Tag: pharmaceuticals
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Digital Meds Boost Hepatitis C Drug Adherence
A system with electronic sensors added to pills helps people known to skip taking medications stick with their drugs prescribed for hepatitis C.
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New Company Using A.I. to Discover Mental Health Drugs
A new enterprise combining resources from biotechnology and artificial intelligence aims to find safer and more effective treatments for psychiatric disorders.
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Opioids Provide Few Pain Benefits, Yet Abuse Growing
Opioids appear to provide little benefit for patients with pain from osteoarthritis, yet opioid use disorder rates among patients with painful conditions continue to rise.
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Chip Device More Accurate for Drug Toxicity Than Animals
A plastic chip device lined with liver cells is shown to better predict drug toxicity in humans than lab animals, including drugs that progressed to failed clinical trials.
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AstraZeneca Joins $1B Fund, Expands Footprint in China
The pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca is starting a joint $1 billion health care investment fund in China and vastly increasing its labs and offices there.
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Gene Therapy Combo Treats Multiple Age-Related Diseases
A bio-engineering team shows a single experimental gene therapy cocktail can reduce or reverse four age-related diseases in lab mice.
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Partnership to Assess Digital Gut Disease Treatments
A digital therapeutics enterprise and a company developing therapies for intestinal disorders are evaluating the potential of digital treatments for gut diseases.
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FDA – New Processes, Incentives Needed for Drug Shortages
A report from the Food and Drug Administration identifies the causes of recent shortages of some drugs, and calls for new processes and incentives to prevent future shortages.
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MD Anderson, Biotech Partner on T-Cell Receptors
A cancer center and biotechnology company are creating treatments that target proteins on immune-system cells unique to each patient.
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Trial Shows Nanotech Drug Induces Gluten Tolerance
Results from a clinical trial show an experimental treatment encourages immune-system tolerance of gluten, preventing intestinal damage from celiac disease.