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Animal medication studies may lead way in discovering new drugs to relieve human suffering

It's been known for decades that animals such as chimpanzees seek out medicinal herbs to treat their diseases. But in recent years, the list of animal pharmacists has grown much longer, and it now appears that the practice of animal self-medication is a lot more widespread than previously thought, according to a University of Michigan ecologist and his colleagues.

18 Apr 2013

FDA's PADAC supports approval of BREO ELLIPTA as once-daily inhaled treatment for COPD

GlaxoSmithKline plc and Theravance, Inc. today announced that the Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee to the US Food and Drug Administration voted that the efficacy and safety data provide substantial evidence to support approval of BREO ELLIPTA as a once-daily inhaled treatment for the long-term, maintenance treatment of airflow obstruction in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (9 for, 4 against) and also for the reduction of COPD exacerbations in patients with a history of exacerbations (9 for, 4 against).

18 Apr 2013

NCI researchers overcome major impediment to development of effective stem cell therapies

Scientists have overcome a major impediment to the development of effective stem cell therapies by studying mice that lack CD47, a protein found on the surface of both healthy and cancer cells.

18 Apr 2013

UTHealth neuroscientists demonstrate new strategy to overcome memory deficits

Neuroscientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston have taken a major step in their efforts to help people with memory loss tied to brain disorders such as Alzheimer's disease.

18 Apr 2013

Amgen agrees to $25M settlement after kickback allegations

The biotech drug maker was accused of paying kickbacks to increase sales of its anemia drug Aranesp.

18 Apr 2013

FDA authorizes SK Biopharmaceuticals' IND application for SKL15508 to treat CIAS

The Korea-based international pharmaceutical company, SK Biopharmaceuticals, announced today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the Investigational New Drug application for SKL15508 to treat cognitive impairment associated with schizophrenia.

18 Apr 2013

Viewpoints: Boston hospitals, doctors rose to the challenge; Physicians need to understand health law to advise patients; Florida's budget problems could be eased by Medicaid expansion

If there is any silver lining in the violent Marathon attacks Monday, it is that Boston is home to some of the world's finest hospitals, physicians, nurses, and medical staff. These highly trained professionals must be thanked and praised for their calm, heroic response in the face of unprecedented carnage.

18 Apr 2013

UTMB researchers identify protein that can interfere with the brain's response to leptin

Ever since the appetite-regulation hormone called leptin was discovered in 1994, scientists have sought to understand the mechanisms that control its action. It was known that leptin was made by fat cells, reduced appetite and interacted with insulin , but the precise molecular details of its function -details that might enable the creation of a new treatment for obesity - remained elusive.

18 Apr 2013

House-Senate 'endgame talks' face political hurdles, delays

The House GOP is moving slowly in naming negotiators to work through differences between the House- and Senate-passed budgets.

18 Apr 2013

Researchers find potential new genetic chemotherapy approach for cancer treatment

Researchers at The Jackson Laboratory have identified a molecule that prevents repair of some cancer cells, providing a potential new "genetic chemotherapy" approach to cancer treatment that could significantly reduce side effects and the development of treatment resistance compared with traditional chemotherapy.

18 Apr 2013

Study: Half of Tamiflu prescriptions during 2009-10 influenza pandemic went unused in England

A new study concludes that approximately half of the prescriptions of Tamiflu during the 2009-10 influenza pandemic went unused in England.

18 Apr 2013

Primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma has better outcome with more dose-intense regimens

Patients with a type of cancer known as primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma who received infusions of chemotherapy, but who did not have radiation therapy to an area of the thorax known as the mediastinum, had excellent outcomes, according to clinical trial results.

18 Apr 2013

Study confirms crizotinib drug reduces testosterone levels

A previous study by the University of Colorado Cancer Center reported the common side effect of low testosterone in men treated with the recently approved lung cancer agent, crizotinib.

17 Apr 2013

Research: Transcription factors regulating oxygen levels in blood play a role in melanoma metastases

Researchers at the University of North Carolina have discovered that transcription factors regulating the levels of oxygen in the blood also play a role in the spread of the skin cancer melanoma.

17 Apr 2013

Study shows TOLLIP gene variant is linked to increased mortality risk in IPF patients

A new study looking at the genomes of more than 1,500 patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a rare and devastating lung disease, found multiple genetic associations with the disease, including one gene variant that was linked to an increase in the risk of death.

17 Apr 2013

First Edition: April 17, 2013

Today's headlines include reports about a new study finding that surgical woes can actually bolster a hospital's profits.

17 Apr 2013

EKOS presents results of DUET trial at 35th Annual Charing Cross International Symposium

EKOS Corporation, a privately held medical device company located in Bothell, Washington, announced the results of DUET, the world's first and only multi-center randomized trial that compares ultrasound-accelerated, catheter-directed thrombolysis to standard side-hole, catheter-directed thrombolysis for the treatment of acute peripheral arterial thrombotic occlusions.

17 Apr 2013

Drugs News and Research

Animal medication studies may lead way in discovering new drugs to relieve human suffering

FDA's PADAC supports approval of BREO ELLIPTA as once-daily inhaled treatment for COPD

NCI researchers overcome major impediment to development of effective stem cell therapies

UTHealth neuroscientists demonstrate new strategy to overcome memory deficits

Amgen agrees to $25M settlement after kickback allegations

FDA authorizes SK Biopharmaceuticals' IND application for SKL15508 to treat CIAS

Viewpoints: Boston hospitals, doctors rose to the challenge; Physicians need to understand health law to advise patients; Florida's budget problems could be eased by Medicaid expansion

UTMB researchers identify protein that can interfere with the brain's response to leptin

House-Senate 'endgame talks' face political hurdles, delays

Researchers find potential new genetic chemotherapy approach for cancer treatment

Study: Half of Tamiflu prescriptions during 2009-10 influenza pandemic went unused in England

Primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma has better outcome with more dose-intense regimens

Study confirms crizotinib drug reduces testosterone levels

Research: Transcription factors regulating oxygen levels in blood play a role in melanoma metastases

Study shows TOLLIP gene variant is linked to increased mortality risk in IPF patients

First Edition: April 17, 2013

EKOS presents results of DUET trial at 35th Annual Charing Cross International Symposium

University of Alberta researcher develops polymer platform technology for targeted drug delivery

Antiretroviral therapy does not affect resting energy expenditure in HIV-infected women

Research findings in mice may pave way towards understanding autism in human patients

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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