Madrid, Spain (ots/PRNewswire) - - Preliminary Tests Demonstrate That the NP031112 Molecule has a Very Innovative Therapeutic Potential - Phase I Will Consist of Two Stages: in the First One the Drug Will be Administrated in Scalating Single Doses, and in the Second One, in a Repeated Dose for Seven Days. Neuropharma, a subsidiary of the Zeltia Group ...
Natick, Massachusetts (ots/PRNewswire) - Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today announced that it has completed its combination with Guidant Corporation (NYSE: GDT), creating a global leader in cardiovascular devices and one of the largest medical technology companies in the world. In a related transaction before the closing of the Boston Scientific-Guidant transaction, Guidant and Abbott closed ...
Bothell, Washington and Indianapolis, Indiana (ots/PRNewswire) - - Cialis Attains Leading ED Market Share Position in Eleven Countries - - 2006 First Quarter Net Income Soars to US$65.0 Million, Compared to Net Loss of US$41.7 Million in Prior Year Quarter - Lilly ICOS LLC (Lilly ICOS) (NYSE: LLY and Nasdaq: ICOS) is releasing its financial results for the 2006 first quarter, ended March 31. Worldwide ...
Washington D.c. (ots/PRNewswire) - PharmaMar today announces the presentation of five posters highlighting advances with three of its compounds at the 97th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), taking place in Washington from 1-5 April 2006. The posters include results from preclinical research on Aplidin(R), Zalypsis(R) and PM02734. PharmaMar's highlights from this year's AACR ...
Pompey, France (ots/PRNewswire) - Groupe Novasep is pleased to announce that Mr Thierry Favreau has been appointed President of its Novasep Process business. Thierry graduated from EDHEC and held several management and senor executive positions within Baxter, Becton Dickinson and Sanofi-Synthelabo. Prior to joining Groupe Novasep Thierry Favreau was CEO of Stedim Group.. "Growth will be driven by the ...
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina (ots/PRNewswire) - Quintiles Transnational Corp. today announced the appointment of Yoh Narimatsu as President and Chief Executive Officer of Quintiles Transnational Japan K.K. (Quintiles Japan) effective April 1. Narimatsu, who has more than 30 years of international business experience, will lead all operations of ...
Lund, Sweden (ots/PRNewswire) - - For Accredited International Medical Media Only AstraZeneca (LSE: AZN , NYSE: AZN) has today welcomed preliminary results from the TORCH (TOwards a Revolution in COPD Health) study1, suggesting combination therapies containing an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) and long-acting beta 2 agonist (LABA) have the potential to show mortality benefits for COPD patients. The ...
Zurich, Suisse (ots/PRNewswire) - - Knowledge Gap of Concern to Both Physicians and Patient Groups Nine out of ten patients battling cancer in Europe have never heard of a major breakthrough in cancer treatment, known as anti-angiogenesis, according to a new survey released today. Yet, 70% of cancer ...
Ottawa, Canada (ots/PRNewswire) - The MDS Nordion Equinox, a state-of-the-art cancer therapy system, and Avanza, a patient positioning treatment table, have received CE Mark approval and are now commercially available in Europe. The Equinox is a unique external beam therapy system providing cancer care professionals with modern functionality to maximize productivity and increase flexibility ensuring patients ...
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina (ots/PRNewswire) - - Emerging U.S. company Aerovance Inc. studying COPD drug in U.K. Quintiles Transnational Corp. today announced that it has reached a significant milestone in data management -- the 200th clinical trial using Electronic Data Capture (EDC). Quintiles is using EDC in a trial being conducted in the United Kingdom for Aerovance, Inc., of Berkeley, ...
Edmonton, Canada (ots/PRNewswire) - Isotechnika Inc. (TSX:ISA) announced today preliminary 48 week clinical data obtained from its Phase III psoriasis and extension trials for its lead immunosuppressive drug, ISA247. Patients completing the 24 week Canadian Phase III SPIRIT trial were given the opportunity to continue therapy for an additional 36 weeks or to ...
Indianapolis and San Diego (ots/PRNewswire) - - Trial to Study Use of Biomarker to Better Define Xigris Patients and Treatment Response Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) and Biosite(R) Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSTE) today announced the two companies have signed an agreement to collaborate in connection with a clinical trial employing a tailored therapy ...
Toronto, Canada (ots/PRNewswire) - There are 18 million undernourished people and 7.5 million at risk of starvation and after six years of drought, crops across East Africa have failed again. National governments, local authorities and the United Nations need to respond in a timely matter as we have the means ...
Edmonton, Canada (ots/PRNewswire) - Isotechnika Inc. will announce preliminary 48 week clinical trial data for the Company's Canadian Phase III psoriasis trial for its lead immunosuppressive drug, ISA247, on Monday, March 20th at 8:00 a.m. EST/6:00 a.m. MST. Management will provide an overview of the preliminary 48 week Phase III data following the release ...
Vienna, Austria (ots/PRNewswire) - - New Data Demonstrate "Unique", Five Year Anti-Osteoporotic Efficacy Against Both Vertebral and Non-Vertebral Fractures New five year data presented at the 6th European Congress on Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ECCEO 6) meeting today show that the new osteoporosis treatment Protelos(R) ...
Tokyo, Japan (ots/PRNewswire) - Eisai Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo, President and CEO: Haruo Naito) today announced preliminary results from the latest donepezil (Product name: ARICEPT(R)) study (Study 319) on the treatment of people with vascular dementia (VaD). Preliminary efficacy results show that those who received donepezil improved on measures of cognition, ...
Indianapolis (ots/PRNewswire) - - Enzastaurin Study Enrolling Patients with Glioblastoma One of the deadliest and rarest forms of cancer is the focus of a Phase III study initiated by Eli Lilly and Company today. Enzastaurin, an investigational, targeted, oral agent, will be evaluated at more than 100 sites worldwide for the treatment of relapsed glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), an aggressive and malignant form ...
Lyon, France (ots/PRNewswire) - - Influenza Vaccine Worldwide Leader sanofi pasteur Contributes to Italian Influenza Pandemic Preparedness Sanofi pasteur, the vaccines business of the sanofi-aventis Group(EURONEXT: SAN; NYSE: SNY), has supplied to the Italian Ministry of Health a stock of pre-pandemic vaccine against the H5N1 avian influenza virus ...
Ottawa, Canada (ots/PRNewswire) - MDS Nordion, the world's largest supplier of medical isotopes, is pleased to announce it has extended an exclusive agreement with Bruce Power to provide a reliable supply of cobalt until 2019. This partnership produces over 40% of the world's supply of cobalt, used primarily for the sterilisation of medical devices and consumer ...
Ingelheim, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - - For Non-US Healthcare Professional Media Boehringer Ingelheim announced today that that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has issued a positive opinion recommending approval of Sifrol(R) / Mirapexin(R) ...
Madrid (ots/PRNewswire) - Group: - Capital increase at Zeltia. The placement of 10.75 million new shares among qualified international investors raised 65 million euro - R&D expenditure up 24% - Net revenues in 2005: 72 million euro - Net cash position at 31 December 2005: 93 million euro net of short-term financial debt and 51 million euro net of total financial debt PharmaMar: - Yondelis(R): - Phase III pivotal trial on ovarian cancer ...
Bank Hapoalim (Switzerland) Ltd
- Indication: A complete version can be downloaded under: http://www.presseportal.ch/de/story.htx?firmaid=100007552&lang=2 - Zurich (ots) - "As is the case with financial markets in general, the Israeli stock exchange is tending to become less sensitive to events linked to geopolitical ...
Indianapolis, and Ingelheim, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - - Eli Lilly and Company and Boehringer Ingelheim Announce Changes to Their Contractual Agreements for Yentreve(R)/AriClaim(R) Eli Lilly and Company and Boehringer Ingelheim announced today that the alliance will change the nature of its ...
London, England and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (ots/PRNewswire) - GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK) announced today the commencement of a worldwide clinical trial to investigate the safety and efficacy of eltrombopag (SB-497115-GR) as a once-daily orally-administered drug for adult patients with previously-treated ...
Madrid, Spain (ots/PRNewswire) - PharmaMar announced today that its Investigational New Drug application (IND)[1] has been accepted by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the clinical testing of Zalypsis(R) (PM00104/50), PharmaMar's novel marine anti-tumour agent. Zalypsis is already in Phase I clinical development in Europe, where three multicenter ...
Davos/Geneva (ots) - On 26 January 2006 the State of Geneva convened a CEO-level meeting on global security in new technologies at the ski resort of Davos on the occasion of the Annual Meeting 2006 of the World Economic Forum. At the event, Pierre Francois Unger, President of the State of Geneva announced that ...
Callisto Pharmaceuticals. Inc.
New York (ots/PRNewswire) - - Drug Class Developed at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Callisto Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Amex: KAL; FWB:CA4), a developer of new drug treatments in the fight against cancer and other major health threats, has announced that it signed an agreement with ...
Bothell, Washington and Indianapolis, Indiana (ots/PRNewswire) - - 2005 Fourth Quarter Net Income Surges to US$61.4 Million - 2005 Worldwide Sales Grow 35% - Company Provides Update on Clinical Plan for BPH Lilly ICOS LLC (Lilly ICOS) (NYSE: LLY and Nasdaq: ICOS) is releasing its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2005. For the 2005 ...
Basel, Switzerland and Morrisville, North Carolina (ots/PRNewswire) - - Early Preclinical Data on TR-291144 and TR-290999 to be Presented at Major HIV Congress in February BASEL, Switzerland and MORRISVILLE, North Carolina, January 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Roche and Trimeris today announced their collaboration ...
Geneva and Singapore (ots/PRNewswire) - STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) and Veredus Laboratories today announced that they are developing a fast, point-of-need diagnostic capability that will enable health practitioners to quickly detect strains of Avian Flu and other influenza viruses. The diagnostic capability, ...