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Fit elderly NSCLC patients should be considered for salvage targeted therapy

Until there are more validated biomarkers to direct treatment decisions, many physicians use patient age to decide what therapy to give their patients. Literature data report that older patients often go undertreated because of concerns for limited tolerance to toxic therapies.

16 Oct 2012

Genzyme announces key data from AUBAGIO Phase III trial on multiple sclerosis

Genzyme, a Sanofi company announced today that key data from the TOWER trial were presented at the 28th Congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS).

15 Oct 2012

Celgene receives FDA approval for ABRAXANE to treat non-small cell lung cancer

Celgene Corporation today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ABRAXANE (paclitaxel protein-bound particles for injectable suspension) (albumin-bound) for the first-line treatment of locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer, in combination with carboplatin, in patients who are not candidates for curative surgery or radiation therapy.

15 Oct 2012

FDA expands approved indication for Genentech’s ACTEMRA to treat active rheumatoid arthritis

Genentech, Inc., a member of the Roche Group, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the approved indication for ACTEMRA (tocilizumab) for the treatment of adults with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who have had an inadequate response to one or more disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs).

13 Oct 2012

Lenalidomide worsens survival, adverse events in prostate cancer

A combination of lenalidomide plus docetaxel and prednisone treatment in patients with chemotherapy-naive prostate cancer leads to worse overall survival rates and increased toxicity compared with placebo, show study results.

12 Oct 2012

New mechanism may alter principle understandings of molecular interactions within a cell's nucleus

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, with collaborators from Harvard University, the University of Madrid, Princeton University, and the University of Zurich, have discovered a new mechanism that may alter principle understandings of molecular interactions within a cell's nucleus.

11 Oct 2012

Navigating the Labyrinth of Traumatic Brain Injury to Discover a Secondary Neurological Condition

Working with individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) every day, I see the debilitating effects and long-term struggles firsthand.

9 Oct 2012

Progress toward preventing initial and recurrent episodes of C. diff infection

Surgeons are making progress toward preventing initial and recurrent episodes of clostridium difficile colitis (C. difficile or C. diff), a vicious bacterial infection that is estimated to affect about 336,000 people each year, typically patients on antibiotics.

6 Oct 2012

Scientific American examines intersection of humanitarian aid, economic development, climate change

Scientific American examines the intersection of humanitarian aid, economic development, and climate change, saying, "Environmental, humanitarian, and economic challenges do not exist in isolation, but that is how the world most often deals with them."

3 Oct 2012

Proton pump inhibitors does not lead to higher rates of pneumonia

Previous studies that have associated the use of proton pump inhibitors (PPI) - which include popular anti-heartburn medications like Prilosec and Nexium - with an increased incidence of pneumonia may not have found a true cause-and-effect relationship.

2 Oct 2012

Takeda, Seattle Genetics announce preliminary data from brentuximab vedotin phase I study on sALCL

Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, and Seattle Genetics, Inc., today announced preliminary data from one arm of a three arm phase I, open-label, multicenter study designed to determine the safety and activity of sequential and combination treatment approaches of brentuximab vedotin with CHOP or CH-P chemotherapy in newly diagnosed patients with CD30-positive mature T- and NK- cell lymphomas.

1 Oct 2012

Lilly announces new data from two Phase II ramucirumab trials on NSCLC

Eli Lilly and Company today announced new data from two Phase II ramucirumab (IMC-1121B) trials in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

1 Oct 2012

Gentle chiropractic care improves child's overall health and well-being

Irritation to a young person's nervous system can begin in utero. The baby's position during delivery (natural or cesarean) can create stress on their nervous system. Even a "normal, healthy" birth can induce 40-50 pounds of pressure on a newborn's neck and spine.

29 Sep 2012

ARIAD announces initial results from AP26113 Phase 1/2 trial on non-small cell lung cancer

ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced the initial clinical results on its investigational, tyrosine-kinase inhibitor, AP26113, in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) from an ongoing Phase 1/2 trial.

29 Sep 2012

Exelixis announces preliminary results from BRIM7 Phase Ib trial on BRAFV600 mutated MM

Exelixis, Inc. today announced preliminary results from BRIM7, an ongoing Phase Ib trial conducted by Roche and Genentech, Exelixis' collaborator and a member of the Roche Group, of the BRAF inhibitor (BRAFi) vemurafenib in combination with the MEK inhibitor GDC-0973 in patients with locally advanced/unresectable or metastatic melanoma carrying a BRAFV600 mutation.

29 Sep 2012

FDA approves Abbott’s HUMIRA to treat ulcerative colitis

Abbott today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved HUMIRA (adalimumab) for inducing and sustaining clinical remission in adult patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (UC) when certain other medicines have not worked well enough.

29 Sep 2012

Diarrhea News and Research

Latest Diarrhea News and Research

Fit elderly NSCLC patients should be considered for salvage targeted therapy

Genzyme announces key data from AUBAGIO Phase III trial on multiple sclerosis

Celgene receives FDA approval for ABRAXANE to treat non-small cell lung cancer

FDA expands approved indication for Genentech’s ACTEMRA to treat active rheumatoid arthritis

Lenalidomide worsens survival, adverse events in prostate cancer

New mechanism may alter principle understandings of molecular interactions within a cell's nucleus

Navigating the Labyrinth of Traumatic Brain Injury to Discover a Secondary Neurological Condition

Progress toward preventing initial and recurrent episodes of C. diff infection

Scientific American examines intersection of humanitarian aid, economic development, climate change

Proton pump inhibitors does not lead to higher rates of pneumonia

Takeda, Seattle Genetics announce preliminary data from brentuximab vedotin phase I study on sALCL

Lilly announces new data from two Phase II ramucirumab trials on NSCLC

Gentle chiropractic care improves child's overall health and well-being

ARIAD announces initial results from AP26113 Phase 1/2 trial on non-small cell lung cancer

Exelixis announces preliminary results from BRIM7 Phase Ib trial on BRAFV600 mutated MM

FDA approves Abbott’s HUMIRA to treat ulcerative colitis

Researchers reduce life-threatening complication of stem cell transplants in mice with leukemia

Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health receives $20 billion in new money

Bayer HealthCare receives FDA approval for Stivarga to treat colorectal cancer

Increasing doses of radium chloride effective, tolerated in prostate cancer

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