Jena (ots) - Occlutech, the leading European developer of septum occluders, today announced that it has obtained CE mark approval for its new generation ASD and PFO occluders, the Figulla Flex. The Figulla Flex ASD and PFO occluders encompass a new innovative delivery system, making the use of a threaded hub unnecessary. The implantation of the occluder is facilitated by the ability of the delivery system to ...
Jena (ots) - Occlutech GmbH today announced that it had defeated a request for insolvency, launched at the Amtsgericht Gera in Germany by its US competitor AGA Medical. The request by AGA was based on wrongful assumptions about Occlutech, and AGA announced that it had started the said request to recover damages. However, the court - Amtsgericht Gera in ...
Lugano (ots) - Helsinn, the chemical pharmaceutical group based in Lugano and Biasca is pleased to announce today that it has awarded a grant for the sum of CHF 30'000 to the Institute of Research in Biomedicine (IRB) in Bellinzona, under the direction of Prof. Dr. Antonio Lanzavecchia. The grant will be used for research work performed by Prof. Markus Manz, in the ...
Zurich, Swizerland (ots) - Recently, Solianis successfully finalized a series of tests during which patients with diabetes have worn its multisensor device for non-invasive glucose monitoring at home and at work in the office. The results of these real-life tests as well as earlier tests in a more controlled environment have encouraged Solianis to set up the final device and prepare the market introduction for 2010. ...
Zug, Switzerland (ots) - Swiss AmVac AG establishes comprehensive collaboration with the National Health Research Institutes in Taiwan to combat H5N1. H5N1/Influenza A is a flu virus known colloquially as "avian flu". "Avian flu" first occurred in Asia, and was transmitted to humans in a number of cases. ...
Lugano, Switzerland (ots) - Helsinn is delighted to announce that its drug product manufacturing facility in Dublin, Ireland, Helsinn Birex Pharmaceuticals, has recently obtained an authorisation for Manufacture of Investigational Medicinal Products (IMP) for products for human use from the Irish Medicines Board ...
Lugano, Switzerland (ots) - Helsinn Healthcare's Top management today announced that it has signed a partnering agreement with Zealand Pharma, for the development and worldwide commercialization of ZP1846, a GLP-2 (glucagon-like peptide-2) receptor agonist which provides a novel way to treat chemotherapy-induced diarrhea (CID), a debilitating condition affecting ...
Munich (ots) - Product development agreement focused on ARQ 197, c-Met inhibitor, with discovery collaboration directed toward novel kinase inhibitors ArQule, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARQL) and DAIICHI SANKYO Co., Ltd. (TSE: 4568) today announced that they have entered into two agreements that form the ...
Lausanne (ots) - - Gene Signal International, a biotech company registered in Switzerland, will move its headquarter to the EPFL, in Lausanne, - Gene Signal is addressing various issues related to neovascularisation, - Gene Signal is working on a portfolio of ophthalmologic indications, with one now in Phase III trials - Gene Signal ...
ITERA International Tissue Engineering R
Berne (ots) - Swiss hospital standards are in demand abroad. In collaboration with an Indian company, Sonnenhof Swiss Health Ltd (SSH) introduces a new service offering for leading Indian hospitals with the aim of their attaining Swiss quality assurance standards. The cooperation of Hexel and SSH is based on a combination of strengths. SSH - an associated company of the Sonnenhof hospitals in Bern - can draw on ...
Berlin (ots) - The new compounds will provide a "full time" protection of neurons against aging and degeneration. Continuous administration technologies, which are one of the core competencies of Axxonis Pharma AG, will additionally enable the concept of 24 hours protection. This is a completely new and innovative approach in radical scavenging therapy and in ...
New data on the mechanism of action of the second generation 5-HT3 antagonist palonosetron presented today at the 33rd ESMO Congress in Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm, Sweden (ots) - New data presented today at the 33rd ESMO (European Society of Medical Oncology) Congress in Stockholm may contribute to explain the reason why palonosetron, a second generation 5-HT3 ...
European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)
Lugano (ots) - The 33rd ESMO Congress in Stockholm, the premier European congress in Oncology, serves as a meeting place for medical oncologists, as well as a focal point to exchange ideas with colleagues from other disciplines. The Congress Centre will be the venue for interdisciplinary interaction, a teaching ground, and a place to discuss critical issues for European oncology such as cancer research in Europe, the ...
Zurich (ots) - Solianis' new patents cover the basic technology to monitor changes in the hydration of skin at different depths and to evaluate the impact of cosmetic products: "Device and method for determining at least one characterizing parameter of multilayer body tissue" and "Method and device for ...
Dublin, Ireland (ots) - Helsinn is pleased to announce that Helsinn Birex Pharmaceuticals, its drug facility in Dublin Ireland, has undergone a successful inspection by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) without any Form 483 observations. The FDA visit, which lasted 5 days, was a pre-approval inspection ...
Zug (ots) - The Swiss company AmVac AG, a biopharmaceutical company based in Zug, has announced the expansion of its Advisory Board. With the acquisition of Hartmut Retzlaff, CEO of STADA Arzneimittel AG, AmVac now has one of the most successful company managers in the German pharmaceutical industry on the Board. Hartmut Retzlaff has been head of STADA AG since 1994 ...
Lugano (ots) - Helsinn's Top Management and its U.S. partner Eisai Inc. today announced the availability in the USA of ALOXI® (palonosetron hydrochloride) injection 0.075 mg for the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) for up to 24 hours following surgery. The introduction of ALOXI® for PONV ...
Zug, Catania (ots) - AmVac AG, a Swiss biopharmaceutical company based in Zug, is starting its first research cooperation program with Bayer Innovation GmbH on the development of a new influenza vaccine. Joint research and development work is beginning with the Bayer subsidiary Icon Genetics GmbH on a novel production approach. Antigens are to be produced for the first time in tobacco plants which along with AmVac AG's ...
München, Deutschland und Chicago, USA (ots) - Treatment with the trifunctional antibody catumaxomab significantly prolongs puncture-free survival in patients with malignant ascites, according to the results from a Phase II/III trial presented at the 44th American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) congress. ...
Appenzell (ots) - Ergonex Pharma today announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to Terguride for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Terguride is currently being evaluated for PAH in a pivotal Phase II trial in Europe. "The ...
Roche Professional Diagnostics
Rotkreuz, Switzerland (ots) - Roche Diagnostics announced today that the Elecsys Anti-HCV (Hepatitis C Virus) assay has received regulatory approval in Europe for the E 170 analyzer for MODULAR ANALYTICS and the e 601 module for the cobas 6000 platform. The Elecsys Anti-HCV assay is already available on the Elecsys 2010 and the cobas e 411 instruments. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection represents a major cause ...
Zürich (ots) - Solianis sees its Multi-Sensor Technology as a promising approach to continuous non-invasive glucose monitoring. Professor Marc Donath, member of the Solianis Scientific Advisory Board and Professor for endocrinology and diabetology at the University Hospital in Zürich, Switzerland, has ...
Lugano (ots) - Helsinn Healthcare SA, a Swiss pharmaceutical group, today announced that it has signed a Distribution and License Agreement for Aloxi® (Palonosetron hydrochloride) and Gelclair® in Germany with Riemser Arzneimittel AG, a medium-sized pharmaceutical group engaging in research, headquartered in ...
Lugano, Switzerland (ots) - Helsinn Healthcare SA, a Swiss pharmaceutical group, is pleased to announce, ahead of schedule, today's launch in the UK of Aloxi® (Palonosetron hydrochloride), a new generation treatment for chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting, by its local partner Maelor plc, the specialist hospital medicines group. Aloxi® is a patented ...
Lausanne (ots) - The World Economic Forum has announced today the 39 visionary companies selected as Technology Pioneers 2008. Based in Lausanne, the Swiss company Anecova is one of them. The Technology Pioneers 2008 were nominated by the world's leading technology experts, including venture capitalists, technology companies, academics and media. The final selection ...
Lugano (ots) - Oral Formulations of 5-HT3 receptor Antagonists Represent Approximately 10% of the Day-of-Chemotherapy Market - Helsinn Healthcare SA, a privately owned Swiss pharmaceutical group, and its partner MGI PHARMA, INC., (Nasdaq: MOGN), a biopharmaceutical company focused in oncology and acute care, ...
Freising (ots) - Pieris AG (Munich, Germany) and Pepscan Therapeutics (Lelystad, Netherlands) today announced the commencement of a research collaboration aimed at identifying Anticalins® specific for G-Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCRs) and their development as therapeutic candidates. Pieris has pioneered ...
TRB Chemedica International S.A.
Geneva (ots) - TRB Chemedica International S.A. has issued legal proceedings against Gilead Science Limited in a dispute over the distribution rights of their products Viread, Hepsera, Truvada and Emtriva for Switzerland. TRB Chemedica International S.A., a small, family-owned Swiss pharmaceutical company based in Geneva, was granted exclusive rights by ...