Month: May 2016
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St. Jude Hospital to Test Nanotech Flu Virus Drugs
31 May 2016. A company developing anti-viral drugs delivered in nanoscale particles is partnering with scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to test drug candidates to treat influenza. Financial details of the agreement between NanoViricides Inc. in Shelton, Connecticut and St. Jude hospital in Memphis were not disclosed. NanoViricides makes drugs that fight dangerous…
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Boehringer, Inventiva Partner on Progressive Lung Disease
31 May 2016. Drug maker Boehringer Ingelheim and biopharmaceutical company Inventiva are collaborating on discovery of new treatments for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and related diseases causing fibrosis. The deal is expected to bring Inventiva, in Daix, France, as much as €170 million ($US 189 million), plus royalties on sales. Boehringer Ingelheim and Inventiva will jointly…
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Memorial Day, 2016
30 May 2016. Today is Memorial Day in the U.S., so Science & Enterprise is taking the day off. We’ll resume our regular posting tomorrow. * * *
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Another Chance to Get Serious on Drug Pricing
Stephen Ubl, president and CEO of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, or PhRMA, told a press and industry event in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday (25 May) that drug makers are eager to develop more individualized treatments for patients, but proposed regulations on drug pricing threaten that progress. Ubl also suggested, however, at the Annual…
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Pricing Factors Proposed for Gene Therapies
Updated 27 May 2016. See Another Chance to Get Serious on Drug Pricing. A pediatric cancer specialist and venture capital executive argue for establishing a framework for pricing gene therapies to treat inherited and other diseases, before these treatments are approved by FDA. Stuart Orkin, a pediatric oncologist and hematologist at Dana-Farber Cancer Research Center…
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Self-Driving Truck Software Based on Biological Model
26 May 2016. Researchers from Sweden are developing software for controlling self-driving trucks, using the way animals react and adapt to their environment as a model. The team from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg plans to demonstrate the package on Saturday, 28 May, in a Volvo heavy truck as part of the Grand Cooperative…
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Start-Up, Univ. Lab Partner on Computational Drug Discovery
25 May 2016. A two-year old company developing algorithms for drug discovery is collaborating with University of Chicago medical school to identify candidates to prevent atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries. Financial aspects of the agreement between twoXAR Inc. in Palo Alto, California and the lab of Yun Fang at University of Chicago were not…
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Say Hello to HelloToken
25 May 2016. Science & Enterprise, as regular visitors know, is a business and science news blog that tries to make the visiting experience both professional and productive. We’re also a business enterprise, and need to generate income to support our work. We’re starting a feature on Science & Enterprise that we believe will add…
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Patent Awarded for Skin Stem Cell Regeneration Methods
24 May 2016. Two faculty members at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts received a patent for techniques that make regeneration of human tissue with adult stem cells more direct and productive. Patent number 9,290,740 was issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in March 2016 to biomedical engineering professor Raymond Page and biotechnology professor…
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Sensor Patch Tracks Chemical, Physical Vital Signs
24 May 2016. Engineers at University of California in San Diego developed a patch device worn on the skin with sensors that measure chemical indicators as well as physical vital signs. The UC-San Diego team that designed the device published its findings in yesterday’s issue of the journal Nature Communications. The researchers led by nanoengineering…