Tag: pharmaceuticals
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FDA Fast-Tracks Heart Failure Gene Therapy
A biotechnology company developing transfers of healthy genes to treat chronic diseases is receiving an accelerated review of its heart failure therapy from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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Current Drug Helps Cut Opioid Use After Surgery
Results from a clinical trial show patients given a current non-opioid pain medication with different types of surgery were less likely to use opioids for up to a year later.
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MIT Building Statewide Health Innovation System
A unit of Massachusetts Institute of Technology is establishing what it calls an innovation ecosystem that pulls together different players in health care to better serve the needs of patients.
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CAR T-Cells Shown Effective in Long-Term Studies
Results from two clinical studies of engineered immune system cells show patients continue to respond their treatments after 6 months or more.
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PTSD Drug Trial Begins, Gets Fast-Track Status
An experimental drug that aims to keep nerve cells flexible is beginning an early-stage clinical trial as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD.
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Emergency Sealant Gel Developed for Eye Injuries
A medical engineering team created a gel material that safely closes injured eye tissue until surgical treatments can be given.
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Tobacco Plants Studied as Drug Bio-Factories
A university in Australia is joining a European research project to create new types of tobacco plants for producing pharmaceuticals.
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Cell Programming Company Raises $49.5M in Early Funds
A start-up enterprise creating add-on treatments that program the effects of cell and gene therapies is raising $49.5 million in its first venture funding round.
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Large-Scale Process Devised for Lab-Made Liver Tissue
Researchers in Japan and the U.S. created techniques for producing liver tissue in large quantities in the lab for transplant or drug testing.
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Programmable Nanoscale Drug Capsules Designed
A lab at University of Connecticut is developing nanoscale capsules that release drug cargoes only when encountering specific enzymes, even inside cells.