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New smartwatch app helps men to boost sexual performance

Simply180, a full service marketing and advertising agency announced today the beta launch of "Fitdix", a new app it developed that uses smartwatch and artificial intelligence technology to help men end their reliance on pharmaceuticals to boost sexual performance and reduce premature ejaculation.

31 Mar 2017

Case Western Reserve and Q2 Pharma partner to develop antivirulence agents that disarm superbugs

Case Western Reserve University and Q2 Pharma Ltd., an Israeli biopharmaceutical company, have signed a two-year option to license small molecule, antivirulence technology to potentially treat bacterial infections such as methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), the first known scientific effort of its kind.

31 Mar 2017

Rainin provides excellent pipette service to regulated pharmaceutical and clinical diagnostics industries

Careful maintenance of precision pipettes is essential in the highly regulated pharmaceutical and clinical diagnostics industries.

From Mettler-Toledo International Inc. 31 Mar 2017

PAREXEL introduces patient sensor solution for improved data collection in clinical trials

PAREXEL International Corporation, a leading global biopharmaceutical services provider, today announced the launch of its patient sensor solution, a new offering that securely captures, transmits, stores, and visualises study subject data in clinical trials.

From Parexel 31 Mar 2017

GHIT Fund invests in phase 3 clinical trial for pediatric formulation of ‘snail fever’ drug

The Global Health Innovative Technology Fund, a unique Japanese public-private partnership formed to battle infectious diseases around the globe, today announced 11 new investments totaling US$23 million that could help deliver a range of new innovative therapies for a host of debilitating conditions.

31 Mar 2017

University of Arkansas chemist receives $1.5 million NIH award to improve computer-aided drug design

A new $1.5 million award from the National Institutes of Health will allow a University of Arkansas chemist to develop mathematical models to improve the reliability and efficiency of computer-aided drug design. The research could reduce the cost of drug discovery and lead to improvements in public health.

30 Mar 2017

Researchers use mathematical modeling to raise density of bones badly degraded by osteoporosis

They may seem rigid and set in their ways, but your bones are actually under constant construction and deconstruction. They give up their nutrient treasures (calcium) to the body and then rebuild in a constant give-and-take sort of rhythm.

29 Mar 2017

Scientists developing new method for drug discovery using simple models and small data sets

Drug discovery is in essence the designing of compounds to interact with disease-related proteins. And in many recent development efforts, this process increasingly relies on "big data" and complex "deep learning", requiring the harnessing of supercomputing power.

29 Mar 2017

Smart lab design presented at the Asia Pharma R&D Leaders Summit 2017 by M+W Group

M+W Group was invited as a thought leadership company to participate in the Asia Pharma R&D Leaders Summit 2017, a key pharma R&D event in China, being held in Shanghai, China.

29 Mar 2017

Study unravels mysteries behind cause of acute liver failure

Twenty years ago, the federal government funded the study of a condition quietly killing hundreds of Americans a year - acute liver failure, or ALF. Growing evidence had linked ALF to overdoses of acetaminophen, the popular over-the-counter pain medication many viewed as harmless at the time.

29 Mar 2017

Webinar on calibration and routine testing for laboratory equipment

A new webinar from METTLER TOLEDO gives participants the information they need to comply with requirements while maintaining the highest quality.

From Mettler-Toledo International Inc. 29 Mar 2017

New system incorporating MALS and AF4 launched by Postnova Analytics

Postnova Analytics announces the AF2000 MALS - a new temperature controlled Flow Field-Flow Fractionation - MALS system developed to provided unmatched separation, characterization and fractionation of biopharmaceutical proteins.

From Postnova Analytics 29 Mar 2017

Northwestern scientists develop miniature personalized female reproductive system for testing drugs

Northwestern Medicine has developed a miniature female reproductive tract that fits in the palm of your hand and could eventually change the future of research and treatment of diseases in women’s reproductive organs.

29 Mar 2017

Study explores new immunotherapy combinations to treat prostate cancer

Prostate cancer, notoriously resistant to immunotherapy due to its immunologically cool nature, triggers two pathways to chill an immune attack after one immunotherapy drug fires up the immune system, researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center report in Nature Medicine.

29 Mar 2017

Platforms for NMR software for spectrometer control and data analysis announced by Bruker

New Magnetic Resonance Technologies and Applications Open New Frontiers for Biological, Chemical and Materials Research and Routine Analysis in Pharmaceutical and Chemical Industries.

28 Mar 2017

Rogue proteins involved in breast cancer point to potential treatment options

For patients with difficult-to-treat cancers, doctors increasingly rely on genomic testing of tumors to identify errors in the DNA that indicate a tumor can be targeted by existing therapies.

28 Mar 2017

How will Brexit impact life sciences in Wales?

In this interview Penny Owen, Interim Executive Chair, Life Sciences Hub Wales, describes recent advances in Life Sciences in Wales, and if we are likely to see changes in this due to Brexit.

28 Mar 2017

Patients with allergy experience rising out-of-pocket costs for life-saving epinephrine auto-injectors

Commercially insured patients who use the life-saving epinephrine auto-injector known as 'EpiPen' have experienced skyrocketing out-of-pocket costs since 2007, according to research published March 27 in JAMA Internal Medicine.

28 Mar 2017

Shutting down key protein could slow or prevent Alzheimer’s disease, study shows

In experiments with a protein called Ephexin5 that appears to be elevated in the brain cells of Alzheimer's disease patients and mouse models of the disease, Johns Hopkins researchers say removing it prevents animals from developing Alzheimer's characteristic memory losses.

28 Mar 2017

Public-private collaboration to develop more accurate methods of tracking cancer progression

Columbia University Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian, in coordination with the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Biomarkers Consortium, is launching a three-year research collaboration to develop new methods for analyzing digital images that track a patient's response to cancer therapy.

28 Mar 2017

Pharmaceuticals News and Research

New smartwatch app helps men to boost sexual performance

Case Western Reserve and Q2 Pharma partner to develop antivirulence agents that disarm superbugs

Rainin provides excellent pipette service to regulated pharmaceutical and clinical diagnostics industries

PAREXEL introduces patient sensor solution for improved data collection in clinical trials

GHIT Fund invests in phase 3 clinical trial for pediatric formulation of ‘snail fever’ drug

University of Arkansas chemist receives $1.5 million NIH award to improve computer-aided drug design

Researchers use mathematical modeling to raise density of bones badly degraded by osteoporosis

Scientists developing new method for drug discovery using simple models and small data sets

Smart lab design presented at the Asia Pharma R&D Leaders Summit 2017 by M+W Group

Study unravels mysteries behind cause of acute liver failure

Webinar on calibration and routine testing for laboratory equipment

New system incorporating MALS and AF4 launched by Postnova Analytics

Northwestern scientists develop miniature personalized female reproductive system for testing drugs

Study explores new immunotherapy combinations to treat prostate cancer

Platforms for NMR software for spectrometer control and data analysis announced by Bruker

Rogue proteins involved in breast cancer point to potential treatment options

How will Brexit impact life sciences in Wales?

Patients with allergy experience rising out-of-pocket costs for life-saving epinephrine auto-injectors

Shutting down key protein could slow or prevent Alzheimer’s disease, study shows

Public-private collaboration to develop more accurate methods of tracking cancer progression

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