Darmstadt, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - - The ESPART* Phase III clinical study focuses on patients that respond poorly to attempts at ovarian stimulation - Study aims to recruit 946 patients across 17 European countries Merck, the global pharmaceutical and chemical company, today announced the enrollment of the first ...
Indianapolis (ots/PRNewswire) - A new online, interactive training programme designed to help patient advocates better influence decisions related to access to new medicines was launched today in advance of the 6th Global Patient Congress at Ascot, United Kingdom. Developed by Eli Lilly and Company in collaboration with internationally renowned experts in the fields of ...
Chertsey, England (ots/PRNewswire) - A recent study supported by an Astellas European Foundation Grant has identified potential therapeutic targets for transplantation treatment research. The study, carried out by Dr Nuria Lloberas, examined whether changing specific proteins in the body leads to a reduction in the immuno-inflammatory response thus lowering the risk of organ rejection. Dr Lloberas, from Hospital ...
Pullach, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - As a globally leading healthcare company, Linde Healthcare is dedicated to research and innovative developments. The REALfund supports purposeful solutions within respiratory medicine that benefit patients and caregivers alike. For further information and to apply, visit the REALfund website at ...
Paris (ots/PRNewswire) - Nestlé Waters supports World Water Day around the world for the fifth year running through a cooperative approach : more than 500 employees in around 30 countries are welcoming 15 000 children, as well as fellow collaborators and local communities, to fun, interactive events focused on increasing awareness about water conservation and healthy hydration. To view the Multimedia News Release, please ...
Hult International Business School
London (ots/PRNewswire) - The Hult Prize today announced the six finalists for its annual start-up challenge. Thousands of PhD, MD, MBA, Master's, and undergraduate students pitched startup enterprises aimed at tackling non-communicable-diseases (NCD) in urban slums. This year's Hult Prize challenge topic, selected by President Clinton, asked participants to build sustainable and scalable social enterprises to address ...
Amsterdam (ots/PRNewswire) - CPhI report shows R&D market diversifying innovation, with increased partnerships, mergers and revenue sharing models R&D sector to grow at over 8% driven by new evaluation techniques Report highlights: - Increased collaboration across industry, with three quarters partnering and 20% having merged or acquired an asset in the last year alone - Anticancer drugs and antibiotics seen as major disease targets - Combination drugs and personalised ...
Vienna (ots/PRNewswire) - New integrated radiology solutions designed to deliver economic value, increase clinical performance Royal Philips will demonstrate advanced image quality, visualization and clinical decision support at the European Congress of Radiology [https://www.myesr.org/cms/website.php?id=/en/ecr_2014.htm ], March 6-10, in Vienna, Austria. Building on more than 20 years of digital imaging experience, the ...
Mumbai, India (ots/PRNewswire) - Saffola has recently launched Saffola Total, oil with multi-seed technology* which has twice the antioxidant power than olive oil^ and higher antioxidant power than most oils. Antioxidants are known to prevent the generation of free radicals. Saffola Total has a specially designed ...
Woodbridge, Ontario (ots/PRNewswire) - Pivotal Therapeutics Inc. (OTCQX: PVTTF) (CSE: PVO), a specialty pharmaceutical company with a focus on Omega-3 therapies, announced today it has completed its previously announced debt financing issuing a total of 7,744 units at a price of CDN $1,000 per unit for total ...
Lyon, France (ots/PRNewswire) - - Sanofi Pasteur works with global partners to make available unparalleled quantities of affordable Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) - Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi , announced today its further commitment to the international community's efforts to complete polio ...
Shire Pharmaceuticals Group Plc
Lexington, Massachusetts (ots/PRNewswire) - Global Initiatives Underscore Shire's Long-term Commitment to the Rare Disease Community Shire plc today announced its support of Rare Disease Day and invites others to join them in its continued commitment to the rare disease community. Observed annually on the last day of February, Rare Disease Day is coordinated at the international level by the European Organisation for Rare ...
Amsterdam (ots/PRNewswire) - New event to accelerate and nurture South Korea's "Pharma 2020 Vision" UBM Live has today announced the latest addition to its global pharmaceutical events portfolio, CPhI Korea 2014, which will take place on September 2nd-3rd 2014 at the COEX in Seoul, South Korea. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130723/629764-a ) South Korea is ...
Lyon, France (ots/PRNewswire) - European Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use evaluated positively a 2-dose schedule for Gardasil(R) in adolescents Sanofi Pasteur MSD announced today that its quadrivalent HPV vaccine, Gardasil(R) has received a positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) for the ...
Lausanne, Switzerland (ots/PRNewswire) - - Galderma portfolio expands to offer a fast onset and long-acting alpha-2 adrenergic receptor agonist - Galderma, a leading global pharmaceutical company exclusively focused on dermatology, today announced that the European Commission has granted Marketing Authorisation in ...
2014 International Summit of Cooperatives
Quebec (ots/PRNewswire) - The cooperative movement plays a key role in the global economy, representing over a million businesses with a billion members employing 100 million workers. Despite their great resilience in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, cooperatives are no strangers to financing, capitalization, ...
Shire Pharmaceuticals Group Plc
Lexington, Massachusetts (ots/PRNewswire) - Shire plc , the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, announced today that the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the production of VPRIV(R) drug substance (velaglucerase alfa for injection) in Shire's manufacturing facility at 400 Shire Way, Lexington, ...
Gosselies, Belgium (ots/PRNewswire) - iTeos Therapeutics SA today announced the filing of the Company's first patent applications protecting proprietary inhibitors of the intracellular enzyme TDO2, which is expressed at high levels in specific cancers. iTeos Therapeutics has collaborated with Ludwig Cancer Research over the last year to identify small molecule ...
London (ots/PRNewswire) - UDG Healthcare plc (formerly United Drug plc), a leading international provider of services to healthcare manufacturers and pharmacies, has integrated its sales, marketing and medical service offerings within one division to better meet the needs of pharmaceutical clients. In addition to ...
Coalition of Physicians for Social Justice
Montreal (ots/PRNewswire) - As Belgium prepares to become the first country in the world to enact a law permitting euthanasia of children, Jessica Saba, 4, of Lachine, Quebec Canada asks the King of Belgium to refuse to sign the legislation. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140202/667550 ) "For the sake ...
Coalition of Physicians for Social Justice
Montreal (ots/PRNewswire) - As Belgium prepares to become the first country in the world to enact a law permitting euthanasia for children, Jessica Saba, 4, of Lachine, Quebec, Canada asks the King of Belgium to refuse to sign the legislation. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140202/667550 ) "For the sake ...
Bristol-Myers Squibb GmbH & Co. KGaA
Paris (ots/PRNewswire) - First-ever, Europe-wide scientific initiative designed to accelerate virology clinical research & transform clinical outcomes for patients Three European virology researchers were awarded research grants this week based on their proposed research projects to investigate novel ways to cure ...
London (ots/PRNewswire) - The UK's flagship health and safety conference announces speaker programme. The theme of this year's event is Inspiring Leadership. This year's IOSH conference in London will welcome more than 60 expert speakers from across the globe including health & safety leaders, government figures and representatives from law and academia. The conference takes places June 17-18 at the London ExCel. (Logo: ...
Woodbridge, Ontario (ots/PRNewswire) - Pivotal Therapeutics Inc. (OTCQX: PVTTF) (CNSX: PVO), a specialty pharmaceutical company with a focus on Omega-3 therapies, announced that it received a Notice of Allowance for U.S. Application Serial Number US2012/025014 from the United States Patent and Trademark Office ...
Medivation Inc and Astellas Pharma Inc
San Francisco And Tokyo (ots/PRNewswire) - --Study demonstrates statistically significant benefits in overall survival, radiographic progression-free survival, and a delay (17 months) in the time to initiation of chemotherapy-- Medivation Inc. and Astellas Pharma Inc. announced final results on the primary and ...
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited and Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.
Osaka, Japan (ots/PRNewswire) - Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd. ("DSP") (Head Office: Osaka, Japan) and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited ("Takeda") (Head Office: Osaka, Japan) today jointly announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), has ...
Hatfield, England (ots/PRNewswire) - The investigational monoclonal antibody amatuximab (development code: MORAb-009), has today been granted orphan drug designation (ODD) for the treatment of malignant mesothelioma by the European Commission. Malignant mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer that affects an estimated ...
Amsterdam (ots/PRNewswire) - Country report to contain contrasting insights into the American pharma economy from European and domestic perspectives CPhI Worldwide [http://www.cphi.com ], organised by UBM Live, announces the launch of the CPhI Pharma Insights USA market report. A joint venture with InformEx [http://www.informex.com ], the report will provide European ...
E.S.PKU (European Society for Phenylketonuria and Allied Disorders Treated as Phenylketonuria)
Alter, Belgium (ots) - First ever pan-European perspective on optimal care identifies key challenges in this rare genetic disease The first ever pan-European patient/carer perspective on optimal care of the rare genetic disorder phenylketonuria (PKU) has been published in the Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. This paper, supported by the European Society for ...
Hatfield, England (ots/PRNewswire) - Fycompa(R) (perampanel), the first in an entirely new class of treatment for partial onset seizures (the most common form of epilepsy), launches today in Spain. The new therapy is indicated for the adjunctive treatment of partial-onset seizures, with or without secondarily generalised seizures, in patients with epilepsy aged 12 ...