Basel, Switzerland (ots/PRNewswire) - Today's positive opinion by the European Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of Tibotec's boosted protease inhibitor darunavir is good news for HIV treatment-experienced patients facing drug resistance. Studies have shown that darunavir, when used in ...
Pompey, France (ots/PRNewswire) - Solvay Pharmaceuticals and Novasep have signed a five-year strategic manufacturing alliance which includes the exclusive synthesis of two active pharmaceutical ingredients for Solvay Pharmaceuticals. Solvay and Novasep have recently set a strategic manufacturing alliance defining Novasep as a preferred partner for the ...
Lugano (ots) - HELSINN HEALTHCARE SA, a privately owned Swiss pharmaceutical group, today announced the successful completion of two phase 3 trials of Aloxi® (palonosetron hydrochloride) Injection for the prevention of post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONV). Both clinical trials successfully met the primary ...
Amsterdam, The Netherlands (ots/PRNewswire) - - In Germany, 80 Million Patient Cards Will be Renewed Over the Next 5 Years Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), a world leader in digital security, today announces it is taking part in Germany's first healthcare pilot program based on highly secure microprocessor cards. The Gemalto product is fully compliant ...
Basel, Switzerland (ots/PRNewswire) - - Avastin is First Medicine to Extend Survival Beyond One Year in Patients With Previously Untreated Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Avastin is the first medicine proven to help previously untreated patients suffering from the most common form of lung cancer to live longer than a year, according to a landmark US study ...
Orlando, Florida (ots/PRNewswire) - - The PREVAIL Study Showed That in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients Treated With Clexane(R) / Lovenox(R), the Risk of Having a VTE was Lowered by a Significant 43% With no Significant Increase in Clinically Important Bleedings When Compared to UFH Sanofi-aventis announced ...
London (ots/PRNewswire) - - Out of the Shadow to Premiere on Psychiatry 24 x 7 Website - Award-Winning Film Offers Hope & Healing to Millions of Families Worldwide Out of the Shadow, Susan Smiley's award-winning documentary film, which offers a searing and captivating portrait of her mother Millie's lifelong struggle with schizophrenia and its shattering impact on her family, is now available to view ...
Paris (ots/PRNewswire) - - New Data Presented at the 48th Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) For Non-US Journalists Only New data presented today showed that a substantial number of patients with chronic-phase chronic myelogenous leukaemia (CML) resistant to ...
Basel, Switzerland (ots/PRNewswire) - - Roche to Approach World-Wide Regulatory Authorities for a New File Submission Roche announced today that a large, international Phase III study (NO16967) of 627 previously treated patients with advanced colorectal cancer met its primary endpoint of progression-free survival. Study results showed that the chemotherapy ...
Edmonton, Canada (ots/PRNewswire) - Isotechnika Inc. (TSX: ISA) announced today that the Company has enrolled its first patient in a pivotal Phase III European/Canadian clinical trial for the treatment of moderate to severe psoriasis with its lead immunosuppressive drug, ISA247. The Phase III European/Canadian psoriasis trial (ESSENCE trial) will be performed at ...
Cape Town, South Africa (ots/PRNewswire) - - First Rimonabant Trial with HbA1c as a Primary Endpoint Sanofi-aventis announced today that new data on rimonabant, its first-in-class cannabinoid type 1 (CB1) receptor blocker, showed that patients with type 2 diabetes not currently treated with anti-diabetic ...
Vancouver, Canada (ots/PRNewswire) - Perceptronix Medical Inc. ("Perceptronix") announced today that it has opened its first sputum induction facility at MDS Metro Laboratory Services' Victoria Drive Patient Service Centre in Vancouver. This facility will be the first centre to offer sputum induction for Perceptronix's ClearSign(TM) Sputum Test ("ClearSign(TM)"). ClearSign(TM) is a simple, non-invasive, early ...
Paris (ots/PRNewswire) - - Photographers From Across Europe Invited to Participate in Contest to Fight Stigma and Discrimination of HIV/AIDS Patients. Bristol-Myers Squibb announced today - World AIDS Day - the launch of the fourth edition of the One Vision European photography competition, an initiative that is literally helping to change the image of HIV and AIDS across Europe. "People are living longer ...
New York (ots/PRNewswire) - - Broad Access Program for Patients with Limited Available Treatment Options Pfizer announced today that it plans to establish a multi-national Expanded Access Program (EAP) to make the investigational CCR5 antagonist maraviroc, currently in ongoing phase 3 clinical ...
Edmonton, Canada, November 28 (ots/PRNewswire) - Isotechnika Inc. (TSX:ISA) today announced that its lead immunosuppressive drug, ISA247 is positioned to enter Phase II/ III human clinical trials in uveitis by its partner Lux Biosciences, following interactions with the Food and Drug Administration and ...
Pain Management Research Institute
Sydney, Australia, November 28 (ots/PRNewswire) - - Results Offer Hope to Patients With Excruciating Chronic Pain Findings from a new study published today in the journal Neurology demonstrate that the oral medication pregabalin is significantly effective in relieving central neuropathic (nerve) pain and improves pain-related sleep disturbance and anxiety in patients with spinal cord injury. Conducted by ...
Stafford, England, November 22 (ots/PRNewswire) - Medify Solutions Limited (OTC - MDFY), today announced that due to the achievement of major performance milestones and the positive circumstances created by the significant NHS developments, the company is issuing a 1 for 4 (25%) share dividend. This is also in recognition by the board that the activities announced to shareholders in June 2006 relating to ...
Paris, November 22 (ots/PRNewswire) - - New Hope for CML and Ph+ ALL Patients who Face Resistance or Intolerance to Current Therapies For Non-US Journalists Only Today, the European Commission approved SPRYCEL(TM) (dasatinib, formerly known as BMS-354825) for the treatment of adults with chronic, ...
Edmonton, Alberta, November 21 (ots/PRNewswire) - Isotechnika Inc. (TSX: ISA) today announced the Company has received a Notice of Allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office based on U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/845,747 for TAFA93, including both composition of matter and methods of use claims. This is the first patent to be issued in ...
Swiftwater, Pennsylvania. and Lyon, France, November 20 (ots/PRNewswire) - - New Pre-Pandemic Vaccine Will Provide Additional Level of Preparedness sanofi pasteur, the vaccines business of the sanofi-aventis Group (NYSE: SNY; EURONEXT: SAN) has signed a contract with the Office of Public Health and ...
Shire Pharmaceuticals Group Plc
Basingstoke, England and San Diego, California, November 20 (ots/PRNewswire) - - Further Data Support the Contribution of FOSRENOL(R) (Lanthanum Carbonate) to the Overall Renal Health of the ESRD Patient While Reducing Mean Phosphate Levels to Within Guideline Targets New data presented on Friday 17th ...
Alliance for Better Bone Health
Paris, November 17 (ots/PRNewswire) - - Actonel Almost Halves the Risk of Breaking a Hip When Compared to Alendronate in the First Year of Treatment - For Non-US Journalists Only Data published today from a retrospective study of over 33,000 postmenopausal women showed that among patients newly ...
Macclesfield, England, November 17 (ots/PRNewswire) - FOR INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISTS - NOT FOR US MEDIA - Data Published in the Lancet Oncology Report That Patients are More Likely to Live Cancer Free for Longer if Tamoxifen is Replaced With ARIMIDEXT(TM) According to data published today in the Lancet ...
Edmonton, Canada, November 16 (ots/PRNewswire) - - Transplant Data Presented at the American Society of Nephrology Conference Isotechnika Inc. today announced results from initial data for its Phase IIb kidney transplant trial of the Company's lead immunosuppressive drug, ISA247. To date, 133 patients have been enrolled in the trial. Based on an early ...
Basel, Switzerland, November 16 (ots/PRNewswire) - - New England Journal of Medicine Article Shows no Additional Cardiac Benefit From Increasing Haemoglobin to Levels Outside Current Recommendations The long awaited results of CREATE (i), a landmark trial that investigated a key question in nephrology, were published today. CREATE set out to see if there was ...
Alderley Park, England, November 16 (ots/PRNewswire) - - First Patient Enrolled in Phase III International Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of Vandetanib for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) After Failure of EGFR TKI Therapy AstraZeneca today announced the start of enrolment into a new Phase III study of the novel once-daily oral ...
Las Vegas, November 15 (ots/PRNewswire) - - New data confirm a five-year risk assessment tool will help ophthalmologists better predict which patients have an increased risk of developing glaucoma - Analysis finds that patients with elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) - along with other ...
Edmonton, Canada, November 15 (ots/PRNewswire) - Isotechnika Inc. will announce initial data from its Phase IIb kidney transplant trial for the Company's lead immunosuppressive drug, ISA247 on Thursday, November 16th at 8:00 a.m. ET/6:00 a.m. MT. Dr. Randall Yatscoff, Isotechnika's President & CEO, will present the initial data via web cast commencing at 9:00 a.m. ...
Glasgow, Scotland, November 15 (ots/PRNewswire) - - Also Found Compatible with Other Medicines Used by HIV/AIDS Patients A review of 17 drug-drug interaction studies involving the investigational non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) TMC125 was presented today as a plenary oral paper at the Eighth International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection (HIV8) in Glasgow, Scotland. The data ...
Glasgow, Scotland, November 15 (ots/PRNewswire) - - New Sub-analyses Provide Insight into Treatment Benefits New data from the combined RESIST studies (RESIST-1 and RESIST-2) show that Aptivus(R) (tipranavir), used with ritonavir (tipranavir/r) as part of combination antiretroviral therapy, continued to ...