GROWing in Medical Technology

Awardees for the 2009 Young Investigator Grant for Probiotics Research Announced

... and Dr. Chen's work should contribute to the growing understanding of the mechanisms on how probiotics ... funding sources. The global advancement in this growing research field is a key to understanding how ... investigators will advance our knowledge in the growing field of probiotics and provide insight to better ...

University of Michigan Study Shows SEQUENOM's MassARRAY Technology Identifies HPV Infections Missed by Standard Hybridization Test

... HPV test could be an important addition to our growing women's health portfolio and is another example ... and the total number of HPV DNA tests is growing at a rate exceeding 35% per year. Many have ... and its role in HPV genotyping, the Company's growing women's health portfolio and the addition of the ...

Midwest Research Institute Launches Clinical Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory

... 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- To address the growing need for molecular diagnostics, officials at the ... molecular diagnostics is one of the fastest growing segments of the in vitro diagnostics industry. ... positioned our laboratory to support this rapidly growing niche." In particular, MRI's Clinical ...

Scientists Discover Why Teeth Form in a Single Row

... Uncovers How Each Tooth Signals the Next to Start growing ROCHESTER, N.Y., Feb. 26 ... procedure comes with disadvantages. The idea of growing teeth to replace missing ones has captured the ... development of the next tooth. Since the jaw is growing at the same time teeth are forming, it follows ...

Paratek Reports Positive Phase 2 Clinical Data on its New Antibiotic PTK 0796 in Late Breaker Presentation at the 48th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

... annual sales of more than $1 billion each. The growing medical problem of drug-resistant bacteria ... diseases, with a particular focus on the growing worldwide problem of antibiotic resistance. ... and resistance development. Based upon a growing body of clinical research and as part of ...

Anpath Group, Inc. Announces Addition of MRSA and VRE Claims for Its EnviroTru(R) Disinfectant

... these additional claims will add to the growing market demand for EnviroTru(R). The timeliness of ... has increased significantly. At the same time, a growing number of cases were noted in schools around the ... of the industry at a time when there is rapidly growing awareness of the critical need to prevent ...

Rapid Growth of Asia-Pacific Clinical Trials Market Focus of New CenterWatch Report

... changes across the region, has already been growing at more than 50% in recent years. According to ... report from CenterWatch entitled, Asia- Pacific's growing Role in Global Clinical Trials, Asia ... To purchase your copy of Asia-Pacific's growing Role in Global Clinical Trials at the ...

MacroChem Acquires Rights to Pexiganan, a Novel Topical Anti-Infective for Treatment of Diabetic Foot Infections, From Genaera

... He added, "There continues to be a very large and growing incidence of diabetes and, as a result, a growing number of diabetic foot infections in the U.S. ... is limited to a superficial wound? With the growing problem of resistance of microorganisms to ...

Amgen Announces Positive Top-Line Results for Denosumab in Trial for Delay of Skeletal Related Events in Bone Metastases Patients Compared to Zometa(R)

... for many advanced cancer patients. When cancer spreads to the bone, the growing cancer cells weaken and destroy the bone around the tumor. This damage can ... as 75 percent in solid tumor patients. With bone metastases the growing cancer cells weaken and destroy the bone around the tumor. The damage the ...

Mayo Clinic Proceedings: A Comprehensive Review of Addiction to Prescription Painkillers Among Patients and Physicians

... can produce, leads to abuse. According to Dr. Lanier, the recent growing interest in opioids stems from five sources: advances in the design of ... as the "fifth vital sign" and pain relief as a fundamental human right; growing recognition of the serious consequences of opioid misuse, misadventure and ...

Denosumab Demonstrates Superiority Over Zometa(R) in Pivotal Phase 3 Head-to-Head Trial in Breast Cancer Patients With Bone Metastases

... rates as high as 75 percent. When cancer spreads to the bone, the growing cancer cells weaken and destroy the bone around the tumor. This damage ... in breast and prostate cancer patients. With bone metastases the growing cancer cells weaken and destroy the bone around the tumor. The damage the ...

Trius Announces Positive Results From Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Torezolid in Patients With Complicated Skin and Skin Structure Infections

... at the late follow-up visit 21-28 days post treatment. Highlighting the growing problem of drug resistance in the community, MRSA was the primary pathogen ... available to physicians and patients as soon as possible to address the growing unmet medical need for an effective and well tolerated new IV and oral ...

Research: Popular Diabetes Medications Associated with Increase in Bone Fractures

... and negatively impact estrogen production. The risk of fracture adds to a growing body of evidence on potential risks for the drug class, which has also ... ingredient in Plavix(R)) and proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) together. A growing body of evidence highlights the risk of taking the two drugs together; ...

Lilly Announces Positive Phase II Data on Investigational Medicine for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

... Researchers say new diabetes treatments are needed because the disease is growing globally at epidemic proportions. Currently, about 24 million Americans ... Lilly Lilly, a leading innovation-driven corporation, is developing a growing portfolio of first-in-class and best-in-class pharmaceutical products by ...

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Highlights Promising Early Data From Its Three Phase II Bavituximab Cancer Trials

... said Steven W. King, president and CEO of Peregrine. "We believe this growing interest reflects our recent progress in successfully advancing all three ... blood vessels, inhibiting tumor growth and proliferation. In addition, a growing body of evidence supports the active role of PS in immune signaling, with ...

New Data Shows AZOR(R) (amlodipine and olmesartan medoxomil) Significantly Improves 24-Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure

... medoxomil), Daiichi Sankyo's flagship ARB product, is the fastest growing medication in the fastest growing class of blood pressure-lowering drugs.(13) The U.S. Food and Drug ...

New Study Shows Probiotic Strain Effective in Improving Irritable Bowel Syndrome Symptoms

... limited as to the solutions they can recommend. The new study adds to the growing body of evidence that certain probiotics can help with IBS and provides ... us with their strong loyalty to our products." The study adds to the growing amount of evidence suggesting that some probiotics are effective in ...

Worldwide Cost Estimate for Alzheimer's and Dementia Is US$315.4 Billion

... costs for dementia are enormous," Wimo says. "In light of the rapidly growing future prevalence estimates, in particular in less developed regions, the ... Alzheimer's Disease Association (ADA) was formed in 1990 as a result of growing concern for the needs of people with dementia and their families. ADA is a ...

Freezing Prostate Cancer Does a Man's Body Good

... slowly and initially remains confined to the prostate gland, said Onik. growing evidence of overdetection and overtreatment in many men with low-risk ... minimally invasive modern medicine. Today, interventional oncology is a growing specialty area of interventional radiology. Interventional radiologists ...

Archimedes Pharma Announces Successful Proof-of-Concept Results on Two Intranasal Development Projects

... to provide an ongoing stream of novel products to our rapidly growing pan-European commercial organisation in therapeutic areas in which we ... has an established commercial presence in major European markets and is growing through in-licensing and acquisition of late stage and approved products. ...

Society of Gynecologic Oncologists 40th Annual Meeting on Women's Cancer to Include Sessions on Robotics Surgery

... -- Robotic-assisted surgery has become one of the fastest growing technological advances in the field of Gynecologic Oncology in the past ... addressing robotics surgery's scientific data to date and its growing popularity over the traditional practice of open surgery. In addition, ...

American Dairy Provides Business Update

... In a recent survey by AC Nielsen, the Company was ranked No. 1 fast growing infant formula company after the dairy crisis occurred in September 2008. The Company also provides training and support to its growing sales and marketing team nationwide. Most recently, American Dairy hosted ...

'We're Ready to Prove It!'

... the Clonaid project, said Eve and other babies cloned by her company are growing up healthy and normal - and with no one invading their families' privacy. ... Boisselier said. "Our reward has been to see a number of cloned babies growing up normally, like any infant born through natural reproduction or through ...

Major deCODE-led Study Underscores Role of the Brain in Obesity

... the consumption of more calories than the body uses, and it represents a growing public health problem worldwide, particularly in industrialized countries. ... to cancer. Based upon these discoveries deCODE has brought to market a growing range of DNA-based tests for gauging risk and empowering prevention of ...

Raptor Pharmaceuticals Provides Update on Targeting Platforms

... derived from the naturally occurring RAP sequence and will complement our growing in-house set of targeting peptides." Raptor also announced that the ... drug-targeting platforms that is designed to address a wide and growing range of unmet medical needs." About Raptor Pharmaceuticals Corp. ...

Paratek to Present Clinical Data in Late Breaker Presentation at the 48th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

... serious and life-threatening diseases, with a particular focus on the growing worldwide problem of antibiotic resistance. Paratek is advancing novel ... control bacterial virulence and resistance development. Based upon a growing body of clinical research and as part of its effort to exploit its novel ...

Ironwood Raises $50 Million to Advance Linaclotide Through Phase 3

... with constipation (IBS-C) and chronic constipation (CC), to invest in a growing pipeline of internally discovered drug candidates, and to expand ... inhibitors for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia. Ironwood also has a growing pipeline of additional drug candidates in earlier stages of development. ...

National Jewish Health and Roche Diagnostics Corporation Reach Agreement to Pursue Environmental Molecular Diagnostics Opportunities

... have reached a strategic agreement to pursue opportunities in the growing field of molecular diagnostics. This partnership will combine National ... Jewish and Roche both recognize molecular diagnostics as an important and growing field. We have decided to pool our complementary expertise to bring new ...

AstraZeneca Announces Innovative New Partnership With Singapore Institutions to Develop Anti-Cancer Compounds

... and public-sector research labs. "Singapore is one of Asia's fastest growing bio-clusters and offers excellent IP protection, a population base ... of Health to develop two new national specialist centres to meet the growing need for heart and cancer treatments. NUH, together with the National ...

FDA Clears the Pathwork(R) Tissue of Origin Test for Hard-To-Identify Tumors

... initial diagnostic workup.(1,2,3,4) The FDA's clearance underscores the growing role that patients' genomic information can play in helping physicians ... site with greater certainty enables more appropriate cancer treatment. The growing trend in cancer care is the use of therapies that target specific tissues ...

Focal Cryoablation Highlighted in Urology Times Best of AUA Orlando 2008

... said Endocare Chairman, CEO and President Craig T. Davenport. "There is a growing body of evidence that focal cryoablation may be an effective option for ... guidelines, which included focal cryoablation, are further evidence of the growing acceptance of cryoablation within the urology physician community, ...

New Research Provides Evidence that Tea May Improve Attention and Focus, Keep Brain Cells Healthy, & Influence Genetics in Cancer

... we age. Recent publications from earlier this year also contribute to the growing body of research on the potential neuroprotective benefits of tea ... recommend drinking it." Dr. Hakim recommends at least four cups per day. growing Body of Evidence The Proceedings of the Fourth International Scientific ...

Marketing of Diagnostics and deCODEme(TM), Recent Progress in Drug Development to be Highlighted at deCODE R&D Event

... business, including the commercial potential and marketing rollout for its growing range of DNA-based diagnostic tests; the company's pioneering personal ... of disease. Through its CLIA-registered laboratory, deCODE is offering a growing range of DNA-based tests for gauging risk and empowering prevention of ...

eRT Announces the Availability of the Suicidality Monitoring System(TM) For Clinical Trials

... Monitoring System(TM) (SMS). Suicidality screening is required in a growing number of drug development programs as a part of effective drug profiling ... David Katzelnick and Jeff Jefferson. It is the most recent addition to a growing line of telephone-based assessments within the EXPeRT(R) ePRO services ...

BioElectronics Announces Major Clinical Trials

... Genecov's caliber will further cement our position in this important and growing area. We are also very excited to be starting the trial for post- ... up from less than approximately 20% just a decade ago. We believe this growing market represents a substantial market opportunity for our company." Dr. ...

CAPHOSOL(R) Relieves Oral Mucositis (OM) and Improves Quality-of-Life in Cancer Patients Receiving Chemoradiation

... call (800) 833-3533. About EUSA Pharma Inc. EUSA Pharma is a rapidly growing transatlantic specialty pharmaceutical company focused on in-licensing, ... geographic focus, in line with its ambitious target to create a rapidly growing $1 billion company by the beginning of the next decade. For more ...

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals and Forest Laboratories Announce Presentation of Linaclotide Phase 2b Chronic Constipation Study Results

... inhibitors for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia. Ironwood also has a growing pipeline of additional drug candidates in earlier stages of development. ... that make a positive difference in people's lives. Forest Laboratories' growing product line includes Lexapro(R) (escitalopram oxalate), an SSRI indicated ...

Landmark ATHENA Study Findings With Multaq(R) (dronedarone) Shows 24% Reduction In Cardiovascular Hospitalization or Death in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

... as well as 4.5 million people in the European Union and is emerging as a growing public health concern because of the aging of the population. Patients ... disease (CVD) and thrombosis has uniquely prepared us to take on the growing challenges in these domains. Today, together with academic institutions ...

SPIRIT III Results Reaffirm Strong Performance of Boston Scientific PROMUS(TM) and TAXUS(R) Express(R) Stents

... Express2(TM) Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System and reinforce the growing body of positive clinical evidence for the XIENCE(TM) V ... excellent safety and efficacy of the market-leading TAXUS Stent and the growing body of positive clinical evidence for the PROMUS Stent at two years," ...

Cardiovascular Researchers Use MEDIHONEY(TM) on Sternal Infections Following Open-Heart Procedures

... with V.A.C.(R) Therapy (KCI, San Antonio, Texas), the largest and fastest growing technology in advanced wound care. Based on the successful results of this ... of surgery and drug-eluting stent procedures, makes this an attractive and growing target market." Quilty went on to say, "Use of the V.A.C. in ...