Pharmacovigilance – News and Features

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Iongate Leads Collaboration to Develop Tools to Predict and Evaluate Undesirable Side Effects in Pharmaceuticals
The project lead by Iongate involves quantitative analysis that can facilitate the description of dynamic processes in living systems.

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Launch of New Center for Proteomics and Drug Actions
Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the National Foundation for Cancer Research have established a cancer research center from $1 million funded by NFCR.

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Key Immune Cells Predict Recurrence in Lung Cancer Patients
Researchers found that the more T-regulatory cells and the fewer T-cell lymphocytes present in the tumors of treated patients, the greater the likelihood the cancer would recur.

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Genedata Expands High Content Screening Collaboration with Serono
Serono will use Genedata’s computational solution to combine results from HCS assays with chemical and pharmacological information to identify promising drug candidates.

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NIH Selects Purdue to use phi29 DNA Packaging Motor for National Nanomedicine Development Center
A multidisciplinary Purdue research team will lead one of eight national nanomedicine development centers.

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ReNeuron Announces Filing IND Application to the FDA for ReN001
ReNeuron files IND application to commence human clinical studies with ReN001 stem cell therapy for stroke.

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InnoMed’s Drug Safety Database Goes Live
InnoMed PredTox is a joint industry, academic and European Commission collaboration to improve drug safety testing.

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Efficacy of Atu027 RNAi in Pre-Clinical Models of Pancreatic Cancer Compared to Gemcitabine®
SR Pharma has announced that studies have demonstrated the therapeutic efficacy of Atu027 RNAi in pre-clinical models of pancreatic cancer.

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New Nanomechanical Method for Detecting Disease and Treatment-Relevant Genes
The technique offers new possibilities for matching drug treatments more closely to patient needs.

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FDA Committee Supports Simple DNA Tests when Patients are Prescribed Warfarin
DNA tests could prevent thousands of emergency room visits, hospitalizations and deaths for warfarin patients.
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