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Bharat Biotech announces the pricing for ROTAVAC vaccine

Bharat Biotech today announced the price of ROTAVAC India’s first indigenously developed Rotavirus Vaccine. The vaccine will be sold to global public markets, Governments worldwide including UN procurement agencies at a price of US $ 1.0. Bharat Biotech hopes its new vaccine will help prevent part of the ~ 500,000 child deaths each year caused due to rotavirus diarrhea and improve access to better, affordable rotavirus vaccines.

6 Jun 2011

Smart bandage for chronic wounds

Melbourne researchers have come up with new “smart bandage” that changes colour depending on the temperature of the skin beneath, giving health professionals a powerful new tool for treating wounds and monitoring possible infections.

5 Jun 2011

Bio-Tissue ships over 7,500 ProKera medical device since product's inception

Bio-Tissue, the industry leader in Ophthalmic tissue products, announced today that it has shipped over 7,500 ProKera units since the product's inception. ProKera is the only medical device that can provide wound healing to over 350,000 annual cases of patients afflicted with damaged ocular surfaces.

2 Jun 2011

Derma Sciences announces results of DSC127 Phase 2 trial in diabetic foot ulcers at 24-weeks

Derma Sciences, Inc., a medical device and pharmaceutical company focused on advanced wound care, today announced that in the follow-up portion of its Phase 2 clinical trial in patients with diabetic foot ulcers, the percentage of patients treated with the therapeutic dose of DSC127 with complete healing at 24 weeks following trial enrollment was 73% in the intent-to-treat population and 85% in the per-protocol population, a difference of 27 and 33 percentage points, respectively, compared with patients treated with placebo/standard of care.

25 May 2011

3M Skin and Wound Care introduces Tegaderm Diamond Dressing with Comfort Adhesive Technology

3M Skin and Wound Care introduces 3M Tegaderm Diamond Pattern Film Dressing, a versatile dressing solution with transparent, breathable film, preferred frame delivery system and new, Comfort Adhesive Technology.

25 May 2011

Stanford University develops stress-shielding device to reduce surgical scarring

Researchers at Stanford University have developed a special wound dressing that they report was able to significantly reduce scar tissue caused by incisions.

23 May 2011

Phytoceuticals to present promising clinical data on 1 PRIMARY WOUND DRESSING at EWMA 2011

Phytoceuticals Ltd. will present promising clinical and scientific data on 1 PRIMARY WOUND DRESSING at the 2011 EWMA Conference on May 26, the largest European wound management conference.

23 May 2011

Scientists invent Monolayer Stress Microscopy to measure physical forces during collective cellular migration

The physical forces that guide how cells migrate-how they manage to get from place to place in a coordinated fashion inside the living body- are poorly understood. Scientists at the Harvard School of Public Health and the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia have, for the first time, devised a way to measure these forces during collective cellular migration.

23 May 2011

Stony Brook University CFB establishes Biotechnology Commercialization Fund

The Center for Biotechnology (CFB) at Stony Brook University has established the Biotechnology Commercialization Fund to accelerate the development of promising biomedical technologies emerging from Stony Brook University.

21 May 2011

Improved tissue grafts promote vascular growth in wound sites

Victims of third-degree burns and other traumatic injuries endure pain, disfigurement, invasive surgeries and a long time waiting for skin to grow back. Improved tissue grafts designed by Cornell scientists that promote vascular growth could hasten healing, encourage healthy skin to invade the wounded area and reduce the need for surgeries.

18 May 2011

New data on personalized approaches for skin, ovarian and lung cancer to be presented at ASCO meeting

Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, today announced that data showing new personalized approaches for people with skin and lung cancer, plus new data with Avastin in ovarian cancer, will be presented at the 47th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

18 May 2011

The biophysics of snakebites

For years Professor Leo von Hemmen, a biophysicist at the TU Muenchen, and Professor Bruce Young, a biologist at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, have been researching the sense of hearing in snakes.

17 May 2011

Viewpoints: Ryan on 'shared scarcity'; Romney fallout; Baltimore's ambitious health plan

Too many in Washington remain fixated on the next election, at the expense of the next generation. But there is a hidden cost to the shared scarcity mentality — a cost measured in lost prosperity and lost freedom. We face a choice between two futures. We can continue to go down the path toward shared scarcity, or we can choose the path of renewed prosperity.

17 May 2011

Notum gene plays a key role in planarian's regeneration decision-making process

A seldom-studied gene known as notum plays a key role in the planarian's regeneration decision-making process, according to Whitehead Institute scientists. Protein from this gene determines whether a head or tail will regrow at appropriate amputation sites.

13 May 2011

Pacira Pharmaceuticals reports net loss of $9.8 million for first quarter 2011

Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an emerging specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011, provided an update on the execution of its pre-commercial and launch strategies for EXPAREL, and reiterated 2011 financial guidance.

11 May 2011

Insight into probiotic bacteria can help improve intestinal disease treatments

The gut may need bacteria to provide a little bit of oxidative stress to stay healthy, new research suggests. Probiotic bacteria promote healing of the intestinal lining in mice by inducing the production of reactive oxygen species, researchers at Emory University School of Medicine have shown.

11 May 2011

NTC, Aldevron partner to manufacture first plasmid DNA-based genetic cosmetic

Nature Technology Corporation "NTC" and Aldevron today announced a joint effort to manufacture the world's first plasmid DNA-based genetic cosmetic for Gene Facelift.

11 May 2011

Osiris Therapeutics net income increases to $4.0 million for first quarter 2011

Osiris Therapeutics, Inc., the leading stem cell company focused on developing and marketing products to treat medical conditions in the inflammatory, autoimmune, cardiovascular, wound care and orthopedic areas, announced today its results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011.

10 May 2011

Premier healthcare alliance awards new agreements for advanced wound care

The Premier healthcare alliance announced today that new agreements for advanced wound care have been awarded.

9 May 2011

Missouri S&T's cottony glass material may heal open wounds

Hard-to-heal open wounds may have met their match in the form of a cottony glass material developed at Missouri University of Science and Technology.

5 May 2011

Wound News and Research

Bharat Biotech announces the pricing for ROTAVAC vaccine

Smart bandage for chronic wounds

Bio-Tissue ships over 7,500 ProKera medical device since product's inception

Derma Sciences announces results of DSC127 Phase 2 trial in diabetic foot ulcers at 24-weeks

3M Skin and Wound Care introduces Tegaderm Diamond Dressing with Comfort Adhesive Technology

Stanford University develops stress-shielding device to reduce surgical scarring

Phytoceuticals to present promising clinical data on 1 PRIMARY WOUND DRESSING at EWMA 2011

Scientists invent Monolayer Stress Microscopy to measure physical forces during collective cellular migration

Stony Brook University CFB establishes Biotechnology Commercialization Fund

Improved tissue grafts promote vascular growth in wound sites

New data on personalized approaches for skin, ovarian and lung cancer to be presented at ASCO meeting

The biophysics of snakebites

Viewpoints: Ryan on 'shared scarcity'; Romney fallout; Baltimore's ambitious health plan

Notum gene plays a key role in planarian's regeneration decision-making process

Pacira Pharmaceuticals reports net loss of $9.8 million for first quarter 2011

Insight into probiotic bacteria can help improve intestinal disease treatments

NTC, Aldevron partner to manufacture first plasmid DNA-based genetic cosmetic

Osiris Therapeutics net income increases to $4.0 million for first quarter 2011

Premier healthcare alliance awards new agreements for advanced wound care

Missouri S&T's cottony glass material may heal open wounds

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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