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Sunshine pill for prostate cancer in 2009

...t death rates are going down, which means that the market for this drug is probably pretty static.' James also points out that it is far from certain that the Phase III trials will repeat the success of early trials. 'The phase II trial used a less than optimal taxotere regime so the survival rate may ...

New cigarette designs don't offer lower predicted cancer risks

...to tightened restrictions on how tobacco companies market their products. Legislation is now being considered in Congress on whether and how the U.S. Food and Drug Administration should be allowed to regulate cigarettes. "Marketing claims need to be tightly regulated. Tobacco companies should not be allo...

Re-analysis of cigarettes confirms tobacco companies increased addictive nicotine 11 percent

...t is potentially more addictive. examine all market categories -- finding that smoke nicotine yields w...r manufacturers and across all the major cigarette market categories (e.g. mentholated, non-mentholated, full-flavor, light, ultralight). Findings fr...

Mother knows best: Plant knowledge key to childhood health in remote Amazon

...n, independent of other factors such as education, market participation or acculturation. The researchers, from the universities of Brandeis, Northwestern, Georgia (Athens), and Autonomous University of Barcelona, studied the Tsimane', an indigenous horticulturalist and foraging society in the lowlands o...

A healthier start to a pig's life

...g a producer for Suilektin® and it could reach the market very soon. It will be both cheap and very effective," says Prof. Pierzynowski. "We will be explaining to farmers the advantages of its use in extremely small, carefully calculated amounts for this very short period, which will stimulate maturing of t...

Organic is healthier: Kiwis prove that green is good

...e UK increased by 30% to £1.6bn in 2006. The world market for certified organic foods was estimated to be worth US $23-25 billion in 2003 and is growing approximately 19% every year, making these products the fastest-growing sector of the global food industry. Also of interest in C&I issue 6 2007: Gr...

Fake pesticides threaten food safety

...e of practice,' he says. The EU crop protection market is worth ?.5bn. Counterfeits cost the EU between ?1m and ?0m in lost taxes. The ECPA recently launched a pan-European Anti-Counterfeit Programme, in an effort to get governments and regulators to use their powers to enforce regulatory policies. ...

Male contraception: One door opens, another closes

.... 25). The drug is already FDA-approved and on the market in both Europe and the United States for treatment...t this male "Pill" could potentially be brought to market very quickly. Because of the growing public interest in male contraceptives, researcher Dr. John ...

Increase in drug development for killer diseases is not enough

...llenges in more depth. Eiss believes that correct market incentives and, in particular, appropriate intelle...e strategic use of such tools as price tiering and market segmentation, and the engagement of R&D and manufacturing capacities in countries where the targ...

New drug blocks influenza, including bird flu virus

...e are a few effective antiviral medications on the market for influenza, but they are beginning to show sign...ng drugs are no longer effective. Drugs now on the market work by either preventing virus replication within the cell or preventing the release of viruses fro...

A new target for painkillers

...Intosh emphasized neither substance will be on the market soon. Vc1.1, also known as ACV1, is being developed by an Australian company, Metabolic, and is undergoing trials of its effectiveness in human patients. While Metabolic has said the drug targets nicotinic receptors, McIntosh says alpha9alpha10 nicot...

Funding to tackle hospital superbugs

...lem and the number of new antibiotics entering the market is falling rapidly whilst antibiotic resistance is increasing. The funding from the Wellcome Trust will help bring the pioneering new approaches developed in the School of Medicine to the market." Research into the development of novel proteins di...

Gene therapy research switches off joint inflammation; switches on genetic process of joint repair

...d its effectiveness. There are no therapies on the market today that work by activating the genes that control the process of joint repair. Reparagen’s approach is unique, in that it switches ‘off?the genes that control joint destruction and inflammation while turning ‘on?the process of inserting glucosami...

A giant among minnows: Giant danio can keep growing

...as Atlantic salmon and decrease the time to get to market size. “The more we understand about growth, the more likely we can come up with acceptable ways to enhance it,?she said. ...

A human taste for rarity spells disaster for endangered species

...one will pay any price for the rarest of the rare, market price will cover (and exceed) the cost of harvesting the last giant parrot, tegu lizard, or lady's slipper orchid on Earth. The authors describe multiple human activities that could precipitate the anthropogenic Allee effect. Hobby collections of ...

Report highlights change in Canada's forests

... forward-looking we are at identifying product and market opportunities," said Minister Lunn. "Canada's New Government is committed to helping the Canadian forest industry build a stronger future. We will work with industry to develop new markets and increase access in existing markets, combat mountain pine...

Amgen introduces comprehensive financial assistance programs for cancer patients

...ely 20 percent less than the other antibody on the market and created the Vectibix Cap, which is the first of its kind for colorectal cancer patients." The AOA program will be available for U.S. cancer patients and will launch in October. AOA will expand and consolidate the company's existing financial a...

New study finds similarities between monkey business and human business

...ned behaviors ?and thus easily ameliorated through market incentives ?or biologically based, arising in novel situations and in spite of experience. In a groundbreaking new study from the Journal of Political Economy, Yale researchers extend this question across species, exploring how a colony of capuchin m...

Plant diseases threaten chocolate production worldwide

...llion are produced each year. The global chocolate market is worth $75 billion annually. According to Ploetz, the three most important and damaging cacao diseases are black pod, frosty pod, and witches' broom. Black pod occurs worldwide and has the largest impact, while frosty pod and witches' broom are r...

Study identifies substances in grapefruit juice that interact dangerously with some drugs

... this work. "First, it should now be possible to market the furanocoumarin-free grapefruit juice to patients who would otherwise need to avoid grapefruit. In addition, it should be possible to screen new foods for the potential for drug interactions by determining whether they contain furanocoumarins. "...

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