19. November 2009 09:35
Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately held company, announced today that it has expanded its Phase 2 clinical study of a proprietary investigational triple-combination antiviral drug therapy for influenza to include centers in the United States, Canada and Europe. The study, which was initiated in August 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere, is designed to investigate Adamas' triple combination antiviral drug (TCAD) therapy as a treatment for influenza A, including novel influenza A/H1N1, the cause of the current flu pandemic.
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19. November 2009 03:20
Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. announced today that data from the University of Pennsylvania investigator sponsored Phase 1 safety study of Sangamo's zinc finger nuclease (ZFN) based product, SB-728-T, for HIV/AIDS were inadvertently and prematurely disclosed on the internet.
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17. November 2009 23:43
Chinese and WHO officials last week agreed to open a flu research center in Beijing, Bloomberg reports. "The new collaborating center for reference and research on influenza will join a network of WHO-affiliated labs in Atlanta, London, Tokyo and Melbourne that monitor flu strains and make recommendations on vaccines to fight the virus," the news service writes
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16. November 2009 06:42
Inovio Biomedical Corporation today reported financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009.
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11. November 2009 23:12
Leading UK research funders today announce -7.5 million of funding for a series of projects aimed at understanding the development and spread of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009 - or 'swine flu'. The research will look at every aspect of the virus, on pig farms, in pig and human populations, and in hospital intensive care units.
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6. November 2009 00:41
UCSF HIV researchers have received two NIH grants of $1 million each to study the use of web-based, patient controlled personal health records to improve health and HIV prevention outcomes for HIV positive patients.
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6. November 2009 00:09
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced contract awards for up to 120,000 treatment courses of intravenous (IV) antiviral drugs to help treat hospitalized 2009 H1N1 influenza patients.
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24. October 2009 01:14
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that, in response to a request from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it has issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the investigational antiviral drug peramivir intravenous (IV) in certain adult and pediatric patients with confirmed or suspected 2009 H1N1 influenza infection who are admitted to a hospital.
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22. October 2009 07:37
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/72532e/thailand_pharmaceu) has announced the addition of the "Thailand Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q4 2009" report to their offering.
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21. October 2009 01:18
In anticipation of new swine flu cases, medical workers are looking for new ways help their patients - and protect themselves.
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14. October 2009 01:47
Early action, especially rapid rollout of vaccines, is extremely effective in reducing the attack rate of the H1N1 influenza virus, according to a simulation model of a pandemic outbreak reported in a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) www.cmaj.ca.
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12. October 2009 01:38
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. announced today that more than 4,000 Walmart and Sam's Club pharmacies nationwide will address the national shortage of Tamiflu® oral suspension by converting the capsule to liquid form.
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9. October 2009 06:26
In response to new economic and regulatory realities, CytoDyn, Inc. has made a sea change in its strategy for developing Cytolin®, the Company’s unique immune therapy for treating HIV/AIDS.
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18. September 2009 01:00
For kidney transplant recipients, infection with a virus called cytomegalovirus (CMV) may lead to devastating complications. New research suggests that extending the period of preventive treatment after kidney transplantation can reduce the risk of CMV disease, according to an upcoming report in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).
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14. September 2009 06:26
ISENTRESS , an integrase inhibitor from Merck & Co., Inc., was studied in comparison to efavirenz in maintaining viral load suppression to undetectable levels (less than 50 copies/mL) and at improving CD4 cell counts in previously untreated (treatment-naïve) HIV-1-infected patients through 96 weeks in a Phase III study called STARTMRK.
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