Tag: pharmaceuticals
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Blood-Thinning Drugs Linked with Lower Dementia Risk
People with irregular heart rhythms given anti-coagulation drugs to reduce their risk of stroke were also less likely to develop dementia than their counterparts not receiving blood-thinners.
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Multi-Drug Resistance Antibiotic Developer to Issue IPO
A three year-old company making new antibiotics to treat infections resistant to earlier antibiotics plans to raise some $75 million in its initial public stock offering.
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Biosimilars Seen Saving U.S. $54 Billion
An analysis of health care costs shows increasing the use of substitute biologic treatments known as biosimilars could save the United States some $54 billion over 10 years.
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Univ. Lab, Company Broaden Bacterial Vaccine Impact
Researchers from University at Buffalo and a campus spin-off enterprise devised a way to expand the scope of anti-bacterial vaccines, as shown in tests with lab animals.
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Company, Foundation Start Multiple Sclerosis Registry
National Multiple Sclerosis Society and the company Corrona LLC are establishing a registry of people with multiple sclerosis in North America to help assess the long-term safety and effectiveness of therapies approved to treat the disorder.
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Live Skin Bacteria Shown to Control Acne
First results of a clinical trial show a spray-on formulation of live bacteria reduced the amount and severity of acne in people with mild to moderate cases of the condition.
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Lilly, CureVac Partner on RNA Cancer Drugs in $1.8B Deal
Drug maker Eli Lilly and Company and biotechnology company CureVac AG agreed to develop a series of cancer immunotherapies based on CureVac’s messenger RNA technology.
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First Trial of Alzheimer’s Drug Underway
The first clinical trial is underway of a therapy for stopping the progression of Alzheimer’s disease that purports to rebuild neural connections in the brain.
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Univ. Spin-Off Reports Cancer Immunotherapy Advance
A highly targeted synthetic antibody, developed by a university spin-off enterprise, was shown to destroy human breast cancer cells grafted in lab mice.
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Online Game Harnessed to Combat Foodborne Toxins
A consortium of companies and university labs is recruiting participants in an online computer game to design synthetic proteins to neutralize a toxin that contaminates food crops.