Munich, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - - Longer Storage Period Makes Platelets More Readily Available to European Transfusion Blood Centers European subsidiaries of Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX) and Cerus Corporation (NASDAQ: CERS) today announced that they have received CE Mark Certification from TÜV Product Service GmbH extending the storage period ...
Brussels, Belgium (ots/PRNewswire) - Today UCB announced that the European Commission has approved the use of Keppra(R) (levetiracetam) in the European Union, as adjunctive therapy in the treatment of partial-onset seizures, with or without secondary generalisation, in children from four to sixteen years of ...
Edmonton, Canada (ots/PRNewswire) - Isotechnika Inc. announced today the unblinded 12 week data for the Company's Canadian Phase III psoriasis trial for its lead immunosuppressive drug, ISA247. A Summary of the results is as follows: - The study met all primary and secondary efficacy endpoints determined at 12 weeks - Efficacy endpoints were achieved with minimal side effects - No clinically ...
Lyon, France and Swiftwater, Pennsylvania (ots/PRNewswire) - - Influenza Vaccine Leader Takes New Step in Global Pandemic Preparedness LYON, France and SWIFTWATER, Pennsylvania, September 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Sanofi pasteur, the vaccines business of the sanofi-aventis Group (NYSE: SNY), has entered into an ...
Madrid (ots/PRNewswire) - - Further Steps in the Development of Aplidin(R) in Melanoma in First Line Therapy PharmaMar announces the initiation of a programme of combination studies with Aplidin(R) (plitidepsin), PharmaMar's novel marine-derived anti-tumour agent, originally isolated from the tunicate Aplidium albicans. Aplidin(R) in Combination with Dacarbazine (DTIC) The first study is a Phase I/II ...
Edmonton, Canada (ots/PRNewswire) - Isotechnika Inc. (TSX: ISA) announced today the participation level in its Canadian Phase III psoriasis extension trial for its lead immunosuppressive drug, ISA247. Patients completing the 24 week Canadian Phase III SPIRIT trial were given the opportunity to continue therapy for an additional 36 weeks or to discontinue ...
Athens, Greece (ots/PRNewswire) - Landmark data from the PROactive Study, presented today at the 41st meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) demonstrated that ACTOS(R) (pioglitazone HCl) significantly reduces the combined risk of heart attacks, strokes and death by 16% in high risk ...
Athens, Greece (ots/PRNewswire) - - 80 percent of diabetes patients in study preferred inhaled insulin system to mealtime injections Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) and Alkermes, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKS) today presented detailed results from a Phase 2 clinical study of inhaled insulin in people with type 1 ...
Athens, Greece (ots/PRNewswire) - - Approximately 40 percent of people with diabetes develop nephropathy, the leading cause of kidney failure Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) today announced encouraging results from a one-year pilot study examining the effect of ruboxistaurin mesylate in persons with ...
Athens, Greece (ots/PRNewswire) - -- Patients on exenatide also lost weight, while glargine patients gained weight -- Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) and Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (Nasdaq: AMLN) today announced results from a study indicating that exenatide improves blood sugar levels as effectively as ...
Athens, Greece (ots/PRNewswire) - - Improvements in cardiovascular risk factors were also observed Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) and Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (Nasdaq: AMLN) today presented results from a study indicating that the investigational compound exenatide showed sustained improvements in ...
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West Haven, Connecticut, and Emeryville, California (ots/PRNewswire) - - European Trial to Provide Access to Sorafenib for Individuals with Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corporation (NYSE: BAY) and Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ONXX) today announced that a Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) has been submitted by Bayer to the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) in London for the ...
Macclesfield, England (ots/PRNewswire) - Today, new guidelines from the prestigious St. Gallen 'International Consensus Conference on the Primary Therapy of Early Breast Cancer' were released ahead of publication on the Annals of Oncology website(1). For the first time, the St. Gallen consensus panel has ...
New Brunswick, New Jersey (ots/PRNewswire) - Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) has been notified that the European Commission has cleared its proposed acquisition of Guidant Corporation (NYSE: GDT). In conjunction with the Commission's clearance, Johnson & Johnson has agreed to divest its Cordis steerable guidewires business in Europe and the Guidant Endovascular ...
London (ots/PRNewswire) - - Winners of the First Embrace Journalism Award for Reporting on Urinary Incontinence and Launch of the Second Embrace Award Announced Three journalists from South Africa, Poland and the United States today received the Embrace Award, a global initiative that recognizes accurate, responsible and sensitive reporting on urinary ...
Lausanne (ots) - In the Forbes' survey of the Best Business Schools, featured in the September 5 edition of the publication, IMD ranked #2 among 1-year non-US MBA programs. For 2005, the top 1-year, non-US MBA programs as ranked by Forbes were: 1. Insead 2. IMD 3. SDA Bocconi 4. Instituto de Empresa 5. Oxford (Said) The survey ranked schools based on return on investment--meaning compensation ...
Beijing and Moscow (ots/PRNewswire) - In the news release, InnoCentive Continues to Grow Its Virtual Scientific Network by Adding Leading Universities Throughout China and Russia, issued earlier today by InnoCentive over PR Newswire, we are advised by the client that the quote in the third graph should be attributed to "Mr. Ali Hussein" rather than "Mr. Hussein" as originally issued inadvertently. Complete, corrected ...
Indianapolis and Ingelheim, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - The landmark PURE (Prospective Urinary Incontinence REsearch) study data at baseline, presented today at IUGA (International Urogynecological Association), show that many women with symptoms of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) are receiving off-label ...
Macclesfield, England (ots/PRNewswire) - "The results of our data confirm that a switch in therapy from tamoxifen to anastrozole can help us as clinicians to help our patients live cancer-free for longer." Professor Raimund Jakesz Vienna Medical University, Austria Austrian Breast & Colorectal Cancer ...
Edmonton, Canada (ots/PRNewswire) - Isotechnika Inc. (TSX: ISA) announced today that the Canadian Phase III psoriasis trial for its lead immunosuppressive drug, ISA247, continues to demonstrate a promising safety and efficacy profile. The Canadian Phase III Psoriasis (SPIRIT) trial commenced on December 2, 2004 and includes a total of 453 patients with ...
Copenhagen, Denmark (ots/PRNewswire) - - International pharmaceutical Company Chooses MCI Private IP, IP Dedicated and Colocation to Link 58 Sites Across Europe, Asia and North and South America MCI, Inc. (Nasdaq: MCIP) today announced that the international pharmaceutical company H. Lundbeck A/S has selected MCI to link 58 of its site across Europe, Asia and North and South America using MCI Private IP, a ...
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil and Ingelheim, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - - New Data Support its Use as Powerful Treatment Against HIV Drug Resistance RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil and INGELHEIM, Germany, July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Boehringer Ingelheim announced today that the CHMP (Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use) in London has issued a positive opinion for tipranavir, a non-peptidic protease inhibitor, to ...
Madrid (ots/PRNewswire) - PharmaMar: - Orphan Drug designation granted by the FDA to Yondelis for the treatment of ovarian cancer in April. - Patient recruitment ongoing for the Phase III trial of Yondelis in ovarian cancer. - Promising results of Phase II trial of Yondelis in prostate cancer released at ASCO. - PharmaMar received 1 million dollars for complying with a milestone under the licensing and ...
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (ots/PRNewswire) - - Giving Patients Facing HIV Resistance Their Best Chance to Achieve Undetectable Viral Loads Data presented at IAS build a compelling case for FUZEON (enfuvirtide, formerly known as T-20) to be combined with the newest drugs to give patients facing resistance their best chance of achieving undetectable viral load - the optimal treatment goal for all people living with ...
Swiftwater, Pennsylvania and Lyon, France (ots/PRNewswire) - - First and Only Booster in the US for Protection Against Pertussis From Adolescence Through Adulthood Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines business of the sanofi-aventis Group (EURONEXT: SAN), (NYSE: SNY), announces the availability of Adacel(TM) ...
Bothell, Washington and Indianapolis (ots/PRNewswire) - - Latest figures confirm success of Cialis in the global ED marketplace Lilly ICOS LLC (NYSE: LLY and Nasdaq: ICOS), marketer of tadalafil(1), a PDE5 inhibitor indicated for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED), announced today that the drug has achieved US$1 billion in global sales since ...
Basel, Switzerland (ots/PRNewswire) - - Results Provide New Hope in Fight Against One of the Most Deadly Cancers Treatment with the innovative cancer drug Tarceva(R) in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) resulted in significantly longer survival compared to placebo (42.5% ...
Madrid (ots/PRNewswire) - - In his Previous Position he was Vice President, Clinical Research Oncology at OSI Pharmaceuticals in the US PharmaMar announced today the appointment of Dr. Pedro Santabárbara as Senior Director of the Clinical Development Department. Dr. Santabárbara is a medical ...
Barcelona, Spain (ots/PRNewswire) - - First Inhibitor of VEGF (a) and EGF (b) Signalling to Show Anti-Tumour Activity Both as Monotherapy and in Combination With Chemotherapy AstraZeneca today reported new findings from two Phase II studies, Trials 003 and 006, in the 2nd-line treatment of NSCLC, with ...
Barcelona, Spain (ots/PRNewswire) - AstraZeneca (LSE: AZN, NYSE: AZN) announced today that it is to progress to Phase III studies with its novel oncology compound ZD6474 - now also known by its trade name, ZACTIMA (TM). Recruitment to Phase III studies evaluating the anti-tumour activity of ZACTIMA (TM) (ZD6474) ...