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Study Shows Cancer Vaccines Led to Long-Term Survival for Patients with Metastatic Melanoma and to Long Periods of Disease Control After Completion of Therapy

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian today announced promising data from a clinical study showing patient-specific cancer vaccines derived from patients' own cancer cells and immune cells were well tolerated and resulted in impressive lo...

Exenatide Once Weekly Provided Superior Glucose Control Compared to Lantus(R) in Head-to-Head DURATION-3 Study

SAN DIEGO, INDIANAPOLIS and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (Nasdaq: AMLN ), Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY ) and Alkermes, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKS ) today announced positive results from a study comparing subjects randomized to...

Exenatide Once Weekly Provided Sustained Improvements in Glycemic Control With Weight Loss Over Two Years: DURATION-1 Interim Long-Term Data Presented at ADA 2009

Improvements in Systolic Blood Pressure and Triglycerides Also Observed NEW ORLEANS, June 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMLN ), Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY ), and Alkermes, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKS ) today announced long-term, interim results from the ...

Study Shows GSK's Novel Diabetes Treatment SYNCRIA(R) (albiglutide) Improves Glucose Control and Reduces Weight

LONDON, RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., and NEW ORLEANS, June 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- New Phase II data presented today at the American Diabetes Association 69th Scientific Sessions in New Orleans show that the investigational type 2 diabetes treatment Syncria(R) (albiglutide) significantly redu...

Diabetes Experts Issue New Recommendations for Inpatient Glycemic Control - Call for Systemic Changes in Hospitals Nationwide

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. and ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New recommendations released today by a consensus group of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) and the American Diabetes Association (ADA) are calling for major changes in the way health care professi...

Ongoing Landmark ROADMAP Study Demonstrates Significant Improvement in Blood Pressure Control at One Year, According to Blinded Results

First-Ever Trial to Evaluate Whether Olmesartan Medoxomil Prevents Onset of Early Kidney Disease in Type 2 Diabetes Patients SAN FRANCISCO, May 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Blinded one-year blood pressure (BP) reduction data from the ongoing landmark study ROADMAP ( R andomized O lmesartan A nd D ...

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

--Practice Changing Study Calls on Doctors to Stop Prescribing Potent Heartburn Medications to Asthma Patients Without Frequent Symptoms of Gastric Reflux-- WASHINGTON, April 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For nearly 20 years, it was believed that severe asthma symptoms such as coughing, wheezi...

Exenatide Once Weekly Provided Superior Glucose Control With Weight Loss Compared to Sitagliptin or Pioglitazone in Head-to-Head DURATION-2 Study

SAN DIEGO, INDIANAPOLIS and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMLN ), Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY ) and Alkermes, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKS ) today announced positive results from DURATION-2, the second in a series of studies designed to...

Joint Statement from the American Diabetes Association and American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists on the NICE-SUGAR Study on Intensive Versus Conventional Glucose Control in Critically Ill Patients

Response to March 24 article in the New England Journal of Medicine ALEXANDRIA, Va. and JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A study published online today in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that intensive blood glucose (sugar) control for critical ...

New Evidence That Brain-Plasticity Based Training has Broad Impact: Improved Cognition in Boomers, Improved Motor Control in Older Adults

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Posit Science Corporation researcher, Dan Tinker, presented evidence at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Conference in Washington, DC this week indicating that cognitive training may benefit Baby Boomers. The computerized brain plasticity-based Brain Fitn...

American Heart Journals Publishes Results From ERATO Trial Showing Dronedarone (Multaq(R)) Improves Ventricular Rate Control in Patients With Permanent Atrial Fibrillation

MONTPELLIER, France, September 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The ERATO study published today in the American Heart Journal demonstrated, for the first time in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation, that dronedarone (Multaq(R)) significantly reduces mean 24 hour ventricular rate, on top of other rate...

Protein Key to Control Growth of Blood Cells

--Findings May Aid in Bone Marrow Transplants, Blood Diseases-- PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New research sheds light on the biological events by which stem cells in the bone marrow develop into the broad variety of cells that circulate in the blood. The findings may hel...

FDA Updates Label for AVANDIA(R) to Include Clinical Findings Demonstrating Sustained Glycemic Control for Up to Five Years

Data Provides Further Information on AVANDIA as a Safe and Effective Treatment Option for Appropriate Type 2 Diabetes Patients PHILADELPHIA, July 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) announces today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updated the prescr...

Head-to-Head Study Demonstrates Focalin(R) XR Offers Faster and Better Symptom Control than Concerta(R)1 in Early Part of ADHD Patients' Day

- Focalin XR demonstrated better symptom control versus Concerta from 30 minutes to six hours post-dose in primary and secondary endpoints - Only Focalin XR provided onset of effect as early as 30 minutes post-dose - Additional analysis suggests Focalin XR provides comparable efficacy to ...

Menicon Undertakes With the Novovision Clinic a Paediatric Myopia Control Clinical Trial

NAGOYA, Japan, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Although previous studies suggest that orthokeratology contact lens wear slows the axial length growth of the eye in children with progressing myopia, some limitations in the methodology employed have been evident. Using a rigorous study design and precis...

Nationwide Progress Poll Reveals Increased Efforts by Hospitals to Control MRSA Infection

Healthcare Facility Infection Prevention and Control Professionals Cite Greatest Needs for Continued Success to Combat MRSA Including Additional Staff, More Environmental Services and Time-Saving High Tech Solutions DENVER, June 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than three out of four (76%) ...

Bionovo Elucidates Mechanism of Breast Cancer Control by Estrogen Receptor Beta

- Results Presented at Endocrine Society's 90th Annual Meeting - SAN FRANCISCO and EMERYVILLE, Calif., June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bionovo, Inc. (Nasdaq: BNVI ) today announced results on the role of estrogen receptor beta in breast cancer growth regulation. The data, which were pre...

After One Year, Type 2 Diabetes Patients Taking Exenatide Once Weekly Sustained Improvements in Glycemic Control and Weight; DURATION-1 Presented at ADA 2008

Phase 3 Once Weekly Investigational Diabetes Therapy Also Improved Glucose Control in Patients Switching from Exenatide Taken Twice a Day SAN FRANCISCO, June 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMLN ), Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY ), and Alkermes, Inc. (N...

Monotherapy BYETTA(R) (exenatide) Injection Study Results Presented at ADA 2008 Showed Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Experienced Improved Glycemic Control and Weight Loss

Submitted to FDA for Stand-Alone Therapy in Q1 2008 SAN FRANCISCO, June 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMLN ) and Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY ) today announced additional results from a study of patients with type 2 diabetes who were unable t...

The Largest Ever Study of Diabetes Shows Intensive Glucose Control Reduces Serious Complications

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 6 /PRNewswire/ -- - "ADVANCE Results go Beyond Existing Evidence" New results from the world's largest ever study of diabetes treatments show that intensive blood glucose (sugar) control using modified release gliclazide and other drugs as required, protects...

Study Findings Show Infection Control Intervention Helps Keep Kids in School

Disinfecting and using hand sanitizers helped reduce absenteeism rates in elementary schools BOSTON, June 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A study from researchers at Children's Hospital Boston published in Pediatrics found that a simple infection control intervention in elementary schools -- dis...

Ipilimumab Plus Chemotherapy is Associated with Prolonged Survival and Increased Disease Control Rates in Patients with Advanced Melanoma

Updated Clinical Phase 2 data presented at American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting PRINCETON, N.J., June 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Medarex, Inc. (Nasdaq: MEDX ) today announced updated long-term follow-up and overall survival (OS) results from a Phase 2 c...

New Analysis in Boys and Girls Shows the ADHD Patch, DAYTRANA(TM) (methylphenidate transdermal system), Offered ADHD Symptom Control for 12 Months

WASHINGTON, May 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Shire plc (LSE: SHP, Nasdaq: SHPGY), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, today announced findings from a new data analysis that was conducted to examine treatment differences with DAYTRANA(TM) (methylphenidate transdermal system) between ...

Important Progress Toward Control of Hepatitis B and C

Positive Tests Results for New Drugs Against Hepatitis C Improved Screening for Hepatitis C Reflects Physicians' Optimism New Drugs Effective Against Hepatitis B, But Patient Selection Necessary MILAN, April 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Scientists presenting at today's sessions of the 43rd ...

Surgex(TM) Becomes the First and Only BSCG (Banned Substance Control Group) Certified Product Which is Clinically Proven Effective in Sports Recovery and Performance

Athletes Using Surgex(TM) can be Assured of No Banned Substances BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Millennium Biotechnologies Inc., wholly-owned subsidiary of Millennium Biotechnologies Group, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: MBTG), announced today that Surgex(TM) (http://ww...

Juvaris BioTherapeutics Announces Cooperative Research and Development Agreement With The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Collaboration with CDC to Focus on Testing of Juvaris JVRS-100 as an Adjuvant with existing H5N1 vaccine for dose-sparing and cross protection PLEASANTON, Calif., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Juvaris BioTherapeutics, Inc. announced today that The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Ju...

Arena Pharmaceuticals Announces APD668 Initial Clinical Study Results Suggest Glucose-Dependent Insulinotropic Receptors May Improve Glucose Control in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Ortho-McNeil to Continue Investigation of GDIR Agonists Under its Partnership with Arena SAN DIEGO, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARNA ) announced today that initial clinical study results for APD668, an oral drug candidate di...

Male Birth Control Pill, Blackberry Extract for Gingivitis, Skin Cancer and Digestive Health Top List of New Medical Discoveries

American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Annual Meeting and Exposition Kicks-Off in San Diego November 11 - 15 SAN DIEGO, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2007 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting and Exposition starts today at the San Diego Conve...

Synvista Announces New Data Showing Haptoglobin Type Predicts Effectiveness of Tight Glycemic Control on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients with Diabetes

MONTVALE, N.J., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Synvista Therapeutics, Inc. (Amex: SYI ) announced results from a study demonstrating the important role of Haptoglobin (Hp) typing in determining the risk of cardiovascular complications in patients with diabetes. Presented today at the Americ...

IDM Pharma Announces Updated Phase 2 UVIDEM(R) Results Showing Durable Disease Control and Tolerability in Advanced Melanoma Patients

IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IDM Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDMI ) today announced updated results from a Phase 2 UVIDEM(R) (IDD-3) melanoma vaccine clinical trial (DC-MEL-202). The updated results showed that the investigational agent UVIDEM showed evidence of clinical activit...

Research Study Demonstrates Prolonged Benefit of Fitness Program for Bladder Control & Sexual Function in Women

CHICAGO, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Women's Health Foundation (WHF) announced the long-term results of a recent research study to evaluate the groundbreaking fitness and educational program, Total Control (TM): A Pelvic Wellness Program For Women. The results showed both an initial and...

Cepheid Announces Termination of Contract With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to Develop Rapid Point of Care Test for Avian Influenza

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD) today announced the termination of its contract with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for development of a rapid point-of-care diagnostic to detect influenza viruses A and B, and the H5N1 "Avian In...

Video: New Research Discovers Independent Brain Networks Control Human Walking

Kennedy Krieger Institute Study Enhances Understanding of Brain Plasticity and Motor Skills, Signaling Advancements for Future Rehab Practices BALTIMORE, Aug. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a study published in the August issue of Nature Neuroscience, researchers at the Kennedy Krieger Instit...

Karolinska Institutet to Test Vical's Vaxfectin(R) Adjuvant With Preventive Vaccine against HIV Under Sponsorship of Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vical Incorporated (Nasdaq: VICL ) today announced a research collaboration with the Karolinska Institutet (KI), a leading European medical university, and the Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control (SMI), a governmental expert agency, to...

Karolinska Institute to Test Vical's Vaxfectin(R) Adjuvant with Preventive Vaccine against HIV Under Sponsorship of Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vical Incorporated (Nasdaq: VICL ) today announced a research collaboration with the Karolinska Institute, a leading European medical university, and the Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control (SMI), a governmental expert agency, to evalu...

Study Shows Lantus(R) Helped People Living with Type 2 Diabetes Reach the ADA's Recommended Target for Blood Sugar Control

New data presented at the ADA's Annual Scientific Sessions demonstrated the value of beginning insulin promptly when glycemic targets are not achieved with diet, exercise and oral medications alone SAN FRANCISCO, June 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Results from a new study presented at...

Study Shows: New Blood Test Proven Six Times More Effective For Tuberculosis Control

MELBOURNE, Australia, Feb. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- In a landmark study electronically published today in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, a blood test for detecting TB infection, QuantiFERON(R)-TB Gold (QFT(TM)), has been shown to be six times more accurate than the c...

'Superbug' Outbreak Calls for Immediate Increased Attention on Infection Control

NEW YORK, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- A recent outbreak of MRSA (Methicillin- resistant Staphylococcus aureus) bacteria, often referred to as "the superbug," should cause organizations and facilities nationwide to reevaluate and redouble their infection control efforts. The superbug is resistant ...

Seal Shield Launches World's First Antibacterial, Dishwasher Safe Keyboard and Mouse for Infection Control

New Family of Antibacterial Products aimed at reducing cross contamination infections including MRSA JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Oct. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Seal Shield Corporation announced today the SILVER SEAL(TM) family of antibacterial products for infection control. Notably, Sea...

Landmark Findings From ECLIPSE Program Show Improved Control of Perioperative Hypertension Reduces Risk of Death In Cardiac Surgery

Largest Randomized Safety Program of Intravenous Antihypertensives to Date Presented at ACC Scientific Sessions NEW ORLEANS, March 27, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Findings from ECLIPSE**, the largest safety program comparing intravenous antihypertensive therapies, show that improved control of ...