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Janssen submits Marketing Authorization Application for Ibrutinib

Janssen-Cilag International NV (Janssen) announced today it has submitted a Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for ibrutinib for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)/small lymphocytic leukemia (SLL) or relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), two forms of blood cancer.

30 Oct 2013

DJO Global and Olympic gold medalist team up to educate athletes on injury prevention

DJO Global, Inc. today announced that Megan Rapinoe, Olympic gold medalist for the U.S. Women's Soccer Team and member of the Seattle Reign FC, a part of the National Women's Soccer League, is partnering with the medical device company to help educate young athletes on the value of bracing in both injury prevention and returning to play.

30 Oct 2013

Reduce tobacco consumption, reduce childhood asthma

A scientific study recently published on International Journal of Statistics in Medical Research states that tobacco consumption must be decreased by 15% in Spain, particularly at home, in order to reduce the number of childhood asthma cases.

30 Oct 2013

REDDSTAR plenary meeting to be held in Berlin on Nov 5 and 6

'Diabetes- can stem cells help?' is a free, public event that will be held on Monday, 4 November 2013 from 19:00- 20:30 at The Ruin located within the Berlin Museum of Medical History, Charité. Diabetes and stem cell researchers from around Europe will assemble for a REDDSTAR plenary meeting hosted by Charité in Berlin on November 5 and 6th.

30 Oct 2013

Alzheimer's patients more prone to heart disease, but undergo fewer related surgeries

Persons with Alzheimer's disease suffer from ischaemic heart diseases more frequently than others, yet they undergo related procedures and surgery less frequently than persons with no diagnosed AD, according to a nation-wide register-based study carried out at the University of Eastern Finland.

30 Oct 2013

Acacia Pharma begins APD403 Phase II study to prevent chemotherapy-induced nausea & vomiting

Acacia Pharma, a pharmaceutical company specialising in the development of drugs for supportive care, announces the initiation of a Phase II study of APD403 in the prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea & vomiting (CINV).

30 Oct 2013

New Dementia Service Center established as pilot project

In Germany, approximately 1.3 million people currently suffer from dementia. About 250,000 incident cases are estimated per year. Dementia is the leading cause of dependency and disability among older persons.

30 Oct 2013

Penn Medicine-led panel reports that noise exposure is a serious public health threat

The combined toll of occupational, recreational and environmental noise exposure poses a serious public health threat going far beyond hearing damage, according to an international team of researchers writing today in The Lancet.

30 Oct 2013

New ex-smokers across Cheshire and Merseyside celebrate first steps towards a smokefree life

Over 9,000 people across Cheshire and Merseyside joined a quarter of a million people in the UK choosing to turn their back on cigarettes this month in the mass 28-day stop smoking challenge, Stoptober. In Merseyside, 7187 people signed up along with 1,288 people in Cheshire West and Chester.

30 Oct 2013

New pulmonary medicine list includes five recommendations to improve patient care and outcomes

A list released today identified five commonly performed tests and procedures in pulmonary medicine that may not always be necessary. The list, part of the ABIM Foundation’s Choosing Wisely campaign, was produced by a collaborative task force assembled by the American Thoracic Society and the American College of Chest Physicians.

30 Oct 2013

New headpiece can improve brain stimulation technique to treat depression

A brain stimulation technique that is used to treat tough cases of depression could be considerably improved with a new headpiece designed by University of Michigan engineers.

30 Oct 2013

Fat recycling system may provide target for future diabetes therapies

The pancreas is a large organ that wraps around our gut, and produces the exact amount of insulin our bodies need when we eat - except when we start to develop diabetes, and insulin production slows down. Sydney scientists describe how a fat recycling system within pancreatic 'beta cells' determines the amount of insulin they secrete, and so may provide a target for future diabetes therapies.

30 Oct 2013

All in family: Dinner tables linked to less fat

Beyond plate size and calorie count, the war against obesity may have a new leader - the dinner table. Families that eat together without the television on and stay seated until everyone's finished have children with lower weights and body mass index (BMI), reports a Cornell behavioral economist in the October issue of Obesity.

30 Oct 2013

Queen's University is lead partner in £6M global research program to develop new ways to treat CF

Queen's University Belfast is a lead partner in a new -6 million (euro) global research programme to develop new ways to treat Cystic Fibrosis.

30 Oct 2013

Clinical trial finds COREVALVE reduces rate of death, stroke in patients with aortic stenosis

In a clinical trial, a self-expanding transcatheter aortic valve met the key performance objective of reducing death and stroke in patients with severe aortic stenosis at "extreme risk" for surgery.Results of the COREVALVE EXTREME RISK trial were presented today at the 25th annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium.

30 Oct 2013

Exercise programs reduce rate of severe falls in old adults

Exercise programmes designed to prevent falls in older adults also appear to prevent injuries caused by falls, suggests a paper published today on bmj.com.

30 Oct 2013

Protective effect of estrogen in women with NASH against development of severe fibrosis

New research suggests that estrogen protects women with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) from severe liver fibrosis. According to the study published online in Hepatology, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, men are at higher risk of more severe fibrosis compared to women prior to menopause, but liver fibrosis severity is similar in men and post-menopausal women.

30 Oct 2013

Study investigates link between sedentary behavior and recurrence of colorectal adenomas

Men who spend the most time engaged in sedentary behaviors are at greatest risk for recurrence of colorectal adenomas, benign tumors that are known precursors of colorectal cancers, according to results presented here at the 12th Annual AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research, held Oct. 27-30.

29 Oct 2013

Physician treatment perceptions in actinic keratosis: an interview with Kim Kjøller, Senior Vice President for Global Development, LEO Pharma

Firstly, actinic keratosis (AK) is a common dermatological condition caused by cumulative exposure to the sun. Providing patients with effective treatment is very important, as AK can lead to forms of non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) if not diagnosed and treated early. In fact, two in three cases of squamous cell carcinoma (a common form of skin cancer), begin as AK.

29 Oct 2013

3Sbio acquires patents for DJ5 to delay hereditary renal disease in ADPKD patients

3SBio Inc., a leading China-based biotechnology company focused on researching, developing, manufacturing and marketing biopharmaceutical products, announced the acquisition of patents for DJ5, a novel non-TZD PPARgamma agonist with potential to retard progressive renal failure in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease ("ADPKD').

29 Oct 2013

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Janssen submits Marketing Authorization Application for Ibrutinib

DJO Global and Olympic gold medalist team up to educate athletes on injury prevention

Reduce tobacco consumption, reduce childhood asthma

REDDSTAR plenary meeting to be held in Berlin on Nov 5 and 6

Alzheimer's patients more prone to heart disease, but undergo fewer related surgeries

Acacia Pharma begins APD403 Phase II study to prevent chemotherapy-induced nausea & vomiting

New Dementia Service Center established as pilot project

Penn Medicine-led panel reports that noise exposure is a serious public health threat

New ex-smokers across Cheshire and Merseyside celebrate first steps towards a smokefree life

New pulmonary medicine list includes five recommendations to improve patient care and outcomes

New headpiece can improve brain stimulation technique to treat depression

Fat recycling system may provide target for future diabetes therapies

All in family: Dinner tables linked to less fat

Queen's University is lead partner in £6M global research program to develop new ways to treat CF

Clinical trial finds COREVALVE reduces rate of death, stroke in patients with aortic stenosis

Exercise programs reduce rate of severe falls in old adults

Protective effect of estrogen in women with NASH against development of severe fibrosis

Study investigates link between sedentary behavior and recurrence of colorectal adenomas

Physician treatment perceptions in actinic keratosis: an interview with Kim Kjøller, Senior Vice President for Global Development, LEO Pharma

3Sbio acquires patents for DJ5 to delay hereditary renal disease in ADPKD patients

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