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Clinical Trials NewsNovel ‘Antisense’ Therapies Protect Primates from Lethal Ebola and Marburg Viruses - ScienceDaily (Aug. 23, 2010) — New studies show that treatments targeting specific viral genes protected monkeys infected with deadly Ebola or Marburg viruses. Furthermore, the animals were protected even when therapeutics were administered one hour after exposure — suggesting the approach holds promise for treating accidental infections in laboratory or hospital settings. See Also: Health [...]
Nine U.S. Health Research Centers to Receive $255 Million - Nine health research centers have received funds to develop ways to reduce the time it takes for clinical research to become treatments for patients. The funds were awarded as part of the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) program which is led by the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), part of the National Institutes [...]
DiscoveryBioMed, Inc. Awarded Phase 2 SBIR Grant by the NIH to Discover Hypertension and Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Drugs - BIRMINGHAM, Ala.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–DiscoveryBioMed, Inc. (DBM) today announced that it has been awarded a $750,000 Small Business Innovations Research (SBIR) Phase 2 grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue the research into the discovery and development of small molecules to alleviate multiple chronic human diseases including cystic fibrosis (CF), hypertension and chronic kidney [...]
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Plexxikon Receives Key Patents on Novel Compounds for Multiple Programs - BERKELEY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Plexxikon Inc. today announced the issuance of key composition-of-matter patents covering novel compounds discovered through the company’s Scaffold-Based Drug Discoveryâ„¢ platform. Plexxikon’s pipeline of preclinical and clinical stage product opportunities currently span potential treatments for cardio-renal disease, CNS disorders, inflammation, metabolic disease and oncology. Two of the three recently issued patents (U.S. patents [...]
GTCbio Announces 4th Annual Assay Development and Screening Conference taking place June 8-9, 2009. - San Francisco, CA – GTCbio Announces its 4th Annual Assay Development and Screening Conference taking place June 8-9, 2009. As compounds derived from high throughput screening increasingly find their way into clinical trials, drug screening has become widely accepted as a critical step in the drug discovery process. After more than a decade of rapid [...]
EPA Presents Initial Results from Caliper Life Sciences’ ToxCast Screening Effort - HOPKINTON, Mass., March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: CALP) , a leading provider of tools and services for drug discovery and life sciences research, today announced that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) presented initial analyses of Phase I data generated by Caliper Discovery Alliances and Services (CDAS) under the EPA’s [...]
Plexxikon Receives Key Patents on Novel Compounds for Multiple Programs - BERKELEY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Plexxikon Inc. today announced the issuance of key composition-of-matter patents covering novel compounds discovered through the company’s Scaffold-Based Drug Discoveryâ„¢ platform. Plexxikon’s pipeline of preclinical and clinical stage product opportunities currently span potential treatments for cardio-renal disease, CNS disorders, inflammation, metabolic disease and oncology. Two of the three recently issued patents (U.S. patents [...]
International symposium “Stem Cell Transplantation in Multiple Sclerosis, October 5th, 2009 Moscow, Russia - International symposium “Stem Cell Transplantation in Multiple Sclerosis: Sharing the Experience” will be held on October 5th, 2009 in Moscow, Russia. Symposuim Organizers are Pirogov National Medical Surgical Center, National Center for Research and Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases, Russian Cooperative Group for Cellular Therapy, New Jersey Center for Quality of Life and Health Outcomes Research. [...]
CytRx Unveils Clinical Development Plan for Pipeline Assets - Names World-Renowned Cancer Drug Expert Dr. Joseph Rubinfeld as Chief Scientific Advisor LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CytRx Corporation (NASDAQ: CYTR) today unveiled its corporate strategy to focus its internal resources on the clinical development of oncology drug candidates tamibarotene and INNO-206, which the Company believes offer the greatest mix of near-term and medium-term revenue potential among its [...]
MorphoSys and Galapagos Enter Alliance to Co-develop Novel Therapeutic Antibodies in Bone and Joint Disease - Combination of Proprietary Drug Targets and Unique Technologies to Create Range of New Therapeutic Antibodies MUNICH, GERMANY — (Marketwire) — 11/26/08 — MorphoSys AG (FSE: MOR; Prime StandardSegment, TecDAX) and Galapagos NV (Euronext: GLPG) announced today the launch of a long term co-development alliance aimed at discovering and developing antibody therapies based on novel modes [...]
The difficulties of Cushing’s syndrome - Diagnosing and treating Cushing’s syndrome is sometimes just as difficult as it was 70 years ago. For as long as it has been described, Cushing’s syndrome has presented physicians with a problem. Harvey Cushing first described it in 1932, and the diagnosis, differential diagnosis and treatment of Cushing’s have remained a major challenge for endocrinologists [...]
Tepnel Expands Genetic Services Portfolio with Addition of Illumina iScan Rapid Reader - MANCHESTER, United Kingdom & STAMFORD, Conn.–Tepnel Life Sciences PLC (AIM: TED) today announced that it has expanded its molecular genetic services offering through the addition of Illumina’s iScan System, a next-generation scanner that provides researchers conducting genetic variation studies with significantly greater throughput and application diversity. This announcement marks the first anniversary of Tepnel’s new [...]
Seegene/Lab901 brings a New Detection Platform for Multiple Pathogens to European Hospitals - Rockville, MD, and Edinburgh, Scotland, June 17, 2008: Seegene and Lab901 today announced the availability of a novel automated multi-pathogen walk-away detection platform for European hospitals. Based on the Seeplex(R) multiplexing PCR system and ScreenTape(R) gel electrophoresis detection system, this new Seeplex/ScreenTape detection platform will be introduced to clinical and research laboratories in 10 countries [...]
Rentschler Biotechnologie Announces Cooperation with Boehringer Ingelheim - Laupheim, Germany, Mai 21, 2008 – Rentschler Biotechnologie and Boehringer Ingelheim, both leading companies in biopharmaceutical development and production, have signed a preferred partnership agreement. The cooperation will enable Rentschler Biotechnologie’s clients to gain access to Boehringer Ingelheim’s large-scale mammalian biopharmaceutical production facilities in Biberach, Germany and vice versa, Boehringer Ingelheim’s clients to use Rentschler’s [...]
GTCbio’s 3rd Imaging in Pre-clinical & Clinical Drug Development Conference. March 17-18, 2008 – San Diego, CA - The obstacles to successful drug discovery and development are numerous and well appreciated. In discovery, from target identification through lead optimization and validation, and in development, from first-in-man studies through large registration trials, inefficiencies and uncertainties complicate even well-funded efforts by sophisticated and industrious scientists and clinicians. Despite huge outlays by the worldwide pharmaceutical research [...]
Biological Drugs Spurring an Evolution in Injectable Drug Delivery - (Amherst, NH) – The success of recombinant protein drugs such as Enbrel, Remicade, and Herceptin in treating refractory conditions is fueling the search for protein and peptide-based therapeutic agents in oncology, inflammation and a host of other disease classes. Led by the proliferation of antibody-based drug candidates, biological drugs as a class continue to outpace [...]
Arena Pharmaceuticals Initiates Second and Third Pivotal Trials Evaluating Lorcaserin for the Treatment of Obesity - Patients with FDA-defined Valvulopathy Permitted to Enroll in 2nd and 3rd Pivotal Trials – Echocardiogram Screening Requirement Eliminated SAN DIEGO, Dec. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced the initiation of patient screening in the second and third Phase 3 pivotal trials evaluating the efficacy and safety of its lead drug candidate, lorcaserin hydrochloride, [...]
7th Annual Protein Kinases Congress 10-12 March 2008 in Crowne Plaza Berlin City Centre, Berlin, Germany - Innovating kinase inhibitor development is the key to successful clinical development. At Informa Life Sciences 7th Annual Protein Kinases Congress hear the latest thinking and strategies towards creating a selective inhibitor. Learn about new targets, industry trends in structure-based drug design, clinical case-studies and discuss the issue of cardiotoxicity. For more information visit: http://www.iir-events.com/IIR-Conf/page.aspx?id=9547
New Clinical Trial Code break System ‘Safecode’ - ‘Safecode’ is a new system for clinical trials represents a significant enhancement over traditional CODEBREAK product identification methods. Our system allows confidential information to be printed using industry standard inkjet technology. The printed information is illegible unless a tamper evident strip is removed. This ensures that any effort to compromise the security of data is [...]
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