Pharmacovigilance – News and Features
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Genetic Tests may Help Improve Patients’ Response to Tuberculosis Medication
Experts from Stellenbosch University have highlighted the role that genetics may play in treating the current global tuberculosis pandemic.
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Nucleonics Receives FDA Clearance to Begin Phase 1 Trial of eiRNA Therapy
The Company to start Phase 1 human safety study of its investigational eiRNA therapy for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B infection.
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OLIGOMERIX Awarded NIH Grant to Develop Drug Discovery Technology for Alzheimer’s Disease
The SBIR $233,598 Phase I grant will be used to develop high throughput technology targeting Tau OLIGOMERS.
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MUSC and Lumera to Develop Antibody Array for Protein Expression Profiling
Lumera extends the collaboration agreement and gain rights to commercialize the jointly developed intellectual property.
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Cambridge BioScience Appointed as European Distributor for ChanTest Inc
ChanTest's primary focus is on ion channels that may be either deliberate therapeutic targets for new drug development, or unintended targets that can result in unwanted side-effects from new drugs.
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Microfluidic Chip Helps Solve Cellular Mating Puzzle
Johns Hopkins researchers’ experiments in ultra-small channels unlock secrets in yeast behavior that nayy lead to cancer or other illnesses.
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Alkermes and Indevus Initiates Phase 2a Clinical Study of ALKS 27
The phase 2a study is designed to assess the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and efficacy and to further define the clinical profile of ALKS 27 in patients with COPD.
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World First Test Potential to Identify Breast Cancer Patients who will React Badly to Radiotherapy
University of Leicester scientists have identified two genes associated with redness and peeling of the skin during cancer treatment.
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Study of RNA Silencing to Treat Life-Threatening Diseases
Sainsbury Laboratory scientists will lead an €11.8-million research consortium that will study the potential uses for RNA interference in treating disease.
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Cepheid's Xpert™ MRSA PCR-Based Drug Resistant Test Receives FDA Clearance
The US FDA has cleared a Cepheid’s PCR test which is designed to detect nosocomial and antibiotic-resistant strain of Staphylococcus in over one hour.
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