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Nektar Therapeutics Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

...mplex commercial agreements; (v) if the company is unable to establish and maintain collaboration partnerships on attractive commercial terms, or that cover all major markets, our business, results of operations and financial condition could suffer; (vi) advances by competitors, particularly if unanticip...

Is Your Hair Taking a Break?

...ood cells attack the hair follicles and put them to sleep. This results in either a small patch of complete hair loss on the scalp that may be easy to cover or complete hair loss on the scalp (similar to the effects of chemotherapy in cancer patients) and/or other areas of the body. While not as common ...

Orkin Warns of Four Pests to Avoid this Fourth of July

...st 40 deaths annually in the United States. To prevent injury from stinging insects: Seal food tightly in containers. cover soda cans or drink from clear cups. Yellow jackets love sugar and may enter cans unseen. Empty and wash garbage cans regularly. Mow ya...

MedImmune Funds Study to Help Gain Insights Into Full Burden of RSV Disease Among Premature Infants

...hcare resources on behalf of under-represented and under-served 32-to-35 weeks (GA) preterm infants. This observational, prospective study will cover two consecutive RSV seasons and begin patient enrollment in fall 2009, with a target of 3,000 participants across 100 outpatient sites in the United S...

SIMPONI(TM) (golimumab) Receives Positive Opinion From CHMP for Once-Monthly Subcutaneous Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis

...er serious allergic reactions occur, administration of SIMPONI should be discontinued immediately and appropriate therapy initiated. The needle cover on the syringe in the pre-filled pen is manufactured from dry natural rubber containing latex, and may cause allergic reactions in individuals sensiti...

New Analysis Shows Efficacy of SIMPONI(TM) (golimumab) in Anti-TNF Experienced Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

...chest pain or shortness of breath, swelling of the feet, ankles, and/or legs. Tell your doctor if you are allergic to rubber or latex. The needle cover contains dry natural rubber. Tell your doctor if you have any symptoms of an allergic reaction while taking SIMPONI(TM) such as hives, swollen f...

Two-Year Data Show Patients Receiving SIMPONI(TM) (golimumab) Experienced Sustained Improvement in Signs and Symptoms of Psoriatic Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis

...chest pain or shortness of breath, swelling of the feet, ankles, and/or legs. Tell your doctor if you are allergic to rubber or latex. The needle cover contains dry natural rubber. Tell your doctor if you have any symptoms of an allergic reaction while taking SIMPONI(TM) such as hives, swollen f...

Arena Pharmaceuticals Announces Lorcaserin Data Demonstrating Highly Significant Categorical and Absolute Weight Loss and Improvements in Secondary Endpoints Associated with Cardiovascular Risk

...nts and potentially represents a targeted treatment option for the millions of patients who need to better manage their weight. Arena has patents that cover lorcaserin in the US and other jurisdictions, which in most cases are capable of continuing into 2023 without taking into account any patent term exte...

Arena Pharmaceuticals Announces the Presentation of Lorcaserin Phase 3 BLOOM Data at the American Diabetes Association's 69th Scientific Sessions

...nts and potentially represents a targeted treatment option for the millions of patients who need to better manage their weight. Arena has patents that cover lorcaserin in the US and other jurisdictions, which in most cases are capable of continuing into 2023 without taking into account any patent term exte...

U.S. Naval Medical Research Center Proposed 'RESUS' Clinical Trial in Trauma Patients Remains on FDA Hold

...g. To date, Congress has appropriated funds for the development of Hemopure for potential use in military and civilian trauma indications and to cover military administrative costs. This funding is being used for trial preparation and for preclinical studies of Hemopure in animal models, including t...

Video: Partnership Unites UCB with Consumer Product Innovator OXO(R)

...yringe steady using various grip positions. Easy to remove needle cover - rounded finger loop for easy removal of needle cover; flared needle cap ...t slippage during patient handling. Easy to open packaging - the cover with a rounded corner uses Velcro(R) for easy opening and resealing; large,...

Cadence Pharmaceuticals Submits Acetavance New Drug Application for the Treatment of Acute Pain and Fever

...vance; the possibility that the patent rights covering Acetavance, which are limited to a specific intravenous formulation of acetaminophen and do not cover the active ingredient, may not be sufficient to preclude other formulations of intravenous acetaminophen from being developed by competitors; the pote...

Hooters of Orange Park to Host Charity Car Wash Raising Money for Breast Cancer Research

... research grant. Every Hooters restaurant in the country is raising money through various charitable efforts in the name of the 1998 Hooters Calendar cover Girl and former Hooters Manager Kelly Jo Dowd, who lost her battle with breast cancer 2 years ago. In addition to the car wash on May 9th, the H...

Smithfield Sends Update to Employees on Testing Process at Veracruz Joint Venture

...mployees on the progress of the testing being conducted at its joint venture operation in Veracruz: To Our Employees: The media continues to cover the global A(H1N1) influenza outbreak on a minute-to-minute basis, and while we would like to accommodate them and the public about the day-to-day sta...

Raptor Pharmaceuticals Receives Notices of Allowance for Two NeuroTrans(TM) Patent Applications

... Claims to cover Therapeutic Delivery Across Blood-Brain Barrier NOVATO, Calif., April ...wly allowed claims relate to Raptor's NeuroTrans(TM) platform and generally cover the use of its proprietary RAP peptides in the delivery of diagnostic and t...

Progress Against Malaria and Other Infectious Diseases Among Highlights at Annual Vaccine Conference

... pasteur will present findings that indicate the company's bird-flu vaccine, licensed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2007, may be able to cover many more people than originally estimated through the introduction of an oil-in-water-based adjuvant. In a Phase I trial involving 375 volunteers, th...

Intercell Starts a Phase I Clinical Trial for a New Streptococcus pneumoniae Vaccine

..." commented Intercell's Chief Scientific Officer, Alexander von Gabain. Although vaccines against Streptococcus pneumoniae are available, they cover only a restricted number of the more than 90 known serotypes and it is essential to pursue new vaccines for distribution in countries with the highest...

Edifecs, CAQH and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Will Examine CORE Phase II Testing Outcomes and Lessons Learned at HIMSS09 Interoperability Showcase

...ge administrative-clinical data integration. More than 100 healthcare industry stakeholders are collaborating on CORE. Participating health plans cover more than 130 million lives or more than 75 percent of the commercially insured plus Medicare and state-based Medicaid beneficiaries. Over 35 health p...

Discovery's Edge Spring Issue - http://discoverysedge.mayo.edu

...co3transporters/ Discovery's Edge , Mayo Clinic's online research magazine, highlights stories of leading medical investigators. Many features cover ongoing projects long before they reach the journals. Science writers and medical reporters seeking story ideas will want to check out the articles, w...

Astrocytes Help Separate Man From Mouse

... mouse or rat, according to researchers who published their findings as the cover story in the March 11 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience . Scientis...thought to play a role in the brain's blood flow. In humans, these end feet cover the walls of blood vessels much more completely than they do in mice and ra...

Pain Relief in Just One Visit with Genzyme's Synvisc-One

...Osteotech, RTI Biologics, sanofi-aventis, Smith & Nephew, Stryker, Synthes, Wright Medical Technology, and many more. Other reports in this series cover Europe and Asia Pacific. About Millennium Research Group Millennium Research Group ( www.MRG.net ), a Decision Resources, Inc. company ( www....

U.S. Naval Medical Research Center Resubmits IND Application for Proposed 'RESUS' Clinical Trial in Trauma Patients in the Out-of-Hospital Setting

... RESUS). To date, Congress has appropriated funds for the development of Hemopure for potential use in military and civilian trauma indications and to cover military administrative costs. This funding is being used for trial preparation and for preclinical studies of Hemopure in animal models, including t...

New Proton Therapy Equipment Enables More Tumors to be Treated

...r "scanning" motion, enabling the beam to reach deeper into the body and to cover a wider treatment area than the more commonly used scattering method. Until...ients with tumors in the head and neck, brain or spinal column since it can cover the target area more efficiently than the scattering method. "With pro...

CEL-SCI Corporation Releases Letter to Shareholders

... We extended our Multikine licensing agreement with Orient EuroPharma of Taiwan (a leading pharmaceutical company in Taiwan) to cover additional countries in the Far East. Orient EuroPharma will also participate in and pay for part of our Phase III trial. ...

USAID Provides Malaria Assistance to Zimbabwe

...ccelerated program will avert 4 million cases and will save 3,000 to 4,000 lives. The timing of this intervention is vitally important as it will cover a large portion of the population just in time for the season of highest malaria transmittance. Malaria cases in Zimbabwe begin to rise in February an...

Blue Light Destroys Antibiotic-Resistant Staph Infection - Results Reported in Photomedicine and Laser Surgery Journal

...des rapid publication of cutting-edge techniques and research in phototherapy, low level laser therapy (LLLT), and laser medicine and surgery. Reports cover a range of basic and clinical research and procedures in medicine, surgery, and dentistry; they focus on safety issues, new instrumentation, optical d...

Phico Therapeutics Receives GBP1 Million Award From the Wellcome Trust to Take Anti-MRSA Nasal Product Through Early Clinical Trials

... 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Phico Therapeutics today announced it has been granted a Wellcome Trust Strategic Translational Award totalling GBP1.03 million to cover Phase I and II trials of its lead candidate SASPject(TM) PT1.2 for nasal decolonisation of MRSA and S. aureus. PT1.2 is based on a new class of antiba...

Patient Enrollment in Urgent(R) PC SUmiT Clinical Trial Completed Ahead of Schedule

...avorable results third-party payers will provide or continue to provide coverage and reimbursement, or reimburse the providers an amount sufficient to cover their costs and expenses, or that even succeed at all at obtaining a specific "listed" CPT code from the AMA for Urgent PC treatments. For more ...

ProUroCare Medical Inc. Announces Pricing of Equity Offering

...ise price of $1.30 per share. The Company has granted the underwriter of the offering a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 457,500 units to cover over-allotments, if any. The offering is expected to close on or about January 12, 2009. The offering is being underwritten on a firm commitmen...

Verification Studies of IntelligentMDx's Proprietary Molecular Diagnostic Assay Process Have Been Completed

...would impact test functionality. IntelligentMDx's current pipeline includes proprietary nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) tests for Real Time PCR. These tests cover a range of important infectious diseases and are designed to drive the clinical decision making process, maximizing impact on patient care. ...

Wyeth Submits European Marketing Authorization Application for its 13-Valent Vaccine for the Prevention of Pneumococcal Disease in Infants and Young Children

...ase where it is routinely used. Our investigational 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine is designed to broaden protection, with the potential to cover up to 92 percent of invasive pneumococcal disease in infants and young children worldwide." The PCV13 submission to EU regulators includes dat...

Siemens Introduces New Standard of Care for Breast Ultrasound

...f Diagnostic Ultrasound Consultants in Oakbrook, Ill., and Dr. Beverly Hashimoto, Ultrasound Section Head at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, cover a wide range of ultrasound topics, including "Sonography Workflow Automation," "Handheld Ultrasound in the ER," "Tissue Strain Imaging," and "3D and 4...

CEL-SCI Announces Expansion of Exclusive Licensing Agreement for Cancer Drug Multikine

...uropharma Co., Ltd. ("Orient Europharma"), a leading pharmaceutical company from Taiwan. The new agreement extends the Multikine collaboration to also cover South Korea, the Philippines, Australia and New Zealand. The licensing agreement initially focuses on the areas of head and neck cancer, nasopharyngea...

Susan G. Komen for the Cure(R) Makes Unprecedented Research and Local Program Grants

...an community of southeastern Michigan. Zubeck's project benefits the Alexander J. Walt Comprehensive Breast Center of the Karmanos Cancer Institute to cover breast diagnostic and limited treatment services for patients who lack financial means and other resources to pay for their care. The grant to Berry-B...

Surveyed Oncologists Say That the Most Promising Targeted Therapy in Adjuvant Clinical Trials is Avastin for the Treatment of Early-Stage Colorectal Cancer

...om Nexavar. However, four of the MCOs that fail to cover Tykerb and six of the MCOs that fail to cover Nexavar cite the ability to negotiate a more favor...either Sutent nor Nexavar and one quarter fails to cover Avastin." Targeted Cancer Therapies: The Shift f...

Uroplasty Enrolls First Patients in Urgent(R) PC Clinical Trial

...ountry, as well as many other carriers on a case-by-case basis, continue to cover Urgent PC treatments." "We anticipate applying to the AMA for a specific ...erage and reimbursement, or reimburse the providers an amount sufficient to cover their costs and expenses, nor can we assure you that we will timely obtain,...

Spherics, Inc. Announces Reduced Cognitive Impairment of Novel Extended Release Topiramate (SRx-502) as Compared to Topamax(R)

...e Company has a broad range of issued US and international patents that they have applied to their four central nervous system products. These patents cover polyanhydride-based bioadhesive polymers and nanotechnology (PIN(TM)). In addition to these issued patents, Spherics has filed numerous applications c...

DEP to Complete Aerial Mosquito Treatments to Stem West Nile Virus in Southeastern Counties

... "Initial indications from our mosquito traps in Montgomery County suggest that the spray was highly effective." Tonight's targeted application will cover 55,000 acres in the four counties. DEP will report on all treatment activities and will make the latest information available at http://www.westnil...

Spherics, Inc. Offers Extended Release Formulation for Sustained and Stable Levodopa Levels

...e Company has a broad range of issued US and international patents that they have applied to their four central nervous system products. These patents cover polyanhydride-based bioadhesive polymers and nanotechnology (PIN). In addition to these issued patents, Spherics has filed numerous applications cover...

Shingles Pain Treatment Will Benefit More Patients

...hod of administration: Adults and elderly patients: Use up to three plasters for up to 12 hours, followed by at least a 12 hour plaster-free interval. cover painful area once daily. Apply the plaster to intact, dry, non-irritated skin (after healing of the shingles). Remove hairs in affected area with scis...