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Janssen enrolls patients in expanded access program for mantle cell lymphoma

Janssen Research & Development, LLC (Janssen) today announced patients are now enrolling in a multicenter, open-label expanded access program (EAP) in the United States for the investigational oral Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase (BTK) inhibitor ibrutinib, which is being jointly developed by Janssen and Pharmacyclics, Inc.

7 May 2013

Study says influenza immunization is safe in children with IBD

Influenza immunization rates in children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are low despite its safety according to a new study by researchers at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI), and the University of Ottawa.

7 May 2013

FDA: Migraine prevention medicines taken during pregnancy can impact children’s IQ

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting health care providers and patients that medications including and related to valproate sodium can cause decreased IQ scores in children whose mothers took the medication during pregnancy.

7 May 2013

Kinase inhibitors: an interview with Jan Hoflack, CSO of Oncodesign

Kinase inhibitors are molecules that block the activity of kinases. Kinases are a specific class of enzymes. They are extremely important in signal transduction processes in the human body meaning that they actually regulate most of the physiological processes that take place in the body.

7 May 2013

Aptiv Solutions participates in 'Practice Adaptive Clinical Trials’ conference at Tokyo University

Aptiv Solutions, a biopharmaceutical and medical device development services company and pioneer in adaptive clinical trial design, simulation and execution, announces its participation in a prestigious conference on adaptive clinical trials, held at the University of Tokyo on May 10th 2013.

7 May 2013

New Process Analytical Technology for pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturing industries

Process Analytical Technology (PAT) is quickly becoming an integral component in the pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturing industries. Utilizing a low latency network of powerful chemometric instruments, multivariate data analysis software, process control tools, and a central SQL database, PAT provides pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies an edge over their competitors.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 7 May 2013

The race to make abuse-proof painkillers; states lead on compounding pharmacy regulation

Developments in pharmaceuticals make headlines: the race to make painkillers that are difficult to abuse, state action on regulating compounding pharmacies and the difference in how much different Americans pay for prescriptions.

7 May 2013

Scientists identify causative factor behind lung edema

New research has found that in cases of lung edema, or fluid in the lungs, not only do the lungs fail to keep water out as previously believed, but they are also allowing water to pump in.

7 May 2013

34% of all adverts for antidepressants are misleading by industry's self-regulation system

The new feature of the antidepressant drugs of the 1990s was that they had milder side-effects than their predecessors. Combined with aggressive marketing, this meant that annual sales in Sweden increased from just under EUR 18 million to over EUR 100 million in the space of just a few years.

6 May 2013

Australia approves Fziomed’s new viscoelastic gel

FzioMed, a privately held medical device company based in San Luis Obispo, CA., is pleased to announce the inclusion of Dynavisc on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG).

From Medtronic 6 May 2013

Pharmapendium adds new module to benefit researchers and toxicologists

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announces that PharmaPendium, the leading source of preclinical, clinical and post-market data, has added a new module to its content base, the Metabolizing Enzymes and Transporters Module.

6 May 2013

Oral drops provide a safe and effective alternative for allergy sufferers

Allergy shots are commonly used to treat children with severe environmental allergies and asthma, but under-the-tongue drops may offer yet another beneficial - and stick-free - option for pediatric allergy sufferers, according to a Johns Hopkins Children's Center review of existing scientific evidence.

6 May 2013

Scioderm gets Breakthrough Therapy designation for SD-101 from FDA for treatment of EB

Scioderm announced its investigational product SD-101 has received Breakthrough Therapy designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of patients with inherited Epidermolysis Bullosa.

5 May 2013

Merck's LIPTRUZET tablets get FDA approval for treatment of elevated LDL cholesterol

Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved LIPTRUZET (ezetimibe and atorvastatin) tablets for the treatment of elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in patients with primary or mixed hyperlipidemia as adjunctive therapy to diet when diet alone is not enough.

4 May 2013

FDA approves sNDA for SUSTIVA for treatment of HIV-1 infected pediatric patients

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a supplemental new drug application for SUSTIVA (efavirenz), including dosing recommendations for HIV-1 infected pediatric patients three months to three years old and weighing at least 3.5 kg.

4 May 2013

Vitamin C may decrease impact of smoking during pregnancy on childhood respiratory health

Pregnant women are advised not to smoke during pregnancy because it can harm the baby's lungs and lead to wheezing and asthma, among other problems. If a woman absolutely can't kick the habit, taking vitamin C during pregnancy may improve her newborn's lung function and prevent wheezing in the first year of life, according to a study to be presented Saturday, May 4, at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Washington, DC.

4 May 2013

Expert to explain how drugs induce damage to DNA in public lecture on May 16

Anticancer drugs save lives and/or improve the quality of life for many cancer patients. Many anti-cancer drugs work by killing tumor cells after inducing damage to DNA.

4 May 2013

Research finds no increased risk of abnormal heart rhythms despite FDA warning against citalopram

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's warning that high doses of the antidepressant citalopram can cause potentially serious abnormal heart rhythms might be doing more harm than good.

4 May 2013

New joint lubricant brings longer lasting relief to osteoarthritis sufferers

A team of researchers led by a Boston University Biomedical Engineer has developed a new joint lubricant that could bring longer lasting relief to millions of osteoarthritis sufferers.

3 May 2013

Newly discovered ‘master regulator’ gene may help develop novel treatment for drug-resistant tumors

Researchers at Johns Hopkins have identified a gene that, when repressed in tumor cells, puts a halt to cell growth and a range of processes needed for tumors to enlarge and spread to distant sites. The researchers hope that this so-called "master regulator" gene may be the key to developing a new treatment for tumors resistant to current drugs.

3 May 2013

Pharmaceutical News

Janssen enrolls patients in expanded access program for mantle cell lymphoma

Study says influenza immunization is safe in children with IBD

FDA: Migraine prevention medicines taken during pregnancy can impact children’s IQ

Kinase inhibitors: an interview with Jan Hoflack, CSO of Oncodesign

Aptiv Solutions participates in 'Practice Adaptive Clinical Trials’ conference at Tokyo University

New Process Analytical Technology for pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturing industries

The race to make abuse-proof painkillers; states lead on compounding pharmacy regulation

Scientists identify causative factor behind lung edema

34% of all adverts for antidepressants are misleading by industry's self-regulation system

Australia approves Fziomed’s new viscoelastic gel

Pharmapendium adds new module to benefit researchers and toxicologists

Oral drops provide a safe and effective alternative for allergy sufferers

Scioderm gets Breakthrough Therapy designation for SD-101 from FDA for treatment of EB

Merck's LIPTRUZET tablets get FDA approval for treatment of elevated LDL cholesterol

FDA approves sNDA for SUSTIVA for treatment of HIV-1 infected pediatric patients

Vitamin C may decrease impact of smoking during pregnancy on childhood respiratory health

Expert to explain how drugs induce damage to DNA in public lecture on May 16

Research finds no increased risk of abnormal heart rhythms despite FDA warning against citalopram

New joint lubricant brings longer lasting relief to osteoarthritis sufferers

Newly discovered ‘master regulator’ gene may help develop novel treatment for drug-resistant tumors

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