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Clinical data added to ORENCIA labeling help treat patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company announced today that clinical data added to the labeling for ORENCIA (abatacept) support use of ORENCIA for patients with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis of less than or equal to two years duration.

27 Aug 2009

European Medicines Agency validates Schering-Plough's MAA for nomegestrol acetate/17 beta-estradiol

Schering-Plough Corporation, (NYSE: SGP), today announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has validated (accepted for review) the company's Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for a fixed-dose combination of mometasone furoate and formoterol fumarate for the maintenance treatment of asthma in patients 12 years of age and older.

27 Aug 2009

Movember to present at the LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Summit

Staggering statistic: cancer kills more people every year than AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined. Joining more than 250 advocates from around the world, Adam Garone, co-founder and CEO of Movember, the world's largest charity for men's health, will present at the LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Summit in Dublin, Ireland, August 24 - 26.

27 Aug 2009

EDCTP welcomes proposals for tuberculosis vaccines and HIV/AIDS treatment projects

EDCTP welcomes project proposals as a response to the following calls: Tuberculosis vaccines, HIV/AIDS treatment and Member States Initiated projects.

27 Aug 2009

Lancet series examines health issues in South Africa

The journal Lancet published a series of articles examining health issues in South Africa, suggesting that "South Africa's health system is failing women and children in particular, but that new leadership could solve many of the problems," the Associated Press/msnbc.com reports (8/24).

27 Aug 2009

Quality test for Guardian Technologies International's Signature Mapping TBDx system completed

Guardian Technologies International, Inc. (OTCBB: GDTI) today announced that its Software Quality Assurance Team has completed all unit, component, integration, and systems tests of Signature Mapping TBDx™ (TBDx™) in preparation for September clinical trials in South Africa.

26 Aug 2009

Puricore announces closure of its new USD 2.1 million debt facility

PuriCore plc (LSE: PURI), the life sciences company focused on developing and commercialising proprietary, green solutions that safely, effectively, and naturally kill infectious pathogens without causing harm to human health or the environment, today announces that it has closed on a new USD2.1 million debt facility with Republic First Bank.

26 Aug 2009

Smokers twice as likely to get active TB, study finds

"A study in Taiwan has found that smokers are twice as likely to develop active tuberculosis compared to people who have never smoked, prompting calls for policymakers to be tougher on smoking," Reuters reports (Lyn, 8/24).

26 Aug 2009

PuriCore reduces operating expenses by 14% in H1 2009 when compared with H1 2008

PuriCore (LSE: PURI), the life sciences company focused on developing and commercializing proprietary, green solutions that safely, effectively, and naturally kill infectious pathogens without causing harm to human health or the environment, today announces its interim results for the six months ending June 30, 2009. An H1 2009 Operating and Financial Report and detailed financial results are available here at PuriCore’s website.

25 Aug 2009

TuBerculosis Vaccine Initiative receives $3 million grant from Gates Foundation

TuBerculosis Vaccine Initiative (TBVI) recently received a $3million grant for a three year term from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. This grant enables the nonprofit organization to strengthen its fundraising and communication activities in order to increase awareness and support for tuberculosis (TB) vaccine research and raise funds for the development of safer and more effective vaccines.

25 Aug 2009

Health and Human Services Secretary to appoint Helene Gayle as the Chair of Presidential Advisory Council

Today, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius announced her intent to appoint Helene Gayle, MD, MPH to serve as the Chair of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. Secretary Sebelius made the announcement in Atlanta at the 2009 National HIV Prevention Conference.

25 Aug 2009

LAF report estimates the total economic burden of new cancer cases at $305 billion in 2009

A landmark report released today by the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) estimates the total economic burden of new cancer cases at $305 billion in 2009. The findings are included in the report, "Breakaway: The Global Burden of Cancer - Challenges and Opportunities," released today in Dublin at the premiere LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Summit.

25 Aug 2009

NIAID to establish a human immune profiling research consortium in 2010; invites grant applications

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a component of the National Institutes of Health, is accepting grant applications for a new initiative to establish a consortium of human immune profiling research centers.

25 Aug 2009

PLoS journal throws light on neglected tropical diseases toll in sub-Saharan Africa

An analysis published August 25 in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases sheds new light on the toll that neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) take on sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with an estimated 500 million people suffering from these debilitating and sometimes deadly diseases.

25 Aug 2009

Washington post examines spread of drug-resistant TB in Russia

The Washington Post examines the spread of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Russia where "[p]reliminary surveys have recorded an uptick in infections," which could be the "start of a surge fueled by declining living standards and deteriorating medical care resulting from the country's worst economic slowdown in a decade," experts say.

24 Aug 2009

Recent releases: limiting corruption; mental health; U.S. global health policies; non-physician administered ARV; African health ministers

A Lancet Infectious Diseases Reflection and Reaction piece says while PEPFAR's "investment of over US$228 million into Mozambique in 2008 alone" resulted in "an exponential increase in the number of people on" ARVs and boosted prevention programs, "[t]here is more money available for HIV/AIDS than can reasonably be spent, especially given Mozambique's poor infrastructure and large geographical area. Unfortunately, one side-effect has been an associated increase in corruption." To maximize aid money and limit corruption, "careful and creative resource management will be needed," the author concludes (Johnson, 9/09).

24 Aug 2009

New study identifies smoking as a risk factor for active TB

Smoking is a risk factor for active tuberculosis (TB) disease, according to a new study on TB incidence in Taiwan.

24 Aug 2009

WHO recommends against using homeopathic treatments for HIV, TB, malaria, influenza, infant diarrhea

The WHO has warned that people with conditions such as HIV, tuberculosis and malaria should not rely on homeopathic treatments, the BBC reports. The agency was responding to a June letter (full text available here), in which researchers from the Voice of Young Science Network called on the agency "to condemn the promotion of homeopathy for treating TB, infant diarrhoea, influenza, malaria and HIV."

23 Aug 2009

NYT Magazine interviews Clinton on global women's issues

The New York Times Magazine, as part of a special issue that focuses on women worldwide, published an interview with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton who "staked her claim as an advocate for global women's issues in 1995, when, as first lady, she gave an impassioned speech at a United Nations conference in Beijing." The interview was conducted ahead of her 11-day, seven country tour of Africa.

20 Aug 2009

Cambodia's maternal mortality; drugs in Uganda; cholera risk in Zimbabwe; HIV laws in Niger

A lack of outreach by public health officials and rural villagers' preference for traditional midwives have hindered efforts to reduce maternal morality in Cambodia, government officials said recently at regional conference, the Phnom Penh Post reports.

20 Aug 2009

Tuberculosis News and Research

Latest Tuberculosis News and Research

Clinical data added to ORENCIA labeling help treat patients with rheumatoid arthritis

European Medicines Agency validates Schering-Plough's MAA for nomegestrol acetate/17 beta-estradiol

Movember to present at the LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Summit

EDCTP welcomes proposals for tuberculosis vaccines and HIV/AIDS treatment projects

Lancet series examines health issues in South Africa

Quality test for Guardian Technologies International's Signature Mapping TBDx system completed

Puricore announces closure of its new USD 2.1 million debt facility

Smokers twice as likely to get active TB, study finds

PuriCore reduces operating expenses by 14% in H1 2009 when compared with H1 2008

TuBerculosis Vaccine Initiative receives $3 million grant from Gates Foundation

Health and Human Services Secretary to appoint Helene Gayle as the Chair of Presidential Advisory Council

LAF report estimates the total economic burden of new cancer cases at $305 billion in 2009

NIAID to establish a human immune profiling research consortium in 2010; invites grant applications

PLoS journal throws light on neglected tropical diseases toll in sub-Saharan Africa

Washington post examines spread of drug-resistant TB in Russia

Recent releases: limiting corruption; mental health; U.S. global health policies; non-physician administered ARV; African health ministers

New study identifies smoking as a risk factor for active TB

WHO recommends against using homeopathic treatments for HIV, TB, malaria, influenza, infant diarrhea

NYT Magazine interviews Clinton on global women's issues

Cambodia's maternal mortality; drugs in Uganda; cholera risk in Zimbabwe; HIV laws in Niger

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