Storys zum Thema Medizin, Gesundheit

COMPASS Pathways

Mental Health Care Company COMPASS Pathways Strengthens Leadership Team With Appointment of Trevor Mill as Chief Development Officer

London (ots/PRNewswire) - - Piers Morgan appointed earlier in the year as Chief Financial Officer and Gary Gilmour as Director of Preclinical Research COMPASS Pathways, a mental health care company, announced today that it has made a number of new appointments to its leadership team. Trevor Mill joins the company as ...

Zhejiang Hisun Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd

Hisun Pharmaceutical: Free of COVID-19, Governments Suggest Favipiravir

Taizhou, China (ots/PRNewswire) - Favipiravir is a broad-spectrum antiviral agent that inhibits the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase of RNA viruses. It has efficacy against a range of RNA viruses, including Ebola, influenza and COVID-19. No evident adverse reactions have been found since it came into the market. Unlike traditional antiviral drugs, Favipiravir can directly ...

Norgine

Norgine B.V. Senior Management Changes: Christopher Bath Appointed Chief Operating Officer

Amsterdam (ots/PRNewswire) - Norgine B.V. (Norgine) today announced that Christopher Bath has been appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) effective 1st July 2020. Chris, who has been Norgine's Chief Financial Officer since 2014, will report to Peter Stein, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Norgine. He will be responsible for all global operations. Chris ...

The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF)

New Capture the Fracture® partnership aims for 25% reduction in the incidence of hip and vertebral fractures due to osteoporosis by 2025

Novo Nordisk

Investigational, Once-weekly Insulin Icodec Showed Comparable Efficacy and Safety to Once-daily Insulin Glargine U100 in Phase 2 Trial

Bagsværd, Denmark (ots/PRNewswire) - This material is intended for global medical media only, excl US For journalistic assessment and preparation before publication. Today, Novo Nordisk announced results from a phase 2 clinical trial of investigational insulin icodec, a once-weekly basal insulin analogue. In the ...

Novo Nordisk

Switching to Ozempic® from another GLP-1 RA significantly reduced blood sugar and weight in people with type 2 diabetes in routine clinical practice

Bagsværd, Denmark (ots/PRNewswire) - This material is intended for global medical media only, excl US. For journalistic assessment and preparation before publication. - A separate real-world study showed that people with type 2 diabetes on two oral antidiabetic drugs who intensified with a glucagon-like peptide-1 ...

International Atherosclerosis Society

International Atherosclerosis Society Issues Call to Action to Improve Lipid Management Based on Survey Results to Address Patients' Residual Risk

Milan (ots/PRNewswire) - Article and slides can be found at https://www.athero.org/activities/survey or contact Karen Foy (karen.foy@athero.org) A new survey by the International Atherosclerosis Society (IAS) provided a 'snapshot' of the gaps in knowledge among clinicians that limit best practice. This web-based ...

Galderma

Galderma Global Research Reveals Struggles of People With Rosacea and Psoriasis of the Face Experiencing a Lack of Control and Impact on Mental Wellbeing

Lausanne, Switzerland (ots/PRNewswire) - Healthcare professionals (HCPs) encouraged to investigate true impacts beyond the visible, empower patients with knowledge and aim for 'clear' (IGA 0) skin to improve outcomes A new expert-authored Galderma report (https://hosted.bmj.com/rosaceabeyondthevisible) released ...

Debiopharm International SA

Debiopharm's Novel Microbiome Remodeling Program Licensed to Takeda for the Treatment of Gastrointestinal Disorders

Lausanne, Switzerland (ots) - Takeda will pursue the development of a novel preclinical narrow spectrum microbiome remodeling program, to treat diseases related to dysbiosis of the human gut microbiome Debiopharm (www.debiopharm.com), a Swiss biopharmaceutical company, announced today an exclusive license agreement ...

Debiopharm International SA

Debiopharm partners with Verity Pharmaceuticals for the exclusive US commercialization of Trelstar® for Prostate Cancer

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND & WAYNE, PENNSYLVANIA (ots) - Debiopharm, a Swiss-based, biopharmaceutical company, and Verity Pharmaceuticals Inc., a US based specialty pharmaceutical company focused on therapeutic solutions for genitourinary (GU) diseases, today announced having entered into an exclusive agreement that ...

Seqirus

First Adjuvanted Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine by Seqirus Receives EU Approval

Maidenhead, England (ots/PRNewswire) - The European Commission has today given regulatory approval for the first adjuvanted quadrivalent influenza vaccine to become available across Europe. This new vaccine builds on the well-established technology used in an existing adjuvanted trivalent influenza vaccine (aTIV) available in several European countries. aTIV has ...

UCB Pharma

UCB Acquires Engage Therapeutics: Staccato® Alprazolam - A potential Solution for Acute On-demand Seizure Management for People Living With Epilepsy

Brussels, Belgium (ots/PRNewswire) - - Underlines UCB's leadership in epilepsy by adding Staccato® Alprazolam, a drug-device-combination with the potential to be the first on-demand, single-use treatment to rapidly terminate an active epileptic seizure - Staccato® Alprazolam could be a potential solution for ...

Avectas

Avectas and UC Davis Collaborate on Cell Engineering Technology

Dublin (ots/PRNewswire) - Collaboration will advance Avectas' cell engineering technology leveraging UC Davis' world-class cell membrane characterisation expertise Avectas today announced that it has entered into a collaborative agreement with The Simon Laboratory at UC Davis, California, USA (UCD) to engage in the characterisation of cells engineered with Avectas' proprietary, non-viral SOLUPORE(TM) cell engineering ...

Zentiva

Zentiva Expands Production Capacity by Completing Acquisition of Ankleshwar Manufacturing Site

Prague (ots/PRNewswire) - Zentiva Group announces the completion of its acquisition of a manufacturing site in Ankleshwar, India, from Sanofi. The finalization of the deal increases the number of wholly-owned Zentiva production sites worldwide and will enable Zentiva to serve more people who are in daily need of our high quality, affordable medicines. "We are delighted ...

Merck Healthcare Germany

Merck and Twitch Join Forces on World Multiple Sclerosis Day to Connect People Living With MS

Darmstadt, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - - Merck and Twitch collaborate on World MS Day to increase understanding of the impact of multiple sclerosis (MS) - Livestream event with Twitch influencers on May 30 will raise awareness and money for the MS International Federation and help connect people affected by the disease, in line with official World MS Day theme MS ...

China Matters

China Matters and Tianjin Haihe Media Group Released Co-produced Documentary "A Man on a Rescue Mission against COVID-19"

Tianjin, China (ots/PRNewswire) - At the age of 72, Zhang Boli, a medical professional from Tianjin, was saving lives at the forefront of the COVID-19 response in Wuhan while being saved by others. Doctor Zhang was convinced that traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) could be helpful alongside Western medicine for ...

China Matters

China Matters and Tianjin Haihe Media Group Released Co-produced Documentary "Everyday Warriors in Tianjin's Fight Against COVID-19"

Tianjin, China (ots/PRNewswire) - Among the unsung characters in the fight against COVID-19, Qu Lei is the only sign-language interpreter for Tianjin's Press Conference on the pandemic prevention and control. From February 8, Qu was gesturing the latest information of the pandemic to the hearing-impaired audience, ...

China Matters

China Matters and Tianjin Haihe Media Group Released Co-produced Documentary "A Port City's Quick Response to COVID-19"

Tianjin, China (ots/PRNewswire) - Tianjin's public health emergency response level was lowered to level-2 on April 30, after almost four months of continuous efforts in COVID-19 prevention and control. As a port city, Tianjin faced drastic challenges during the pandemic. On January 25, Costa Serena, a cruise ship ...

DERMALOG Identification Systems GmbH

DERMALOG Fever Check at German Baltic Hotel

Usedom and Hamburg, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - - Picture is available at AP Images ( http://www.apimages.com/ ) - In the course of the Corona pandemic, the hospitality industry has come under increased scrutiny by public authorities. Incidents such as the Covid-19 outbreak in the Austrian town of Ischgl have led to extensive regulations for the safe operation of hotels and restaurants. At the same time, owners are ...

SMART Medical Systems Ltd

SMART Medical Systems Receives FDA Clearance for Its G-EYE® Colonoscope

Ra'anana, Israel (ots/PRNewswire) - SMART's G-EYE®Colonoscope, incorporating the G-EYE® Balloon Technology which helps control the endoscope's field of view and positioning during colonoscopy, was cleared for marketing in the USA by FDA SMART Medical Systems Ltd., a developer and manufacturer of innovative endoscopy products, announced that the FDA issued 510(k) ...

Debiopharm International SA

Acquisition of Debiopharm's investment portfolio company Kaiku Health broadens patient access to digital oncology intervention

Lausanne, Switzerland (ots) - - Debiopharm announces successful exit deal for Kaiku Health, a Finnish start-up specializing in digital solutions for improved patient outcomes and experience - Kaiku's acquisition by the Swedish company Elekta allows thousands of cancer treatment centers to gain access to the ...

WSSCC

WSSCC Names New Executive Director

The Global Center on Adaptation

African Leaders Endorse Plan From Global Center on Adaptation for Africa to Build Climate Resilience Into Recovery From COVID-19 Pandemic

Rotterdam, Netherlands (ots/PRNewswire) - Today, 54 leaders from the African Adaptation Initiative championed by President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon, endorsed the policy recommendations outlined in the brief "Integrated Responses to Building Climate and Pandemic Resilience in Africa". The policy brief was prepared ...

TauRx Therapeutics

TauRx Reveals Study Results That Offers New Hope for Treatment of Patients With Dementia

Aberdeen, Scotland and Singapore (ots/PRNewswire) - Minimum dose of hydromethylthionine could slow clinical decline and brain atrophy in behavioural variant Fronto-Temporal Dementia as well as Alzheimer's Disease In a paper published online in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease ( https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-191173 ) , TauRx reported that the drug it is developing for ...