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Ten years later, Dolly is still making headlines

...es by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This approval has opened a pandora's box of issues. Biopharmaceutical medications are some of the most expensive medicines on the market. Approving generic formulas, therefore, has the potential to put once inaccessible drugs within the reach of millions more peo...

New strategy rapidly identifies cancer targets

...eatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia. Since its approval in 2001, Gleevec has made CML a much more manageable disease. A new drug to inhibit JAK3 is already in development elsewhere, and, eventually, Druker sees a market filled with a dozen or more tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Matching the patient to the...

T cells activated to fight HIV basis for dendritic cell therapeutic vaccine

...uld be enrolling patients within the year, pending approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The researchers have already completed a similar trial in 18 patients that proved the approach is safe. In that trial, the vaccine was derived using a readily available HIV protein. Even with this somewhat ge...

Brazil creates buffer zone around coral reefs off Atlantic coast

...e prohibited in 75 percent of the buffer zone, and approval for such development in the other 25 percent would require detailed studies showing no adverse impact. ...

First human trial of antibacterial contact lens

...he Institute for Eye Research have received ethics approval for the first human clinical trial of an antibacterial extended-wear contact lens. The ASX-listed company commercialises a novel anti-bacterial technology identified by UNSW researchers at the Centre for Marine Biofouling and Bioinnovation. The ...

FDA approves first medical device using rutgers biomaterial

...progressed along a fast and efficient track to FDA approval ?a process that usually takes 10 years or more. T...of synthetic, degradable polymers that have an FDA approval history ?therefore, the approval of the TyRx device employing a new biomaterial represents a major b...

New licensing agreement to maximize AIDS drug development

...ble and experienced partner to work with us toward approval of these critically important products," said Anne-Marie Corner, Senior Vice President of Cellegy Pharmaceuticals.Currently, the highest rates of infection in women are in sub-Saharan Africa and rates are increasing in women in South and Southeast As...

Basic research leads to a novel cancer therapy

...unitinib has not yet been approved in Germany, but approval and market entry are expected in this year. Suniti...therapies. Ullrich is very pleased with the quick approval of SUTENT®. He says, "Already before approval, 1,700 patients could be treated with the new preparat...

Concern over fast tracking of new drugs

...by a senior doctor in this week's BMJ. It follows approval of natalizumab, a new drug for multiple sclerosis,...sults from two unpublished trials. The FDA granted approval before final trial and cumulative safety data were available. Natalizumab was predicted to be the le...

New Rotavirus vaccine joins routine infant immunization schedule

...unizations. Today's decision follows the vaccine's approval for licensing earlier this month by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Rotavirus affects nearly all children at some point, often with mild symptoms, but in other cases with severe and potentially life-threatening diarrhea and dehydration. It...

New male contraceptive clears hurdle

...ter a 10-15 minute procedure. Researchers received approval this week to begin enrolling additional study volunteers, after a delay of nearly four years. "RISUG would be exciting because it would mean that, finally, I could take control of my own future, instead of leaving it to someone else," says Dunlap. "...

Polio vaccination strategies assessed as eradication nears

...nse of developing, testing and securing regulatory approval for a new IPV makes it unlikely that such a vaccine could be available on a timely basis." They also discussed public health, ethical, and financial reasons for stopping vaccination once poliovirus is effectively non-existent, and the risks associat...

Center releases new public survey on stem cells

... of embryonic stem cell studies -- split evenly on approval for embryonic stem cell research. Respondents were given a choice of four ESC research policy options: banning all embryonic stem cell research, retaining the current Bush administration policy, relaxing restrictions along the lines of some Congres...

The Antarctic Ocean floor

...al characteristics will shortly be put forward for approval by the scientific community. Thus, this exciting task of analysing the biodiversity of the marine floor is, little by little, bearing fruit. We trust that it is not too late, given that the experts claim that many species are disappearing ?even be...

Biotechnology's newest chemical tool

...fied and the Local Ethical Committee has given the approval for the clinical validation of CYBERHAND system, which should begin in 2006. Some companies have expressed interest in commercialising the system. Nevertheless, it could be five to eight years before the device clears all the tests necessary to prov...

A New Era Of Hope For Neglected Diseases

...inical trial stage and two are awaiting regulatory approval (rectal artesunate for malaria, and paromomycin for visceral leishmaniasis). These PPP-driven projects should result in six or seven new drug registrations in the next five years. Research by Dr Moran and her colleagues has shown that PPPs have been...

FDA: 'Highly Unlikely' Green Tea Lowers Cancer Risk

...lux. The robotic system gained federal government approval for gynecological use in April. "We've found the robotic operation to be more precise than conventional surgery, and it allows a patient to return to normal activities much more quickly, with a shorter hospital stay. We also found a reduced use of p...

Screen all at risk for HIV, plus pregnant women

...lux. The robotic system gained federal government approval for gynecological use in April. "We've found the robotic operation to be more precise than conventional surgery, and it allows a patient to return to normal activities much more quickly, with a shorter hospital stay. We also found a reduced use of p...

Surgical Robot 'Scrubs In' At UNC, May Be More Precise Than Conventional Surgery

...lux. The robotic system gained federal government approval for gynecological use in April. "We've found the robotic operation to be more precise than conventional surgery, and it allows a patient to return to normal activities much more quickly, with a shorter hospital stay. We also found a reduced use of p...

Quantum dots provide a faster, more sensitive method for detecting respiratory viral infections

...one-marrow transplants. It is much easier to get approval for a new diagnostic test than a new drug. So the researchers estimate that it will take only two to three years to develop and validate the new test. "All the components are off-the-shelf," Wright adds, "so any one can put together one of these dete...

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