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New technique can detach sugars from carrier molecule, reattach them to drugs

The surface of cells and many biologically active molecules are studded with sugar structures that are not used to store energy, but rather are involved in communication, immunity and inflammation.

22 Aug 2011

Decline in HT use could lead to lower mammogram rates among women

A new analysis has found that a decline in hormone therapy (HT) use among women aged 50 to 64 years is linked with lower mammogram rates among these women.

22 Aug 2011

AHF: Gilead's campaign for FDA approval of Truvada leads to black marketing in Florida

Today AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) decried the fact that the recent campaign by Gilead Sciences Inc. to obtain approval by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration for Truvada as PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) has led to a "black market" for the drug in Florida.

20 Aug 2011

VOA News examines new drug compound that shows broad-based efficacy in lab tests

VOA News looks at a new drug compound developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) that they say has so far "killed every virus it's been tested on in the laboratory." "The drug - known by the acronym DRACO - works by chemically targeting viral-infected cells and prompting them to self-destruct, eliminating the disease in the process," VOA writes.

20 Aug 2011

FDA accepts Alexza ADASUVE NDA, assigns PDUFA action date

Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the ADASUVE New Drug Application (NDA) as a complete, class 2 response to the FDA's action letter, with an indicated Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) goal date of February 4, 2012.

20 Aug 2011

EBD Group, MassBio announce plenary sessions program for BioPharm America 2011

EBD Group and MassBio today announced the plenary sessions program for BioPharm America 2011, being held at the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel, September 7-9.

20 Aug 2011

Statin therapy may not be appropriate for certain patients at risk for stroke

For many patients, cholesterol-lowering statin drugs can reduce the risk of strokes as well as heart attacks.

20 Aug 2011

Scientists shed light on the dark secret of Queen Hatshepsut's deadly medication

The corpus delicti is a plain flacon from among the possessions of Pharaoh Hatshepsut, who lived around 1450 B.C., which is on exhibit in the permanent collection of the Egyptian Museum of the University of Bonn. For three and a half millennia, the vessel may have held a deadly secret. This is what the Head of the collection, Michael H-veler-M-ller and Dr. Helmut Wiedenfeld from the university's Pharmacology Institute just discovered.

20 Aug 2011

Combination of exercise and metformin less effective for people with diabetes

It's common enough for researchers to look at the impacts of prescribed drugs on the body. And if you're a diabetes researcher who believes that exercise has great benefits for those with type 2 diabetes, you're hoping your research will show that. But when Normand Boul- looked at the dual impacts of exercise and metformin - two of the most commonly-prescribed modalities for glucose control - on that very outcome, the hoped-for double whammy wasn't the result.

20 Aug 2011

FDA approves Seattle Genetics ADCETRIS drug to treat Hodgkin lymphoma, ALCL

Seattle Genetics, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted accelerated approval of ADCETRISTM for two indications: (1) the treatment of patients with Hodgkin lymphoma after failure of autologous stem cell transplant or after failure of at least two prior multi-agent chemotherapy regimens in patients who are not ASCT candidates, and (2) the treatment of patients with systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma after failure of at least one prior multi-agent chemotherapy regimen.

20 Aug 2011

Seattle Genetics receives FDA approval for Adcetris to treat Hodgkin lymphoma, ALCL

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Adcetris to treat Hodgkin lymphoma and a rare lymphoma known as systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma.

20 Aug 2011

High levels of calcium in coronary arteries increase risk of stroke, heart attack

The presence of calcium in coronary arteries is a much better predictor of heart attack and stroke than C-reactive protein among people with normal levels of LDL cholesterol, according to a study of more than 2,000 people led by a Johns Hopkins heart specialist.

19 Aug 2011

Study confirms tamoxifen is superior to fulvestrant in blocking estrogen

For the first time, researchers at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance have demonstrated the feasibility of using serial positron emission tomography (PET) scans, using a special estrogen-containing isotope, to confirm the relative effectiveness of estrogen-blocking and estrogen-depleting therapy in patients with metastatic breast cancer.

19 Aug 2011

Cannabis Science enters distribution agreement with PVM for marijuana dispensing machines

Cannabis Science, Inc., a pioneering US biotech company developing pharmaceutical cannabis products, is pleased to announce that Cannabis Science has entered into an exclusive distribution Agreement with Prescription Vending Machines Inc. ("PVM") and contracted with PVM's principal Vincent Mehdizadeh to provide industry specific consulting and advisory services to Cannabis Science.

19 Aug 2011

Only 15 U.S. pharmaceutical ads adhere to FDA Prescription Drug Advertising Guidelines

A study led by Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers of 192 pharmaceutical advertisements in biomedical journals found that only 18 percent were compliant with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidelines, and over half failed to quantify serious risks including death.

19 Aug 2011

Dissimilar interaction of opioid receptors may explain why men, women experience pain differently

Women and men experience pain, particularly chronic pain, very differently. The ability of some opioids to relieve pain also differs between women and men. While it has been recognized since the mid-nineties that some narcotic analgesics are more effective in women than men, the reason for this difference was largely unknown.

19 Aug 2011

ASA launches new video that highlights need for responsible use of pain medication

The American Society of Anesthesiologists launched a new video today on its lifelinepatients YouTube channel that highlights the need for responsible use of pain medication and proper disposal of the drugs.

19 Aug 2011

H1N1 vaccine safe, effective for hemodialysis and kidney transplant patients

When the influenza A (H1N1) virus swept around the world in spring 2009, infection was presumed to be more common in immunosuppressed patients, such as those who have had a kidney transplant. Later that year, the International Societies of Transplantation recommended that transplant recipients receive at least one dose of the H1N1 vaccine, although there was no information on the efficacy of the vaccine in that population.

19 Aug 2011

Powerful X-rays help develop new drug treatment for malignant melanoma

Powerful X-ray technology developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) national laboratories is revealing new insights into diseases ranging from Alzheimer's to the swine flu, and, most recently, enabled the discovery of a groundbreaking new drug treatment for malignant melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer.

19 Aug 2011

High blood phosphate levels can set CKD patients on a rapid path to kidney failure

High blood phosphate levels can set chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients on a rapid path to kidney failure, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology.

19 Aug 2011

Pharmaceutical News

New technique can detach sugars from carrier molecule, reattach them to drugs

Decline in HT use could lead to lower mammogram rates among women

AHF: Gilead's campaign for FDA approval of Truvada leads to black marketing in Florida

VOA News examines new drug compound that shows broad-based efficacy in lab tests

FDA accepts Alexza ADASUVE NDA, assigns PDUFA action date

EBD Group, MassBio announce plenary sessions program for BioPharm America 2011

Statin therapy may not be appropriate for certain patients at risk for stroke

Scientists shed light on the dark secret of Queen Hatshepsut's deadly medication

Combination of exercise and metformin less effective for people with diabetes

FDA approves Seattle Genetics ADCETRIS drug to treat Hodgkin lymphoma, ALCL

Seattle Genetics receives FDA approval for Adcetris to treat Hodgkin lymphoma, ALCL

High levels of calcium in coronary arteries increase risk of stroke, heart attack

Study confirms tamoxifen is superior to fulvestrant in blocking estrogen

Cannabis Science enters distribution agreement with PVM for marijuana dispensing machines

Only 15 U.S. pharmaceutical ads adhere to FDA Prescription Drug Advertising Guidelines

Dissimilar interaction of opioid receptors may explain why men, women experience pain differently

ASA launches new video that highlights need for responsible use of pain medication

H1N1 vaccine safe, effective for hemodialysis and kidney transplant patients

Powerful X-rays help develop new drug treatment for malignant melanoma

High blood phosphate levels can set CKD patients on a rapid path to kidney failure

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

How industrial hygiene flow calibration supports defensible exposure data

How electrical engineering ensures accurate calibration and patient safety

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