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Karolinska Institutet professor earns 2011 ECNP Neuropsychopharmacology Award

This year's ECNP Neuropsychopharmacology Award in Basic Science Research has been conferred upon Bertil Fredholm at the 24th Congress of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) on 3-7 September 2011 in Paris, France.

16 Sep 2011

Study shows increase in pediatric medication poisoning

The number of young children admitted to hospitals or seen in emergency departments because they unintentionally took a potentially toxic dose of medication has risen dramatically in recent years, according to a new Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center study.

16 Sep 2011

Estrogen therapy can reverse progression of pulmonary hypertension

UCLA researchers have found that the hormone estrogen may help reverse advanced pulmonary hypertension, a rare and serious condition that affects 2 to 3 million individuals in the U.S., mostly women, and can lead to heart failure.

16 Sep 2011

New paper describes unique process that is central to induction of MSRA antibiotic resistance

A new paper by a team of University of Notre Dame researchers that included Shahriar Mobashery, Jeffrey Peng, Brian Baker and their researchers Oleg Borbulevych, Malika Kumararasiri, Brian Wilson, Leticia Llarrull, Mijoon Lee, Dusan Hesek and Qicun Shi describes a unique process that is central to induction of antibiotic resistance in the problematic bacterium methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

16 Sep 2011

Teva to invest in CDI for development of novel antiviral drugs

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. announced today that it has signed a collaboration option to license and share purchase agreements to invest in Cocrystal Discovery Inc. (CDI), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel antiviral therapeutics for the treatment of serious and chronic viral diseases.

16 Sep 2011

GSA's two forthcoming publications focus on pain relief and medication for seniors

To highlight Pain Awareness Month in September, The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) - the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging - is announcing two forthcoming publications focused on pain relief and medication for seniors.

16 Sep 2011

New study aims to reduce number of pediatric pharmaceutical poisoning

Pharmaceutical poisoning remains a common childhood injury, despite years of concerted prevention efforts, such as improved safe guards on packaging. Over half a million children are exposed to pharmaceuticals each year. A new study soon to be published in The Journal of Pediatrics attempts to understand this growing problem to aid in the progress of reducing the number of childhood injuries due to pharmaceutical poisoning.

16 Sep 2011

Medicated stents lower likelihood of heart attacks in cardiac patients

Researchers at Cleveland Clinic have discovered that cardiac patients receiving medicated stents - a procedure that occurs often when blood vessels are blocked - have a lower likelihood of suffering heart attacks or developing new blockages in the vessel downstream from the stent.

16 Sep 2011

Synthon announces European approvals for Eplerenone

Synthon has successfully concluded multiple registration procedures for the cardiovascular drug Eplerenone. Synthon has obtained regulatory clearance for the product in nine European countries, for both 25 and 50 mg film coated tablets.

15 Sep 2011

VBI Vaccines completes acquisition of Epixis

VBI Vaccines (VBI), a biotechnology company dedicated to the innovative formulation, development and delivery of safe and effective vaccines, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Epixis S.A., a French biotechnology company developing its "eVLP" platform technology for a new generation of Virus-Like Particle (VLP) vaccines.

15 Sep 2011

Positive results from PROLOR Biotech's Factor VIIa-CTP preclinical study on hemophilia

PROLOR Biotech, Inc.,, today reported positive results from a comparative study of its biobetter longer-acting version of the hemophilia drug Factor VIIa (Factor VIIa-CTP) in hemophilic mice.

15 Sep 2011

Pfizer awards 2011 fellowship to UH Case Medical Center for pain medicine and epilepsy

University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center's Division of Pain Medicine in the Department of Anesthesiology and the Epilepsy Center in the UH Neurological Institute have each received 2011 Medical & Academic Partnerships Fellowship Awards from Pfizer Inc.

15 Sep 2011

JCPT publishes 'The Need for Increased Utilization of Statins After Occlusive Stroke' study

Charles H. Hennekens, M.D., DrPH, the first Sir Richard Doll Research Professor of Medicine in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University has published a clinical study in the current issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics (JCPT) titled "The Need for Increased Utilization of Statins After Occlusive Stroke."

15 Sep 2011

CHK Nutrition, NeuroResearch Clinics sign consent to halt sale of unapproved amino-acid products

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that two Minnesota companies have agreed to halt distribution of amino-acid products marketed to treat a number of diseases, until requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act are met.

15 Sep 2011

ODAC recommends ApoPharma's Ferriprox for FDA approval to treat transfusional iron overload

ApoPharma Inc. today announced that the Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted 10 - 2 to recommend that the FDA grant accelerated approval of Ferriprox (deferiprone), an oral iron chelator, for the treatment of patients with transfusional iron overload when current chelation therapy is inadequate.

15 Sep 2011

Scientists report development of three new formulations against methamphetamine abuse

Scientists are reporting development of three promising formulations that could be used in a vaccine to treat methamphetamine addiction - one of the most serious drug abuse problems in the United States.

15 Sep 2011

UIC researchers to conduct study on televised drug commercials

Do pharmaceutical ads educate patients and improve health -- or merely spur drug sales? Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago's Institute for Health Research and Policy will conduct the first comprehensive study of televised drug commercials using Nielsen Media Research and health care utilization data.

15 Sep 2011

Viewpoints: Shredding Bachmann's vaccine argument; 'super' or 'stupor' committee; Bennet on outmoded drug safety rules

Vaccines were the biggest losers in Monday's GOP presidential candidate's debate, specifically those that are intended to prevent cervical cancer. The main route of HPV infection is sex. That's why you need to vaccinate girls before they become sexually active. The vaccines are exceedingly safe, studies show. There have been very few reports of serious problems from them, none proven. It is simply a lie to say they can cause retardation.

15 Sep 2011

Researchers discover several chemical compounds against human prion diseases

In a new study NYU School of Medicine researchers report that they have found several chemical compounds, including an antidepressant, that have powerful effects against brain-destroying prion infections in mice, opening the door to potential treatments for human prion diseases.

15 Sep 2011

New Zealand biotechnology company moves to US

Today leading New Zealand biotechnology company Therapy Cell Ltd announced it was moving to the United States through its merger with Therapy Cells Inc (formerly DIII OTC Market). This exciting Bio Tech/Med tech Company holds the exclusive technology that allows adult cells from a specific tissue (e.g. Achilles tendon) to grow again from an individual to enact repair and regeneration of that tissue.

14 Sep 2011

Pharmaceutical News

Karolinska Institutet professor earns 2011 ECNP Neuropsychopharmacology Award

Study shows increase in pediatric medication poisoning

Estrogen therapy can reverse progression of pulmonary hypertension

New paper describes unique process that is central to induction of MSRA antibiotic resistance

Teva to invest in CDI for development of novel antiviral drugs

GSA's two forthcoming publications focus on pain relief and medication for seniors

New study aims to reduce number of pediatric pharmaceutical poisoning

Medicated stents lower likelihood of heart attacks in cardiac patients

Synthon announces European approvals for Eplerenone

VBI Vaccines completes acquisition of Epixis

Positive results from PROLOR Biotech's Factor VIIa-CTP preclinical study on hemophilia

Pfizer awards 2011 fellowship to UH Case Medical Center for pain medicine and epilepsy

JCPT publishes 'The Need for Increased Utilization of Statins After Occlusive Stroke' study

CHK Nutrition, NeuroResearch Clinics sign consent to halt sale of unapproved amino-acid products

ODAC recommends ApoPharma's Ferriprox for FDA approval to treat transfusional iron overload

Scientists report development of three new formulations against methamphetamine abuse

UIC researchers to conduct study on televised drug commercials

Viewpoints: Shredding Bachmann's vaccine argument; 'super' or 'stupor' committee; Bennet on outmoded drug safety rules

Researchers discover several chemical compounds against human prion diseases

New Zealand biotechnology company moves to US

Exploring the nanoscale: How AFM is transforming cosmetic science

Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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