware provides analysis and visualization tools for prediction ...
Champions Oncology (Champions), a developer of advanced technology solutions and services to personalize the development and use of oncology drugs, has signed a new discovery and drug development partnership with Teva Pharmaceutical ...
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US-based biotechnology company Veritas Bio received a patent related to in vivo delivery of nucleic acids from the European Patent Office. Inventor Dr Pachuk noted the allowed claims cover transfecting nucleic acids into skin or muscle ...
The Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee (PADAC) of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recommended the approval of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Theravance's umeclidinium/vilanterol as a treatment for chronic obstructive ...
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