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METTLER TOLEDO’s weighing and dosing solutions enable contract R&D lab to meet customers’ requirements

As pharmaceutical companies are held to increasingly aggressive product innovation targets, they rely on contracted partners to help with process innovation in drug formulation and manufacturing.

From Mettler-Toledo International Inc. 27 Apr 2017

METTLER TOLEDO releases new ‘8 Wastes’ lean lab guide to help optimize routine workflows

Labs often perform the same operations repeatedly, causing process steps to become familiar. This makes it difficult for lab operators and management to assess these processes with a critical eye—particularly in the absence of a systematic methodology to help them identify wasteful or unnecessary actions.

From Mettler-Toledo International Inc. 27 Apr 2017

Findings could lead to new treatments for people who overdose on popular pain reliever

Results from a new study show that after an acetaminophen overdose the p53 protein plays a key role in preventing the progression of liver damage and signaling the liver to repair itself.

27 Apr 2017

Cordant's drug take-back program helps patients to safely dispose unwanted prescription medications

Medication theft from the home is a leading cause of prescription drug overdose deaths, but nearly 70 percent of prescription opioid medications kept in homes with children are not stored safely, according to the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

26 Apr 2017

Personalized approach to pharmacotherapy may provide advances in treatment of panic disorders

Although drug therapy is the accepted first-line treatment for panic disorders, 17% to 64% of patients do not respond adequately and continue to exhibit one of the most common symptoms of PD, the panic attack.

26 Apr 2017

$Newly prescribed hypnotic medicines double the odds of hip fracture$

Newly prescribed hypnotic medicines double the odds of hip fracture

Older people newly prescribed sleeping pills like benzodiazepines and 'Z-drugs' have over double the odds of a hip fracture in the first two weeks compared with non-users, according to a new study by researchers at Cardiff University and King's College London.

26 Apr 2017

Early blood test can predict vaccine immunogenicity

Within seven days of vaccination, a blood test early after vaccination can predict whether vaccines based on living, modified viruses have had the desired effect.

26 Apr 2017

Scientists find way to provide longer-lasting pain relief using MOFs

To treat headaches, back pain or fever, most of us have reached for ibuprofen at one point or another. But we often have to take doses every four to six hours if the pain warrants it.

26 Apr 2017

FDA warns 14 companies for illegal promotion and selling of cancer cure products

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued warning letters today to 14 companies based out of U.S., who are selling more than 65 products illegally making false claims to prevent, diagnose, treat, or cure cancer.

26 Apr 2017

New class of drugs offers hope against antibiotic resistance

Polyphor today presented promising data for their novel class of antibiotics, the Outer Membrane Protein Targeting Antibiotics (OMPTA). This is the first new class of antibiotic against Gram-negative pathogens to reach advanced clinical development in over 40 years.

26 Apr 2017

Novel mechanism of antidepressant action may benefit patients unresponsive to SSRI treatment

Antidepressants treat symptoms of depression by increasing levels of brain signaling molecules such as serotonin, as with the most widely used type of antidepressant, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.

25 Apr 2017

Genetic factors may increase person's risk for adverse effects of synthetic cannabinoids

Synthetic cannabinoid abuse is a growing problem in the United States, with new versions of the drugs coming on the market every year. New research is examining how the body processes these man-made drugs and the role that genetics might play in their metabolism.

25 Apr 2017

Brown University researchers develop new multi-reaction catalyst

Brown University researchers have developed a new composite catalyst that can perform four separate chemical reactions in sequential order and in one container to produce compounds useful in making a wide range of pharmaceutical products.

25 Apr 2017

Intraoperative methadone offers promise to reduce need for pain medications during recovery

Patients undergoing spinal fusion surgery who are treated with methadone during the procedure require significantly less intravenous and oral opioids to manage postoperative pain, reports a new study published in the May issue of Anesthesiology, the peer-reviewed medical journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

24 Apr 2017

Statins may provide favorable outcomes to patients with HBV- or HCV-related cirrhosis

Infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) can lead to cirrhosis as well as liver cancer. A Hepatology study from Taiwan has found that statins may provide benefits to patients with HBV- or HCV-related cirrhosis.

24 Apr 2017

New model for toxicity risk assessment could reduce reliance on animal testing

Traditional toxicological investigations performed on animals (in vivo) are expensive, time-consuming and may cause animal suffering.

24 Apr 2017

Tiny silica 'cages' could help store and transport vaccines without refrigeration

Vaccines and antibodies could be transported and stored without refrigeration by capturing them in tiny silica 'cages', a discovery which could make getting vital medicines to remote or dangerous places much easier, cheaper and safer.

24 Apr 2017

Positive CHMP opinion recognizes efficacy of Biogen’s SPINRAZA for treatment of spinal muscular atrophy

Biogen today announced the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the European Medicines Agency adopted a positive opinion recommending the granting of a marketing authorization for SPINRAZA to treat patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).

21 Apr 2017

The Horizon unveiled at PEGS 2017 by Halo Labs

Halo Labs announces the launch of a novel low volume, high throughput biopharmaceutical particle analysis system called the Horizon at PEGS 2017 in Boston on May 1st. The new system analyzes sub visible particulate matter in biopharmaceutical samples to enable for the first time rapid particle screening as early as candidate selection and pre-formulation.

21 Apr 2017

Study finds increase in number of prescriptions filled for chronic conditions after Medicaid expansion

During the first one and a half years of the Affordable Care Act, the number of prescriptions filled by adults using Medicaid coverage increased by 19% in states that expanded Medicaid compared to states that did not, according to a new study from a Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researcher and colleagues.

21 Apr 2017

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METTLER TOLEDO’s weighing and dosing solutions enable contract R&D lab to meet customers’ requirements

METTLER TOLEDO releases new ‘8 Wastes’ lean lab guide to help optimize routine workflows

Findings could lead to new treatments for people who overdose on popular pain reliever

Cordant's drug take-back program helps patients to safely dispose unwanted prescription medications

Personalized approach to pharmacotherapy may provide advances in treatment of panic disorders

Newly prescribed hypnotic medicines double the odds of hip fracture

Early blood test can predict vaccine immunogenicity

Scientists find way to provide longer-lasting pain relief using MOFs

FDA warns 14 companies for illegal promotion and selling of cancer cure products

New class of drugs offers hope against antibiotic resistance

Novel mechanism of antidepressant action may benefit patients unresponsive to SSRI treatment

Genetic factors may increase person's risk for adverse effects of synthetic cannabinoids

Brown University researchers develop new multi-reaction catalyst

Intraoperative methadone offers promise to reduce need for pain medications during recovery

Statins may provide favorable outcomes to patients with HBV- or HCV-related cirrhosis

New model for toxicity risk assessment could reduce reliance on animal testing

Tiny silica 'cages' could help store and transport vaccines without refrigeration

Positive CHMP opinion recognizes efficacy of Biogen’s SPINRAZA for treatment of spinal muscular atrophy

The Horizon unveiled at PEGS 2017 by Halo Labs

Study finds increase in number of prescriptions filled for chronic conditions after Medicaid expansion

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

How the Vutara VXL simplifies single-molecule imaging

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