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St. Alphonsus Medical Center honored with Sound Physicians' Symphony Award

Sound Physicians, a physician-founded and led organization with more than 2,000 physicians providing care in more than 300 hospitals and post-acute facilities across the U.S., announced today it has honored St. Alphonsus Medical Center in Nampa, Idaho, with its Symphony Award, given to the hospitalist team with the highest overall internally measured, standardized and benchmarked performance scores out of all Sound Physicians' hospitalist and intensivist programs nationwide.

4 Aug 2015

Resverlogix announces formation of international Clinical Steering Committee for RVX-208 "apabetalone" Phase 3 trial

Resverlogix Corp. is pleased to announce the formation of an international Clinical Steering Committee for the RVX-208 "apabetalone" Phase 3 clinical trial BETonMACE assessing major adverse cardiac events (MACE) in high-risk vascular patients with diabetes mellitus and a recent Acute Coronary Syndrome event. BETonMACE is expected to start in the fall of 2015.

4 Aug 2015

Dementia patients, caregivers think better care, support more important than finding cure for disease

More than $100 million in federal funding was spent last year toward searching for a cure for Alzheimer's disease. However, if given the choice, most people with dementia and those caring for them would like to see the money go elsewhere, according to a recent study led by University at Buffalo researcher Davina Porock.

4 Aug 2015

European Commission grants orphan drug designation to SGX301 for treatment of CTCL

Soligenix, Inc., a late-stage biopharmaceutical company developing products that address unmet medical needs in the areas of inflammation, oncology and biodefense, announced today that the European Commission, acting on the positive recommendation from the European Medicines Agency Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products (COMP), has granted orphan drug designation to synthetic hypericin (the active pharmaceutical ingredient in SGX301) for the treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL), a rare disease and a class of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a type of cancer of the white blood cells that are an integral part of the immune system.

4 Aug 2015

G7 Therapeutics, MorphoSys collaborate on novel antibody therapeutics targeting GPCRs and ion channels

MorphoSys AG and G7 Therapeutics AG announced today that they have signed an agreement to collaborate on novel antibody therapeutics targeting G protein-coupled receptors and potentially other disease-related transmembrane proteins such as ion channels.

4 Aug 2015

Imperial Innovations announces launch of pre-clinical spinout company, Orthonika

Imperial Innovations is pleased to announce the launch of Orthonika, a spinout company from Imperial College London that is developing a novel knee meniscus replacement, MenisciKnit.

4 Aug 2015

Oasmia announces topline results from head-to-head comparison study of Paclical and Abraxane

Oasmia Pharmaceutical AB, developer of a new generation of drugs within human and veterinary oncology, announced today the topline findings from a head-to-head comparison study of its lead human cancer product candidate Paclical and Celgene's Abraxane, which show similar pharmacokinetic (PK) profiles of the two products. The study was conducted in women with metastatic breast cancer.

4 Aug 2015

Cipher receives Acceptance Review Notification from FDA for 510(k) submission for Dermadexin

Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc. today announced that it has received an Acceptance Review Notification for its 510(k) submission for Dermadexin to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.

4 Aug 2015

Syneron Medical's second quarter 2015 revenue up 14% to $73.5 million

Syneron Medical Ltd., a leading global aesthetic device company, today announced financial results for the three month period ended June 30, 2015.

4 Aug 2015

Study reveals new gene that plays crucial role in ASD

A study carried out by the Laboratoire Neurobiologie des Interactions Cellulaires et Neurophysiopathologie (CNRS/Aix-Marseille Université), in collaboration with clinicians from Marseilles Public Hospitals (AP-HM) and scientists from the Salk Institute in San Diego (US), has revealed a new gene that plays a crucial role during early development in humans and whose under-expression may induce certain autistic traits.

4 Aug 2015

California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine selects two demonstration projects

Two demonstration projects that aim to yield quick results for patients have been selected by the new California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine, a public-private effort launched by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.

4 Aug 2015

New article explains why animal models are still essential to biological research

Future Science Group (FSG) today announced the publication of a new article in Future Science OA, covering the use of animal models in scientific research.

4 Aug 2015

Discovery could pave way for new drugs to treat people with memory problems

A team of scientists believe they have shown that memories are more robust than we thought and have identified the process in the brain, which could help rescue lost memories or bury bad memories, and pave the way for new drugs and treatment for people with memory problems.

4 Aug 2015

3D printed brain tissue could help fight brain disorders

The brain is amazingly complex, with around 86 billion nerve cells. The challenge for researchers to create bench-top brain tissue from which they can learn about how the brain functions, is an extremely difficult one.

4 Aug 2015

Capital Impact Partners provides $27.5 million in financing to support underserved communities

Capital Impact Partners announced today that it provided nearly $27.5 million in financing to projects delivering social impact for underserved communities across the U.S. during the second quarter of 2015. These projects are expected to increase access to health care services, dignified aging options, healthy food, and education for low-income people in seven states, while also creating nearly 250 jobs.

4 Aug 2015

Researchers explore key factors to improve astronauts’ nutrition needs during space missions

Centuries ago, ships often sailed with crews numbering in the hundreds returning with tens. Cause of death: Scurvy - a severe depletion of Vitamin C.

4 Aug 2015

Ironshore partners with Restore Health to participate in HLD-200 clinical trial to treat ADHD

Ironshore Pharmaceuticals & Development, Inc. has signed an agreement with Restore Health, a company specializing in personalized medicine, to participate in the fulfillment of a double-blind clinical trial, designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of HLD-200, a new drug in development to treat Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

4 Aug 2015

New ASDS survey finds that half of consumers consider cosmetic medical procedure

Half of consumers are considering a cosmetic medical procedure and the specialty in which the physician is board-certified is increasingly influential in their choice of practitioner, according to new survey data from the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery.

4 Aug 2015

FamilyCord announces recent acquisition of LifeLine Cryogenics

California Cryobank Stem Cell Services LLC (dba "FamilyCord"), announced the recent acquisition of LifeLine Cryogenics, an east coast cord blood and reproductive tissue bank primarily servicing the New York tristate area. LifeLine clients will maintain full access to their invaluable tissues, and all prepaid contracts will be honored.

4 Aug 2015

Researchers discover how neurons help learn new motor skills

It takes a surprisingly small cluster of brain cells deep within the cerebellum to learn how to serve a tennis ball or line up a hockey shot. Researchers at McGill University led by Kathleen Cullen from the Department of Physiology have discovered that to learn new motor skills, neurons within the cerebellum engage in elegant, virtually mathematical, computations to quickly compare expected and actual sensory feedback. They then quickly readjust, changing the strength of connections between other neurons to form new patterns in the brain in order to accomplish the task at hand.

4 Aug 2015

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St. Alphonsus Medical Center honored with Sound Physicians' Symphony Award

Resverlogix announces formation of international Clinical Steering Committee for RVX-208 "apabetalone" Phase 3 trial

Dementia patients, caregivers think better care, support more important than finding cure for disease

European Commission grants orphan drug designation to SGX301 for treatment of CTCL

G7 Therapeutics, MorphoSys collaborate on novel antibody therapeutics targeting GPCRs and ion channels

Imperial Innovations announces launch of pre-clinical spinout company, Orthonika

Oasmia announces topline results from head-to-head comparison study of Paclical and Abraxane

Cipher receives Acceptance Review Notification from FDA for 510(k) submission for Dermadexin

Syneron Medical's second quarter 2015 revenue up 14% to $73.5 million

Study reveals new gene that plays crucial role in ASD

California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine selects two demonstration projects

New article explains why animal models are still essential to biological research

Discovery could pave way for new drugs to treat people with memory problems

3D printed brain tissue could help fight brain disorders

Capital Impact Partners provides $27.5 million in financing to support underserved communities

Researchers explore key factors to improve astronauts’ nutrition needs during space missions

Ironshore partners with Restore Health to participate in HLD-200 clinical trial to treat ADHD

New ASDS survey finds that half of consumers consider cosmetic medical procedure

FamilyCord announces recent acquisition of LifeLine Cryogenics

Researchers discover how neurons help learn new motor skills

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