Program in Medical Technology

Isis Reports Strong Financial Results and Highlights for Second Quarter of 2009

... associated with the broad Phase 3 clinical program for mipomersen, the lead drug in Isis' ... fronts, advancing the clinical development program and refining our regulatory strategy. We ... pipeline, is being evaluated in a broad Phase 3 program in patients who cannot adequately control their ...

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, The Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation Announce Innovative Diabetes Drug Discovery and Development Partnership

... - program Focuses on Expanding Pipeline of Drugs For People ... and development platform. The four-year program is one of the largest and most comprehensive ... to restore beta cell function in diabetes. The program builds on current JDRF funding at GNF that has ...

Octapharma Accepting Applications for Research Grants on Immunotherapy, Coagulation Disorders and Critical Care

... for the Octapharma 25th Anniversary Grants program , which supports clinical or pre-clinical ... manufacturer in the world, launched the grants program in celebration of its 25(th) anniversary. The company's first ever grants program is only available to researchers based in the ...

Awardees for the 2009 Young Investigator Grant for Probiotics Research Announced

... Grant for Probiotics Research (YIGPRO) today. The program was created to identify young rising stars who ... Young Investigator Grant for Probiotics Research program can be found at www.probioticsresearch.com. ... Young Investigator Grant for Probiotics Research program was established to meet these goals by ...

Human Genome Sciences and GlaxoSmithKline Announce Positive Phase 3 Study Results for BENLYSTA(TM) in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

... the BENLYSTA (belimumab) Phase 3 Development program The Phase 3 development program for belimumab includes two double-blind, ... with SLE. This is the largest clinical trial program ever conducted in lupus patients. BLISS-52 ...

Velos, Inc. Releases Software to Support Cancer Centers With New Workflow and Content for NCI Clinical Trials Reporting Program

... participated in the development process of the program itself. By July, a group of "Early Adopter" sites ... About the Clinical Trials Reporting program at the NCI NCI's new Clinical Trials Reporting program fulfills a recommendation made by the NCI ...

USC Keck School of Medicine's Dr. Alan Epstein Receives Prestigious National Cancer Institute RAID Award for Breakthrough IL-2 Molecule Therapeutic

... Rapid Access to Intervention Development (RAID) program of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for his ... the National Cancer Institute. The NCI RAID program is a peer-reviewed competitive award program designed to assist translation of novel ...

More Gene Mutations Linked to Autism Risk

... under autism spectrum disorders. AGRE, a program of Autism Speaks, provided genetic biomaterials ... children worldwide. Its pediatric research program is among the largest in the country, ranking ... Autism Clinical Trials Network, Autism Tissue program and a range of other scientific and medical ...

SUNY Youth Sports Institute Convenes Top Experts in NYC Next Week to Present Research & Analysis on Energy Drink Health Impacts

... into one easy-to-understand, comprehensive program and make it available to medical practitioners, ... level coaches as trainers. Since March 2008 the program has trained over 2,000 non-school volunteer youth ... New York, NY Mitchell Schare, PhD program Director, Department of Clinical Psychology, ...

MJFF's Rapid Response Innovation Awards Hit Mid-2009 With Over $1 Million Funded in High-Risk/High-Reward Approaches to Parkinson's Disease

... or treating Parkinson's disease. The program has no deadline, instead accepting researchers' ... that when great research ideas have to wait for a program deadline, so do PD patients -- a status quo we ... to improve on." Highlights of the 2009 program include: Curt R. Freed, MD, of ...

ThromboGenics' Microplasmin Phase III Program Progressing According to Schedule

... Microplasmin's Phase III program is referred to as the MIVI-TRUST (Microplasmin ... Release without Surgical Treatment) program. This program involves two clinical trials, taking place in the ... said, "We are very pleased that the Phase III program for microplasmin is progressing well and that ...

GeoVax Labs, Inc. Announces Results of 2009 Annual Shareholders Meeting

... result in the acceleration of the clinical trials program with particular emphasis being placed on the ... (NIH), is the largest worldwide clinical trials program dedicated to the development and testing of AIDS ... support to GeoVax AIDS vaccine development program with a $17 million IPCAVD grant awarded in late ...

Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Announces Latest Developments on Three SMA Drug Discovery Programs

... gene splicing; and 3) Motor neuron replacement program at California Stem Cell and UCI. These three ... FSMA-directed Quinazoline program. This is the program previously worked on by Vertex Pharmaceuticals ... by Families of SMA. The next step for this program is to request a pre-IND meeting with the FDA and ...

Roskamp Institute Announces Enrollment of First Students to Participate in its Innovative Research Doctorate Program

... First Three-Year Neuroscience Research Doctorate program SARASOTA, Fla., June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- ... of students in its pioneering three-year Ph.D. program through which students will conduct full-time ... biotechnology community." "Our Ph.D. program brings the opportunity for postgraduate research ...

Cepheid Receives Grant to Develop Ten-Color Real-Time PCR Detection Technology for Use in the GeneXpert(R) System

... up to 60 different targets per sample. "This program will be primarily driven by our special chemistry ... is expected to allow for completion of the program with no hardware modifications," said John ... to benefit from the expanded test menu that this program should enable." The new ten-color technology ...

Arena Pharmaceuticals Announces Lorcaserin Data Demonstrating Highly Significant Categorical and Absolute Weight Loss and Improvements in Secondary Endpoints Associated with Cardiovascular Risk

... from enrolling in the trial. Phase 3 program Overview The Phase 3 program consists of three trials, BLOOM, BLOSSOM and ... to the lorcaserin NDA. A standardized program of moderate diet and exercise guidance is ...

Lupus Foundation of America Fosters the Next Generation of Lupus Researchers by Awarding Gina M. Finzi Memorial Student Summer Fellowships to Five Students

... Gina M. Finzi Memorial Student Summer Fellowship program has supported the work of approximately 200 young ... was founded in 1984. The Finzi Fellowship program seeks to cultivate an interest in a career in ... clinical, and psychosocial research studies. The program is part of the LFA's ongoing efforts to advance ...

IBM and EU Partners Create a Better Way to Fight AIDS Virus

... Tool Wins Top Honors in Computerworld Honors program WASHINGTON, June 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ ... for AIDS treatment as a Computerworld Honors program Laureate for 2009. (Logo: ... of Cologne. About the Computerworld Honors program Founded by International Data Group (IDG) in ...

Arena Pharmaceuticals Announces the Presentation of Lorcaserin Phase 3 BLOOM Data at the American Diabetes Association's 69th Scientific Sessions

... is currently being evaluated in a Phase 3 program expected to enroll approximately 7,800 patients ... is being investigated in a Phase 3 clinical trial program for weight management. Arena's broad pipeline of ... timing, success and cost of Arena's lorcaserin program and other of its research and development ...

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Announces Positive Data from a Randomized, Multi-Center, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 2 Combination Study of KRX-0401 (Perifosine) in the Treatment of Advanced Metastatic Colon Cancer

... in the Keryx-sponsored perifosine clinical program since 2004, remarked, "The results demonstrate ... We will now explore plans to move this program forward in patients with advanced colorectal ... Zerenex has recently completed a Phase 2 clinical program as a treatment for hyperphosphatemia (elevated ...

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Reports Positive Data from a Randomized, Multi-Center, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 2 Combination Study of KRX-0401 (Perifosine) in the Treatment of Advanced Metastatic Colon Cancer

... in the Keryx-sponsored perifosine clinical program since 2004, remarked, "The results demonstrate ... We will now explore plans to move this program forward in patients with advanced colorectal ... Zerenex has recently completed a Phase 2 clinical program as a treatment for hyperphosphatemia (elevated ...

Stand Up To Cancer Awards $73.6 Million for Novel, Groundbreaking Cancer Research

... Director of the Human Oncology and Pathogenesis program at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and ... and providing scientific oversight through program management and evaluation of progress during the ... Board of Directors. Stand Up To Cancer is a program of EIF, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization ...

Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Announces Lurasidone Phase III Data in Patients With Schizophrenia

... and director of the schizophrenia research program at the University of Cincinnati College of ... to the completion of our phase 3 clinical trial program and submission of a new drug application to the ... of schizophrenia." "The development program for lurasidone is intended to establish efficacy ...

Results of Two Phase 3 CAPACITY Studies of Pirfenidone in IPF Presented at American Thoracic Society (ATS)

... Diego. Dr. Paul Noble, co-chair of the CAPACITY program and Professor of Medicine and Chief of Pulmonary, ... About CAPACITY and RECAP The CAPACITY program consisted of two multinational, randomized, ... randomization of the first patient into the program in late April 2006. Ninety-seven percent (97%) ...

Mutant Genes in High-Risk Childhood Leukemias Identified

... Partnering to Evaluate Cancer Signatures program award; the National Institutes of Health/National ... which includes every recognized pediatric cancer program in North America, comprises a network of more ... Cancer Institute NCI leads the National Cancer program and the NIH effort to dramatically reduce the ...

Feldenkrais(R) Movement Institute Announces Simple Non-Surgical Solutions for Jaw and Facial Pain (TMJ)

... the release of The Intelligent Body(R) TMJ program as part of its The Intelligent Body(R) ... reeducation lessons available on CD. The program offers sufferers of jaw pain an inexpensive and ... Institute, designed the Intelligent Body(R) TMJ program to help reverse many people's longstanding habits ...

Boehringer Ingelheim to Present New Phase II Clinical Data on Two Lead Oncology Compounds at ASCO 2009

... Two studies in the LUX-Lung clinical development program for BIBW 2992 and a Phase II study of BIBF 1120 ... NSCLC. The LUME-Lung Phase III clinical trial program is investigating BIBF 1120 in combination with ... Ingelheim has embarked on a major research program to develop innovative cancer drugs. Working in ...

Boston Scientific Data Show Real-World Survival Rates for Implantable Cardiac Device Patients Exceed Rates From Clinical Trials

... announced data from its ALTITUDE Clinical Science program that show real-word survival rates for ... "In contrast to clinical trials, the ALTITUDE program analyzes device therapy in real-world practice ... analysis. The ALTITUDE Clinical Science program serves physicians by enhancing their ...

BioCryst Provides Peramivir Update and Reports First Quarter 2009 Financial Results

... Recent Clinical Highlights Peramivir program BioCryst's partner, Shionogi & Company, Ltd. (Shionogi), initiated a Phase 3 program with i.v. peramivir in the outpatient setting. ... dose (p=0.0046). Forodesine program BioCryst has enrolled more than ...

Brain Training Improves Memory and Attention and the Effects Last

... a group that trained on a brain fitness software program for 40 hours over 8 weeks. The other half spent ... clinically significant. The Brain Fitness program was developed by a global team of neuroscientists ... is the largest study ever of a brain fitness program that is available to the public and the first ...

Sirion Therapeutics Announces Clinical Data Presentations at the 2009 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting

... 4, 8:30-10:15 am Posterboard Number: A351 - program Number: 1461 Durezol Compared to Pred ... am Posterboard Number : D1106 - program Number: 2697 Sirion Therapeutics Poster ... pm Posterboard Number : A451 - program Number: 4918 A Phase II, Double-Masked, ...

Bayer and Regeneron Extend Development Program for VEGF Trap-Eye to Include Central Retinal Vein Occlusion

... companies are extending their global development program for VEGF Trap-Eye, an investigational agent for ... (CRVO). The companies plan to initiate a Phase 3 program evaluating the efficacy and safety of VEGF ... and more serious complications. The Phase 3 program in CRVO will consist of two, multinational, ...

Stallergenes S.A.: Positive Results From a Phase IIb/III Clinical Trial on the House Dust Mite Desensitization Tablet

... of life. About the Stalair(R) Development program According to World Health Organization ... registered allergen tablets. This program consists in the development of tablets for five ... ragweed pollen, Japanese cedar pollen. The entire program is in the clinical development stage and is ...

Autism Genes Discovered; Help Shape Connections Among Brain Cells

... rise to cancers. Our extensive pediatric genomics program has pinpointed particular genes and biological ... children worldwide. Its pediatric research program is among the largest in the country, ranking ... Autism Clinical Trials Network, Autism Tissue program and a range of other scientific and medical ...

Ground-Breaking Combination of All-Oral Agents Demonstrates Potential as Hepatitis C Treatment Regimen

... compounds. Next Steps in the Development program The companies are now exploring twice-daily ... PEGASYS with the most extensive clinical research program ever undertaken in HCV, with major studies ... the treatment of patients with IPF and a research program focused on pirfenidone analog ITMN-520. The ...

InterMune Reports Presentation of Triple Combination Study of ITMN-191 at European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL)

... be explored in Phase 2b study - -- Phase 2b program anticipated to begin in summer 2009 -- ... of the ITMN-191 Phase 2 program. The Phase 2b program will study both q12h regimens (600mg and 900mg ... completion of study treatment. INFORM-1 program In November 2008, Roche, InterMune and ...

ANA598 Demonstrates Potent Antiviral Activity at all Dose Levels in Completed Phase Ib Study in Hepatitis C Patients

... EASL Management to Discuss Study Results and program Status During Q1 Financial Results Call at 5 P.M. ... and ongoing manufacturing activities, the ANA598 program continues on track to be ready for Phase II in ... with current standard of care." ANA598 program Update Anadys continues to make progress on ...

New Weight Loss Hope for People with Diabetes

... (Nasdaq: NTRI ), a leading weight loss program that delivers to your door, today announced the launch of new NutriSystem D, a weight loss program designed specifically for the approximately 24 ... diabetes more severe. The new NutriSystem D program is based on more than three decades of scientific ...

Pfizer and Medivation Initiate Phase 3 Trial of Dimebon Added to Donepezil in Patients with Alzheimer's Disease

... --New 12-month study broadens Phase 3 clinical program to further evaluate the benefits of Dimebon in ... is part of a broad, Phase 3 clinical development program for Dimebon. The study builds on data from a ... evaluating the efficacy of Dimebon. The Phase 3 program also includes the confirmatory 6-month CONNECTION ...

American Lung Association Study to be Published in the 'New England Journal of Medicine' Finds Prescription Heartburn Medication Does Not Control Asthma Symptoms as Previously Thought

... Breathe Well, Live Well: An Asthma Management program for Adults . This partnership has helped expand the program into diverse communities across the nation. ... an American Lung Association sponsored research program that conducts large scale clinical trials with ...