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Enterprise Therapeutics secures additional funding to accelerate drug discovery for treatment of respiratory diseases

ENTERPRISE THERAPEUTICS Ltd, a drug discovery company focused on new therapeutics for respiratory diseases, today announced that it has secured an additional £2.4m ($3.6m) in Series-A financing.

21 May 2015

Turkey steadily emerges as one of hottest healthcare markets in the world

Driven by reforms and private investments, Turkey is steadily emerging as one of the hottest healthcare markets in the global arena. The country has doubled its healthcare spending in the last 10 years, reaching $62.3 billion, with its large population of 74.7 million and an increasing patient base.

21 May 2015

SARIL-RA-TARGET trial: Sarilumab meets co-primary efficacy endpoints in RA patients

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Sanofi announced today that a Phase 3 study of sarilumab, an investigational, fully human IL-6 receptor antibody, met its co-primary efficacy endpoints of a greater improvement in signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) at 24 weeks and physical function at 12 weeks, compared to placebo.

21 May 2015

CSGI joins with two California hospitals to eradicate deadly Clostridium difficile infections

Clean Sweep Group Inc., a Beverly Hills, CA, based microbial disinfection service company, joins with two California hospitals to significantly reduce deadly Clostridium difficile infections caught in their hospitals using ultraviolet (UV-C) germ-killing advanced disinfection devices.

21 May 2015

Endomag named finalist for Royal Academy of Engineering's MacRobert Award

Cancer healthcare company Endomag has been revealed as a finalist for the UK’s most prestigious engineering award. Endomag, which was shortlisted for its innovative breast cancer staging diagnostic system Sentimag and Sienna+, is one of three companies up for the MacRobert Award from the Royal Academy of Engineering.

21 May 2015

First-of-its-kind DNA bank aims at advancing research into genetics of stuttering

Scientists at the University of Alberta's Institute for Stuttering Treatment and Research want Albertans to give a spit -- five millilitres to be precise -- to help find the cause and a cure for stuttering.

21 May 2015

Available research does not support link between chronic traumatic encephalopathy and sports

Available research does not support the contention that athletes are uniquely at risk of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) or other neurodegenerative disorders, according to a review in the June issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.

21 May 2015

Researchers find link between acute hospitalizations and disability among older adults at the end of life

Yale researchers found a close association between acute hospitalizations and the development and progression of disability among older adults at the end of life. Their findings may have profound implications for medical decision-making for older people and those who care for them.

21 May 2015

Anti-VEGF therapy benefits in wet AMD not sustained

Real-world experience of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy for patients with wet age-related macular degeneration suggests that initial improvements in visual acuity are not maintained over time.

20 May 2015

Submacular air injection aids tPA haemorrhage displacement

Submacular air injection with a microneedle is effective at facilitating the displacement of massive submacular haemorrhages dissolved with tissue plasminogen activator in patients with age-related macular degeneration, an interventional case series shows.

20 May 2015

Heavy metallic elements influence AMD progression

Researchers report associations between age-related macular degeneration and five heavy metallic elements, in findings that highlight the detrimental effects of pollution but the possible benefits of essential elements supplementation.

20 May 2015

AMD severity and progression tracks across eyes

Age-related macular degeneration in one eye tracks the severity of it in the fellow eye at all stages of the disease, findings from the Beaver Dam Eye study show.

20 May 2015

AACC receives three 2015 Hermes Creative Awards

AACC, a global scientific and medical professional organization dedicated to better health through laboratory medicine, is pleased to announce that it has received three 2015 Hermes Creative Awards. These awards recognize the association for the exceptional writing and design of its news publications and website, which help laboratory medicine professionals worldwide stay informed about important issues in the field and find solutions to challenging patient health problems.

20 May 2015

Celgene to use Cypher's Coral technology to find novel genomic biomarkers

Cypher Genomics, Inc., a leading genome informatics company, today announced a collaboration with Celgene Corporation to apply Cypher's Coral technology to discover novel genomic biomarkers that associate with patient response to innovative medicines.

20 May 2015

Ropes & Gray honored as firm of the year for health care by Chambers USA

Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business named Ropes & Gray the winner of the Award for Excellence, honoring it as the firm of the year for health care at a ceremony on May 19 in New York. The award reflects the firm's preeminence in the health care industry and is based on independent research by Chambers & Partners from 2014 – 2015, citing both client feedback and market commentary from lawyers outside of the firm.

20 May 2015

New data shows safety and efficacy of biosimilar infliximab treatment in IBD patients

Clinical experience of biosimilar infliximab in 78 inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients presented at Digestive Diseases Week (DDW) 2015 in Washington D.C. showed that the treatment is comparable to the reference medicinal product (RMP) in terms of efficacy and safety.

20 May 2015

Large urban health systems do worse on government patient satisfaction scores

The largest urban health systems, which serve as safety nets for large patient populations with lower socioeconomic status and greater likelihood to speak English as a second language, do worse on government patient satisfaction scores than smaller, non-urban hospitals likely to serve white customers with higher education levels, according to a new study by Mount Sinai researchers published this month in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.

20 May 2015

Teens with slower cognitive processing speed experience depression, anxiety symptoms as adults

Teens with slower performance on a test of "cognitive processing speed" are more likely to have depression and anxiety symptoms as adults, reports a paper in Psychosomatic Medicine: Journal of Biobehavioral Medicine, the official journal of the American Psychosomatic Society.

20 May 2015

Monash University researcher helps identify right type of Ebola vaccine trial

An Australian researcher has helped identify the kind of human trial that is most effective for testing Ebola vaccines.

20 May 2015

Corus CAD test can help clinicians rule-out low-risk patients from additional cardiac testing

CardioDx, Inc., a molecular diagnostics company specializing in cardiovascular genomics, announced today results from a multi-center, community-based patient registry, the PRESET Registry, evaluating the use of the Corus CAD test in patients with symptoms suggestive of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) in the primary care setting.

20 May 2015

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Enterprise Therapeutics secures additional funding to accelerate drug discovery for treatment of respiratory diseases

Turkey steadily emerges as one of hottest healthcare markets in the world

SARIL-RA-TARGET trial: Sarilumab meets co-primary efficacy endpoints in RA patients

CSGI joins with two California hospitals to eradicate deadly Clostridium difficile infections

Endomag named finalist for Royal Academy of Engineering's MacRobert Award

First-of-its-kind DNA bank aims at advancing research into genetics of stuttering

Available research does not support link between chronic traumatic encephalopathy and sports

Researchers find link between acute hospitalizations and disability among older adults at the end of life

Anti-VEGF therapy benefits in wet AMD not sustained

Submacular air injection aids tPA haemorrhage displacement

Heavy metallic elements influence AMD progression

AMD severity and progression tracks across eyes

AACC receives three 2015 Hermes Creative Awards

Celgene to use Cypher's Coral technology to find novel genomic biomarkers

Ropes & Gray honored as firm of the year for health care by Chambers USA

New data shows safety and efficacy of biosimilar infliximab treatment in IBD patients

Large urban health systems do worse on government patient satisfaction scores

Teens with slower cognitive processing speed experience depression, anxiety symptoms as adults

Monash University researcher helps identify right type of Ebola vaccine trial

Corus CAD test can help clinicians rule-out low-risk patients from additional cardiac testing

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