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Celerion earns ANVISA certification to conduct clinical research operations in Belfast, Lincoln

Celerion, the premier provider of innovative early stage drug development solutions, is pleased to announce that its clinical research operations in Belfast, Northern Ireland UK, and its clinical research and bioanalytical services operations in Lincoln, Nebraska USA, have been certified by the Brazilian National Health Surveillance Agency.

9 Jun 2011

Vertex announces interim results from VX-770 and VX-809 Phase 2 study on cystic fibrosis

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated today announced interim results from the first part of a Phase 2 study designed to evaluate multiple combination regimens of VX-770 and VX-809, Vertex's lead medicines in development that aim to treat the defective protein that causes cystic fibrosis.

9 Jun 2011

Repligen total revenue increases 30% to $27,291,000 for fiscal year 2011

Repligen Corporation today reported results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2011, ended March 31, 2011.

9 Jun 2011

Merck announces changes to high-dose simvastatin prescribing information in the U.S.

Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced changes to the prescribing information in the United States for the highest dose of simvastatin, 80 mg, and the use of simvastatin with certain other medicines.

9 Jun 2011

Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy to launch first ever national PN research registry

What starts as burning, numbness, pain, and/or tingling in the feet, or hands in some can turn into a debilitating condition. Peripheral Neuropathy (PN), one of the largest and most common neurodegenerative disorders, affects more than 20 million Americans of all races and ethnic backgrounds.

9 Jun 2011

Make antiretroviral therapy 'cornerstone' of HIV prevention

Ahead of the U.N. High Level Meeting on AIDS, AVAC: Global Advocacy for HIV Prevention and multiple signatories in a statement call on governments, advocates and researchers to act on the evidence from HPTN 052 and make antiretroviral therapy a cornerstone of the set of proven strategies we have to prevent and treat HIV.

9 Jun 2011

Leadership Reads Initiative to minimize teen alcohol consumption and drug use

The incidence of alcohol poisoning, alcohol-related violence, and alcohol-impaired driving is increasing at an alarming rate among teens. If teens start to drink early, they are six times more likely to develop alcohol dependence.

9 Jun 2011

GeneTex to introduce new Easy-iPSC minicircle DNA vector technology in June

GeneTex, a leading manufacturer of antibodies for research use, is pleased to announce they will be launching several new exciting products in June, including the new Easy-iPSC minicircle DNA vector technology.

9 Jun 2011

IAS calls on leaders to include HIV cure research in global strategy

The International AIDS Society (IAS) in a statement released ahead of the U.N. High Level Meeting on AIDS "calls on leaders to ensure the inclusion of HIV cure research and its global strategy into the international HIV agenda and in all discussions, political decisions and funding strategies."

9 Jun 2011

JDRF, Selecta Biosciences partner to develop type 1 diabetes vaccine

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) and Selecta Biosciences, Inc. announced today that they have established a research collaboration to support Selecta's development of a vaccine technology, which may subsequently help to better treat and potentially prevent type 1 diabetes.

9 Jun 2011

VOA News examines debate over U.N. Women funding levels

VOA News examines advocates' concerns over funding levels for U.N. Women. "The mandate of U.N. Women is large, and some supporters are concerned that its starting budget of $500 million dollars is not enough to promote women and gender equality around the world, especially at the country level.

9 Jun 2011

Ameritox launches Rx Guardian CD, next-generation pain-medication monitoring solution

Ameritox, the leader in pain-medication monitoring, today announced the launch of Rx Guardian CD, its next-generation pain-medication monitoring solution and part of the patented Rx Guardian process.

9 Jun 2011

UNICEF representative highlights humanitarian challenges in Yemen

Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF's representative in Yemen, said the country is facing humanitarian challenges and is "absolutely in dire need of humanitarian assistance," Reuters reports.

9 Jun 2011

PDL revises revenue guidance for second quarter 2011 to $122M

PDL BioPharma, Inc. (PDL) today revised its guidance for the second quarter ending June 30, 2011, to approximately $122 million, as compared with actual results of $120 million for the second quarter of 2010, an anticipated one percent year-over-year increase.

9 Jun 2011

Number of new E. coli cases abating but more deaths expected

"Germany reported two more deaths and 300 more E. coli cases Wednesday, but its health minister insisted that new infections were dropping, giving some hope that the world's deadliest E. coli outbreak was abating," Associated Press reports.

9 Jun 2011

Women who receive intrauterine device after abortion less likely to have unintended pregnancy

Women who receive a contraceptive known as an intrauterine device or IUD immediately following a first trimester abortion experience few complications and are less likely to have an unintended pregnancy than those who delay getting an IUD by several weeks, according to a new study at Oregon Health & Science University.

9 Jun 2011

Health law's independent payment board draws new opposition

Politico reports on the Independent Payment Advisory Board's growing unpopularity and CQ HealthBeat details the complexities that will be involved in the overhaul's expansion of health coverage for children and families. In the background, politics come into play as part of the run up to 2012.

9 Jun 2011

Study finds lifelong difference in health-related quality of life between rich and poor

"We can't buy our way out of ageing," says Nancy Ross, a McGill geography professor. "As we get older we start to have vision problems, maybe some hearing loss, maybe lose some mobility - ageing is a kind of a social equalizer."

9 Jun 2011

A big day for the multi-state challenge to the health law

Florida already leads a lawsuit challenging the federal health care law, but state officials are going a step further and ignoring the law almost entirely — rejecting millions of federal dollars to provide health care for retirees, seniors, children and people with disabilities.

9 Jun 2011

Adaptive optics technology reveals eye's cellular structure with unprecedented detail

Scientists today reported that the tiny light-sensing cells known as rods have been clearly and directly imaged in the living eye for the first time. Using adaptive optics (AO), the same technology astronomers use to study distant stars and galaxies, scientists can see through the murky distortion of the outer eye, revealing the eye's cellular structure with unprecedented detail.

9 Jun 2011

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Celerion earns ANVISA certification to conduct clinical research operations in Belfast, Lincoln

Vertex announces interim results from VX-770 and VX-809 Phase 2 study on cystic fibrosis

Repligen total revenue increases 30% to $27,291,000 for fiscal year 2011

Merck announces changes to high-dose simvastatin prescribing information in the U.S.

Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy to launch first ever national PN research registry

Make antiretroviral therapy 'cornerstone' of HIV prevention

Leadership Reads Initiative to minimize teen alcohol consumption and drug use

GeneTex to introduce new Easy-iPSC minicircle DNA vector technology in June

IAS calls on leaders to include HIV cure research in global strategy

JDRF, Selecta Biosciences partner to develop type 1 diabetes vaccine

VOA News examines debate over U.N. Women funding levels

Ameritox launches Rx Guardian CD, next-generation pain-medication monitoring solution

UNICEF representative highlights humanitarian challenges in Yemen

PDL revises revenue guidance for second quarter 2011 to $122M

Number of new E. coli cases abating but more deaths expected

Women who receive intrauterine device after abortion less likely to have unintended pregnancy

Health law's independent payment board draws new opposition

Study finds lifelong difference in health-related quality of life between rich and poor

A big day for the multi-state challenge to the health law

Adaptive optics technology reveals eye's cellular structure with unprecedented detail

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

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