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Novasep to build fully integrated Antibody Drug Conjugate facility at Le Mans site in France

Novasep, a leading supplier of services and technologies for the life sciences industry, today announces it will build a fully integrated Antibody Drug Conjugate (ADC) facility at its Le Mans site in France. The new facility will enable Novasep to complement its current ADC offering with full bio-conjugation services to meet increasing market demand.

25 Jun 2015

Cognitive behavioural therapy can change brain function of people with Tourette syndrome

In addition to its effect on chronic tics, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) can change the brain function of people with Tourette syndrome.

25 Jun 2015

Basilea announces UK launch of broad-spectrum Cephalosporin Zevtera for first-line treatment of pneumonia

Basilea Pharmaceutica AG today announces the UK launch of its broad-spectrum Cephalosporin Zevtera (Ceftobiprole medocaril) for the first-line treatment of serious bacterial pneumonia.

25 Jun 2015

UAlberta partnership could transform cancer treatment, improve patient outcomes

A multimillion dollar research partnership announced today at the University of Alberta is giving a "dream team" of researchers the opportunity to potentially transform cancer treatment and better patient outcomes.

25 Jun 2015

Impax Laboratories prices convertible senior notes due 2022 in private offering

Impax Laboratories, Inc. priced $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.00% convertible senior notes due 2022 (the "notes") in a private offering to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").

25 Jun 2015

Studies compare self-reported health between unemployed and working populations

In an international context, Norway stands as an egalitarian country with only small class and income disparities, in which everyone basically has equal access to universal health care.

25 Jun 2015

New 3D cell culture system could facilitate search for therapeutic agents for Parkinson's disease

The progressive loss of neurons in the brain of Parkinson's patients is slow yet inexorable. So far, there are no drugs that can halt this insidious process.

25 Jun 2015

New initiative aims to determine prevalence of contaminants in Detroit’s urban agriculture soil

Urban gardens are becoming more commonplace across Detroit and other major urban cities throughout the United States. These gardens offer a source of free or inexpensive healthy food for the public and educate community members about food production and rehabilitating the local ecosystem.

25 Jun 2015

gEHRiMed EHR solution selected by Extended Care Specialists

After an extensive search for a Stage 2 Certified EHR with a clinical focus in the post-acute and long term care arena, Extended Care Specialists has selected gEHRiMed™ as their EHR of choice.

25 Jun 2015

ASH: President Obama, U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador have opportunity to curb tobacco epidemic forever

President Obama and U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Froman have the opportunity to curb the tobacco epidemic forever.

25 Jun 2015

UK Court passes verdict in favor of Lilly relating to Alimta vitamin regimen patent claim

Eli Lilly and Company today announced that the Court of Appeal has ruled that the Alimta® (pemetrexed disodium) vitamin regimen patent would be indirectly infringed by a generic competitor that had stated its intent to market certain alternative salt forms of pemetrexed in the United Kingdom prior to the UK patent's expiration in June 2021.

25 Jun 2015

BUSM recognized with People's Health Medals for advancing hospital nutrition in Vietnam

Carine Lenders, M.D., M.S., ScD, associate professor of pediatrics at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and physician nutrition specialist at Boston Medical Center (BMC), and Elizabeth Henry, DrPH, MHS, who will graduate from BU's School of Public Health (BUSPH) in September, have received the People's Health Medal from the Social Republic of Vietnam's Ministry of Health for their work on behalf of the Abbott Fund Institute of Nutrition Science (AFINS).

25 Jun 2015

Weight loss along with vitamin D supplementation reduces chronic inflammation

For the first time, researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have found that weight loss, in combination with vitamin D supplementation, has a greater effect on reducing chronic inflammation than weight loss alone.

25 Jun 2015

Biontech, Siemens enter into strategic collaboration on manufacture of personalized cancer vaccines

Siemens and BioNTech AG, a fully integrated biotechnology company developing truly personalized cancer immunotherapies, have entered into a strategic collaboration.

25 Jun 2015

Pan Am Cancer Treatment Center announces publication of immuno-oncology text book

The Pan Am Cancer Treatment Center is pleased to announce the publication of a specialized textbook titled "Immuno-Oncology, from Bench to Bedside" which provides scientific rationale for the use of immunotherapy in the treatment of cancer.

25 Jun 2015

Omega-3 Coalition forms scientific advisory council to educate consumers about benefits, safety of omega-3s

The Omega-3 Coalition, a group of industry stakeholders working to improve consumer knowledge of omega-3s, today announced the formation of a scientific advisory council.

25 Jun 2015

Detroit-area patients contribute to national study that redefines diagnosis, treatment of glioma

Sixty-seven patients from the Hermelin Brain Tumor Center at Henry Ford Hospital and their families made important contributions to a national cancer study that proposes a change in how some brain tumors are classified - and ultimately treated.

25 Jun 2015

Study: Cellular respiration separates effects of bactericidal and bacteriostatic antibiotics

Antibiotics are the mainstay in the treatment of bacterial infections, and together with vaccines, have enabled the near eradication of infectious diseases like tuberculosis, at least in developed countries.

25 Jun 2015

The Volunteer Center honors McKesson with 2015 Corporate Community Involvement Award

As part of its annual Bay Area Volunteer Awards, The Volunteer Center has named McKesson the recipient of its 2015 Corporate Community Involvement Award.

25 Jun 2015

Uninterrupted NOAC treatment during catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation is safe, shows research

Uninterrupted treatment with novel oral anticoagulants (NOACs) during catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) is safe, reveals research presented today at EHRA EUROPACE - CARDIOSTIM 2015 by Dr Carsten Wunderlich, senior consultant in the Department of Invasive Electrophysiology, Heart Centre Dresden, Germany.

25 Jun 2015

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Novasep to build fully integrated Antibody Drug Conjugate facility at Le Mans site in France

Cognitive behavioural therapy can change brain function of people with Tourette syndrome

Basilea announces UK launch of broad-spectrum Cephalosporin Zevtera for first-line treatment of pneumonia

UAlberta partnership could transform cancer treatment, improve patient outcomes

Impax Laboratories prices convertible senior notes due 2022 in private offering

Studies compare self-reported health between unemployed and working populations

New 3D cell culture system could facilitate search for therapeutic agents for Parkinson's disease

New initiative aims to determine prevalence of contaminants in Detroit’s urban agriculture soil

gEHRiMed EHR solution selected by Extended Care Specialists

ASH: President Obama, U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador have opportunity to curb tobacco epidemic forever

UK Court passes verdict in favor of Lilly relating to Alimta vitamin regimen patent claim

BUSM recognized with People's Health Medals for advancing hospital nutrition in Vietnam

Weight loss along with vitamin D supplementation reduces chronic inflammation

Biontech, Siemens enter into strategic collaboration on manufacture of personalized cancer vaccines

Pan Am Cancer Treatment Center announces publication of immuno-oncology text book

Omega-3 Coalition forms scientific advisory council to educate consumers about benefits, safety of omega-3s

Detroit-area patients contribute to national study that redefines diagnosis, treatment of glioma

Study: Cellular respiration separates effects of bactericidal and bacteriostatic antibiotics

The Volunteer Center honors McKesson with 2015 Corporate Community Involvement Award

Uninterrupted NOAC treatment during catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation is safe, shows research

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