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New Cervical Cancer Vaccine to Be Launched By Glaxo Smithkline

...is being registered for approval// by the European regulatory authority. If approved, the vaccine would be marketed for commercial use, by the end of next year. Gardasil, a similar vaccine produced by the US pharmaceuticals giant Merck has already been registered for use in the US. It has been proposed to re...

Physicians Get To Choose Their Patients

... Clarke, senior communications co-ordinator of the regulatory body the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario does not restrict a doctor's right to reject a new patient based on age. Clarke said that physicians are free to choose patients who represent their special interests and skills, and can also r...

FDA Nominee Says That He Is Not Influenced By Politics

...g Plan B cannot be accomplished without sorting of regulatory issues by the FDA. Furthermore, he regarded that over the counter sales of Plan B to those above 17 or older was safe. Critics, who are against this plan, argue that it will lead to unfavorable sexual behavior and increase the transmission of sexua...

Catholic Church and Abortion.

...that it’s only following the code laid down by the regulatory body of GMC.A spokesman from the office off the Archbishop of Westminster said the hospitals own code of ethics needed to be set out in a clearer way so that even doctors who were not Catholic knew what their obligations were at the institution. Acc...

New Multi-functional Sensing Tool To Investigate Cystic Fibrosis

...ut little is known about how oxygen stress affects regulatory networks and alters chemoreceptors. To gain insights, the Georgia Tech researchers will study ATP, which is among the signaling molecules released by the carotid body. Researchers incorporate the same technology used for the multi-functional scanni...

Trial Of DMD Gene Therapy Initiated At Ohio

... sit had to overcome the scientific, technical and regulatory hurdles. The gene for dystrophin was identified in 1986 by MDA-supported researchers. The transformation was very exciting from the academic institutions, where basic science concepts are developed into the industry, where concepts became products...

Drug Xeloda as effective as Traditional Chemotherapy

...yst, Guisep Demont. .Roche has plans of filing a regulatory approval to treat advanced gastric cancer worldwide. Xeloda has already been licensed in over 90 countries, with approval to treat colorectal cancer that has spread, and even as a treatment for post-surgery colon cancer in some countries. With vari...

Dark Chocolate Could Be Used To Treat Heart Disease: Scientists

...l go ahead with the medical trial once he gets the regulatory approval. To start with forty patients with cardiovascular disease will be tested with the dark chocolates, reports foodconsumer.org....

More Funding Needed For Stem Cell Research in India

...re public-private partnerships, more funding and a regulatory framework for ethical practice,' Ganguly told the gathering late Thursday evening. Stem cell research dated back to the 1930s and there has been tremendous progress in the field in Britain, Japan, Australia and the US, he noted. 'While in some ca...

The Lancet Calls For Review Of Regulatory Process Of Drug Trials

...gents," the journal said. The report stresses that regulatory agencies must take into account predicting toxicity of activating antibodies compared with conventional small molecule drugs. ...

Doctors to Reveal Gap Fees Charges to Patients

...ime frame, the Government would participate in the regulatory process. The new package will increase the number of medical procedures performed outside the hospitals, the cost of which can be claimed. Medical tests done for detection of heart disease and diabetes can be claimed for, provided, these tests are...

Canada has the confirmed case of mad cow disease

...re. "Accordingly, the CFIA has published proposed regulatory amendments, and following extensive consultations, is now in the process of finalizing their content. Information gathered through this investigation will help us to determine what, if any, impact this should have on our beef and live cattle trade wi...

Biocon To Shift Focus On Innovation To Accelerate Growth

... the gestational nature of its R&D investments and regulatory time lines. According to Biocon chief operating officer (COO) Arun Chandavarkar, the company's innovation strategy was built on in-house capabilities, proprietary technologies and a broad array of licensing and alliance partners the world over. "...

The Combo Treatment Is Effective to Treat Type 1 Diabetes in Mice

...trials for the combination treatment still require regulatory approval. He and his colleagues are pursuing funding for the trials from the Diabetes Vaccine Development Centre in Australia and the National Institutes of Health in Washington, D.C. The trials would be directed at people recently diagnosed with Typ...

Tequila-The Real Stuff or Not

... are bottled in other countries outside the strict regulatory watch of the Mexican government, Lachenmeier says. Using ion and gas chromatography, scientists analyzed 31 tequila samples of the 100 percent Agave category and compared the results to 25 mixed-tequila samples. The pure Agave tended to have signif...

India: IT steps up security

... is said that Nasscom would set up the independent regulatory body. Sunil Mehta, vice-president of Nasscom, India's software employers' association, said that this would attract overseas clients. It would be launched as soon as they have commissioned a chief executive. The foreign companies would come to India...

Alzheimer's-linked apolipoprotein E produced by neurons, Gladstone study

...investigating the normal functions of apoE and the regulatory mechanisms that govern its expression.’ Still to be determined is the exact mechanism by which apoE4 wreaks havoc on the brain, playing roles not only in Alzheimer's disease but also in a number of other neurological diseases. Studies in Huang's la...

Discovery Of New Molecule Could Solve Cancer Spread Mystery

...t they must be concurrently inhibited because of a regulatory feedback loop that renders a monospecific inhibitor ineffective. Importantly, dual inhibition of p110á and mTOR with a low dose of PI-103 elicited no drug-related toxicity and was highly effective against human gliomas transplanted into mice. These...

Use of Nanoparticles in Sunscreen under Scrutiny

...r for one of the environmental groups said that if regulatory actions are taken late then it would result in large scale health and environmental damage. The FDA said that it has invited people to discuss the new kinds of nanotechnology materials being developed for use in the products it regulates, including d...

Increase In The Number Of Doctors Reporting About Their Colleagues Abilities

...ers of the public found they had more faith in the regulatory system than doctors. Almost three quarters of members of the public said they had confidence in the way doctors were regulated, compared to 50% of GPs and 52% of hospital doctors. Less than 10% of members of the public felt that they were not at all ...

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