Better mouse model built to enable precision-medicine research for Alzheimer's: NIH

World |  News | 0 Comment | 31 Dec, 2018

According to a study funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health, incorporating genetic diversity into a mouse model of Alzheimer’s dise...Read more

Breast cancer drugs could help treat resistant lung cancers: Research

World |  News | 0 Comment | 31 Dec, 2018

A class of drugs used to treat certain breast cancers could help to tackle lung cancers that have become resistant to targeted therapies, suggests a new study in mice from the Francis Crick...Read more

Opiant Pharma signs licensing pact with Sanofi to treat acute cannabinoid overdose

World |  News | 0 Comment | 28 Dec, 2018

Opiant Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company developing medicines for addictions and drug overdose, today announced that it has entered into an exclusive global licensin...Read more

Dr. Reddy's lab announces the launch of Sevelamer Carbonate in US

World |  News | 0 Comment | 28 Dec, 2018

Dr. Reddy’s today announced the launch of Sevelamer Carbonate for Oral Suspension, in 0.8 g and 2.4 g packets. It is a therapeutic equivalent generic version of Renvela (sevelamer ca...Read more

DUSA Pharma gets relief prohibiting Biofrontera to use its trade secrets

World |  News | 0 Comment | 27 Dec, 2018

DUSA Pharmaceuticals, Inc., ("DUSA"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd announced that DUSA has been granted preliminary injunctive relief by a federal district...Read more

Walgreens Boots Alliance and Verily announce strategic partnership

World |  News | 0 Comment | 27 Dec, 2018

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. and Verily has announced that they will collaborate on multiple projects under a broad agreement aimed at improving health outcomes for patients with chronic ...Read more

Miris Human Milk Analyzer gets FDA nod to market

World |  News | 0 Comment | 27 Dec, 2018

USFDA permitted marketing of the Miris Human Milk Analyzer, a new diagnostic test to aid healthcare professionals in measuring nutrients in breast milk, including the concentration of fat, ...Read more

Merck, Pfizer to terminate Phase III JAVELIN Ovarian 100 trial of avelumab

World |  News | 0 Comment | 26 Dec, 2018

Merck and Pfizer Inc. has announced that data from a planned interim analysis of the Phase III JAVELIN Ovarian 100 study of avelumab* did not support the study's initial hypothesis, and the...Read more

Purdue Foundry Investment Fund provides $750,000 to advance 3 life sciences startups

World |  News | 0 Comment | 26 Dec, 2018

Purdue Research Foundation’s Foundry Investment Fund has invested a total of $750,000 in three life sciences startups to advance them to commercial viability. Novosteo Inc....Read more

IBM brings tiny fingernail sensors to monitor health

World |  News | 0 Comment | 24 Dec, 2018

In new research IBM team details a first-of-a-kind "fingernail sensor" prototype to help monitor human health. The wearable, wireless device continuously measures how a person's fingernail ...Read more

R&D returns fall to lowest level in nine years: Deloitte, GlobalData

World |  Analysis | 0 Comment | 24 Dec, 2018

Projected returns on investment in research and development (R&D) for the top 12 biopharmaceutical companies have fallen to 1.9 per cent, according to a study by Deloitte’s Centre...Read more

Helsinn gives exclusive rights to Menarini for Pracinostat

World |  News | 0 Comment | 24 Dec, 2018

Helsinn, a Swiss pharmaceutical group focused on building quality cancer care products, and Menarini, an Italian biopharmaceutical Group active in 136 countries worldwide, announced that Be...Read more

HealthLytix launches tool for Alzheimer's Prediction and Prevention

World |  News | 0 Comment | 21 Dec, 2018

 “We can all take steps to help prevent Alzheimer’s disease or slow its course,” says Dr. Mohammed Ahmed, Neuropsychiatrist and Medical Director of La Jolla’s K...Read more

Dr. Mohyuddin Mirza to join Phoenix Life Sciences as Botany Specialist

World |  News | 0 Comment | 21 Dec, 2018

Phoenix Life Sciences International Limited, an international adaptive healthcare solutions company has announced that Mohyuddin Mirza has joined the company as the Botany Specialist. Dr. ...Read more

Prof. Simon Best to act as interim CEO of Prometic Life Sciences

World |  News | 0 Comment | 21 Dec, 2018

The Board of Directors of Prometic Life Sciences Inc. has announced that it has named Prof. Simon Best as Interim Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Prof. Best has been the Cha...Read more

Relay Therapeutics secures $400M in Series C Financing

World |  News | 0 Comment | 21 Dec, 2018

Biotech Start-up company, Relay Therapeutics has announced the successful completion of a $400 million Series C financing. Relay Therapeutics combines unprecedented computational power wit...Read more

POLYTECH Health & Aesthetics gets approval for breast Implants

World |  News | 0 Comment | 21 Dec, 2018

POLYTECH sold the three millionth implant since its establishment in 1986. The company is the only German manufacturer and present in over 75 countries worldwide. All implants are manufactu...Read more

Merck gives CAR-T rights to Intrexon

World |  News | 0 Comment | 21 Dec, 2018

Merck, a leading science and technology company, has evolved its agreement with Intrexon Corporation for the development of Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapies, genetically e...Read more