Mittelhäusern (ots) - MEDISTICK GmbH, a young Swiss company, has developed what they believe is the world's first personal multilingual medical record device. The innovative technical software solution on an UBS memory stick format helps to provide swift accurate medical diagnoses and treatments to everybody independent of their whereabouts or language skills. The encrypted software© program loaded on the memory ...
London (ots/PRNewswire) - - The Global Lung Cancer Coalition (GLCC) is Excited to Launch the Tempus Journalism Awards, a Global Initiative to Recognise Excellence in Lung Cancer Reporting Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in both men and women and every year more than 1.2 million new cases of lung and bronchial cancer are diagnosed worldwide. Sufferers of lung cancer are often stigmatised ...
Edmonton, Canada (ots/PRNewswire) - Isotechnika Inc. announced today that the Company has signed an agreement with Lux Biosciences, Inc. of Jersey City, New Jersey granting Lux Biosciences worldwide rights to develop and commercialize Isotechnika's lead drug, ISA247 for the treatment and prophylaxis of all ophthalmic diseases. ISA247 is a novel calcineurin ...
Toronto (ots/PRNewswire) - - For Healthcare and Medical Reporters (non-US and non-UK) The results of a pivotal study confirm the potential of quetiapine fumarate (SEROQUEL) as a monotherapy (treatment with a single antipsychotic medicine) for acute bipolar depression. Quetiapine is an atypical ...
Ingelheim, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - - Not for Distribution or Publication in the United States New omnibus data from the largest global survey due to be published, conducted on the epidemiology of constipation, were presented today at the Digestive Disease Week congress in Los Angeles. The survey, sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim, offers new insights into the incidence of constipation and shows that ...
Ingelheim, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - - For Healthcare Professional and Consumer Journalists - Not for Distribution to USA Media - Survey Shows 25% of World's Population Suffer From Common and Distressing Ailment That can be Effectively Treated New data presented at the premier international gastroenterology congress Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2006 ...
San Diego, California (ots/PRNewswire) - - For Accredited International Healthcare Journalists Only - Management of Exacerbations `Crucial' to Reduce COPD Mortality Survey results from the `Time to Live' report, presented today at the American Thoracic Society International Congress, show over two thirds of primary care physicians (66%) fear COPD will be ...
European Hematlogy Association
Rotterdam, Netherlands (ots/PRNewswire) - - RAI CONVENTION CENTRE, AMSTERDAM Presentation of results of groundbreaking hematological research in the fields of donor stem-cell transplantation and thrombosis The 11th Congress of the European Hematology Association (EHA) is being held from June 15 to 18 ...
Natick, Massachusetts and Paris (ots/PRNewswire) - - New Second-Generation Training Center in Brussels to Help Medical Professionals Advance Standard of Patient Care Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today announced plans for the construction of a new state-of-the art medical training facility in ...
Somerville, New Jersey (ots/PRNewswire) - ETHICON Women's Health & Urology announced today that it received CE Mark approval in Europe to market the GYNECARE TVT SECUR(i) System for female stress urinary incontinence (SUI). This new mid-urethral sling device maintains many of the key elements that made GYNECARE TVT the gold standard in SUI surgery, and optimizes ...
Natick, Massachusetts (ots/PRNewswire) - - Results to Include Nine-Month Data on TAXUS(R) Liberte(TM) Stent Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today announced the schedule of the Company's major events and press announcements at the Paris Course on Revascularization (EuroPCR), which runs from May ...
Luxembourg and Mexico City (ots/PRNewswire) - - Gemplus Delivers Healthcare ID Card, Software and Services to Mexico's Seguro Popular for Patient Data Storage Gemplus International S.A. (Euronext: LU0121706294 - GEM and NASDAQ: GEMP), a world leading provider of secure card solutions announces the delivery of 3.7 million smart healthcare cards to Seguro ...
Paris (ots/PRNewswire) - Fendi and Sharon Stone have joined forces for the amfAR - American Foundation for AIDS Research. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060504/211357-a ) (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060504/211357-b ) Sharon Stone, in collaboration with Fendi, has created a luxury travel set that she will auction off, with all profits to be presented to amfAR at the 'Cinema ...
Vienna, Austria (ots/PRNewswire) - Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) today announced 96-week clinical trial results demonstrating that entecavir maintains more viral load suppression compared to lamivudine in nucleoside-naive, chronic hepatitis B e-antigen-negative (HBeAg-) patients. Data ...
Basel, Switzerland (ots/PRNewswire) - - Important Step Towards Broad Access of Herceptin for Women With Aggressive Form of Breast Cancer Roche today announced that the European Union's Committee for Human Medicinal Products (CHMP) has issued a positive recommendation for the use of Herceptin following surgery and standard chemotherapy as adjuvant treatment ...
Madrid (ots/PRNewswire) - - Revenue Amounted to 14.8 Million Euros - Marketing Expenditure Increased 52.1% to 5.1 Million Euros - The Group Invested 11.8 Million Euros in Research and Development, Up 32% Zeltia S.A. (ZEL SM; ZEL MC) today presented its financial results for the first quarter of 2006, which showed a significant increase in Research & Development (R&D) spend, to 11.8 million euros. ...
Edmonton, Canada (ots/PRNewswire) - Isotechnika Inc. announced today that the Company has signed an option agreement with Cellgate Inc. of Redwood City, California. This agreement allows Isotechnika the option to obtain an exclusive license to develop and commercialize conjugates consisting of Cellgate's patented transporter technology for the topical delivery of ...
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 ...
World Federation of Hemophilia
Montreal, Canada (ots/PRNewswire) - "No child born with a bleeding disorder should have to live with pain, disability, or the prospect of early death," says Mark Skinner, president of the World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH). He was speaking on the eve of World Hemophilia Day, (April 17) which has adopted the message this year of Treatment for all! "With treatment, a person with hemophilia can expect to live ...
21st Annual Meeting of the European Association of Urology (EAU), Paris, 5th - 8th April 2006 Treatment with degarelix results in fast, profound and sustained reductions in testosterone and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels without a testosterone surge Paris (ots) - Following the presentation today of the results of the Phase IIb programme with degarelix in prostate cancer, which are in line with previous ...
Gaithersburg, MD (ots) - Authors recommend demonstration projects to show how to best implement HPV testing as primary screen, followed by cytology An analysis of 11 European and North American studies involving more than 60'000 women, published in the April issue of the International Journal of ...
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 ...
Brussels (ots/PRNewswire) - - Stockholm Network Report Says Crisis can be Averted by Better Practice Patterns and Newer Therapies A major new report by think tank, The Stockholm Network, shows policy makers are not doing enough to tackle rising cholesterol levels. The report titled, "Cholesterol: 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, ...