MIT chemists have devised a way to trap carbon dioxide and transform it into useful organic compounds, using a simple metal complex. More work is needed to understand and optimize the reaction, but one day this approach could offer an ...
By directly comparing three closely related catalysts, scientists at the Center for Molecular Electrocatalysis established that hydrogen production speed and efficiency are influenced by the molecules' structure and proton relay ...
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Trevena, Inc., a clinical stage pharmaceutical company involved in the discovery and development of G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) biased ligands, announced today initiation of dosing in BLAST-AHF, the Company's randomized, multi-center ...
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Innate Pharma has started a new program named IPH43, to develop an anti-MICA therapeutic antibody in oncology. The program is the newest to emerge from the company's discovery platform. MICA, which is highly polymorphic ligand of the NK ...
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Cognoptix disclosed at the ‘Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease’ (CTAD) scientific meeting the strong results of a multi-site clinical trial of its SAPPHIRE II eye test, which is designed to identify Alzheimer’s ...
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Chinese specialty pharmaceutical firm Eddingpharm has received an exclusive, royalty-bearing license from Ablynx to develop and commercialize its anti-RANKL Nanobody, ALX-0141, in China, the Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative ...
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Global pharmaceutical company Zydus Cadila and Pieris, a therapeutic protein research and development company, have entered into an alliance for development and commercialization of multiple novel Anticalin-based protein therapeutics. The ...
Medtronic's Interventional Spine division has signed a three-year agreement to promote Amgen's Prolia (denosumab) to orthopedic and spine specialists in the US. Prolia is approved in the US to treat postmenopausal women with osteoporosis ...
Rib-X Pharmaceuticals, Ligand Pharmaceuticals' partner, has commenced Phase 3 trial of a Captisol-enabled intravenous (IV) formulation of delafloxacin to treat acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI). According to the ...
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Clinical stage biopharmaceutical company Apogenix's Apocept (APG101) has won FDA orphan drug designation to treat myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). Apogenix also announced the commencement of Apocept Phase I trial in MDS patients in ...
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U.S. 8,192,603 B2 BASF Coatings GmbH has been granted a patent for an aqueous coating composition comprised of a metal oxide selected from the group consisting of bismuth oxide, vanadium oxide, manganese oxide, cobalt oxide, zinc ...
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Priaxon has signed research collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to develop small molecule modulators for various protein-protein-interactions (PPIs). The collaboration will utilize Priaxon's small molecule drug discovery knowledge in ...
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Pfizer and Ligand Pharmaceuticals have announced the FDA acceptance of bazedoxifene/conjugated estrogens (BZA/CE) new drug application (NDA) for review. The BZA/CE is an investigational therapy developed by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals to tackle ...
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GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Ligand Pharmaceuticals' partner, has gained FDA priority review status for the supplemental new drug application for Promacta to treat thrombocytopenia in adult patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection. ...
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Onyx Pharmaceuticals, a licensee of Ligand Pharmaceuticals, has gained FDA approval for Kyprolis (carfilzomib) for injection. Kyprolis is a proteasome inhibitor indicated for the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma who have ...
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