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Tiny Cup Attached to Eye Improves Drug Delivery For Retinal Diseases

...o an infant for retinoblastoma at The Vision Center, it is expensive and puts a great strain on the family, especially if they are from another state. our preliminary research shows that once the cup is fitted, the child should be able go home for several weeks. Because the drug is being administered dir...

Regular Yoga Practice Is Associated With Mindful Eating

...ociation, confirms their initial hunch. "In our earlier study, we found that middle-age people who...d mindful eating. "These findings fit with our hypothesis that yoga increases mindfulness in eati... At Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, our interdisciplinary teams of world-renowned scientis...

Sanofi Pasteur Submits Supplemental Application for A(H1N1) Pandemic Vaccine to U.S. FDA

... the pandemic vaccine. "Filing this application is consistent with our commitment to work collaboratively with public health officials in producin...e to us, while at the same time, continue the important clinical studies of our vaccine." The supplemental application follows recent recommendatio...

Vectibix(R) in Combination With Chemotherapy Significantly Improved Progression-Free Survival in First-Line Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

...cally improve people's lives. To learn more about our pioneering science and our vital medicines, visit www.amg e n.com . ...n on the uncertainties and risk factors related to our business. Unless otherwise noted, Amgen is provid...

Isis Reports Strong Financial Results and Highlights for Second Quarter of 2009

...l performance is a direct result of the success of our technology platform and business strategy. We and our partners are advancing our large and growing pipeline of 19 drugs in developm...

Cancer Centers of North Carolina Offers HDR Brachytherapy for Treatment of Cancerous Tumors

...ina is directed by its board-certified radiation oncologists, Dr. John Reilly and Dr. Kolby Sidhu. "HDR brachytherapy is a very effective addition to our fight against cancer. This technique delivers a high dose of radiation directly to the area of disease," according to Dr. Reilly. Dr. Sidhu adds, "C...

SIRO Clinpharm Completes Successful Implementation of Oracle Life Sciences Application Suite

...tem. "We are excited to have the rollout of the entire OLSAS as per our plan for the India operations," said Dr. Ajit Nair, President, India Operat...d drug safety in an efficient and globally compliant manner, thus providing our clients the best of technology support to run trials more efficiently." ...

NewCardio Announces Master Services Agreement With Dedicated Phase I

... excited to add NewCardio's QTinno(TM) solution to our advanced Core ECG laboratory. By integrating this important technological advancement with our existing solutions, we can deliver TQT/QTc studies...money. This is a win-win for Dedicated Phase I and our customers." "This agreement will enable Ded...

Labopharm files New Drug Submission with Health Canada for novel antidepressant

...ntidepressant trazodone. "We are pleased to file our New Drug Submission to Health Canada," said James ...pressants represents a significant opportunity for our trazodone formulation and we are currently in disc...ntial partners to support the commercialization of our product in Canada." Labopharm's NDS is based on ...

NOVAVAX Achieves Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Production Milestone

...perations at Novavax, commented, "Demonstration of our ability to construct and produce GMP-quality influ... conditions is an important and successful test of our VLP technology. With further scale up, recombinan...the timeline for vaccine release. We are proud of our staff who worked tirelessly to achieve this import...

2,500 Cases Completed With the Magnetic Irrigated Catheter

...xis system, further demonstrating the potential of our remote magnetic navigation technology as a platfor...ing number of community hospitals, which are using our advanced technology to build robust electrophysiol... diverse group of clinicians who now routinely use our Niobe system, we are particularly delighted that t...

Nektar Therapeutics Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

... of 2009, we made a strong commitment to advancing our clinical pipeline," stated Howard W. Robin, Presid... Chief Executive Officer of Nektar. "We completed our Phase 2 clinical program for NKTR-118, and we are ...ngth of Nektar's drug development organization and our successful strategy to focus on developing proprie...

DNA Helps Reunite Children With Their Families

...bal biotechnology tools company dedicated to improving the human condition. our systems, consumables and services enable researchers to accelerate scientif...ms Inc. For more information on how we are making a difference please visit our website: www.lifetechnologies.com. ...

ARUP Laboratories Applauds FDA's Decision on the Value of KRAS-Mutation Testing in Colorectal Cancer

...nt lifetime risk of developing this disease," said Executive Vice President of Corporate Communications Ronald L. Weiss, MD, MBA. "Our goal is to help our clients improve patient care as well as reduce unnecessary expenditures by promoting the benefits of KRAS testing." KRAS mutation-detection...

Debiopharm Group and Mercury Therapeutics, Inc. Sign an Exclusive License Agreement for the Development and Commercialisation of Debio 0930

...compound and a royalty based on net sales of commercialised product. First entry into man is expected for 2012. "We are very enthusiastic about our collaboration with an experienced innovative biotech company like Mercury. Diabetes is a major cause of morbidity and mortality by disease globally an...

Scientists Discover Origin of Malaria

...ls to humans" Wolfe said. "We now know that malaria, while at least thousands of years old, did not originate in humans but rather was introduced into our species, presumably by the bite of a mosquito that had previously fed on a chimpanzee." Until now, malaria's origin had been unclear. Although ...

Amgen Announces Positive Top-Line Results for Denosumab in Trial for Delay of Skeletal Related Events in Bone Metastases Patients Compared to Zometa(R)

...ically improve people's lives. To learn more about our pioneering science and our vital medicines, visit www.amgen.com. For...n on the uncertainties and risk factors related to our business. Unless otherwise noted, Amgen is provid...

Project Zero Delay Accelerates Drug's Path to Clinical Trial

...y at AstraZeneca. "AZ is always looking to improve our processes and to optimize value along our pipeline. This achievement is a great example of what can be accomplished when we pair our first class internal capabilities with the strengt...

TWO NEW KLRI PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS: Hormone Therapy May Reduce Atherosclerosis in Women Close to Menopause; Growth Hormone May Increase Risk of Diabetes, Improve Lipid Profile in Men

...he medical and lay communities understand important aging issues. KLRI research findings support a healthier quality of life and a robust lifestyle in our senior years. For more information, visit www.kronosinstitute.org . ...

Society of Gynecologic Oncologists Issues White Paper on HPV Vaccine's Impact on Cervical Cancer Prevention

...f white papers will serve as an invaluable tool to our colleagues who, like us, share our vision of eradicating women's cancers," explains D...emier source of education in gynecologic oncology, our Society is committed to providing the most current...

Video: FDA Approves INVEGA(R) SUSTENNA(TM) for the Acute and Maintenance Treatment of Schizophrenia

...eutic Area Head, Neuroscience, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development. "The approval of INVEGA(R) SUSTENNA(TM) demonstrates our commitment to providing valuable novel therapies for schizophrenia. INVEGA(R) SUSTENNA(TM) has a demonstrated safety profile that can help healthcar...

Access Pharmaceuticals Provides Update on ProLindac Clinical Development Program

...cancers. For additional information on Access Pharmaceuticals, please visit our website at www.accesspharma.com . This press release contains ce...for ProLindac and product candidates acquired in the MacroChem transaction, our ability to execute licensing agreements in the future, Access' plans to con...

Medigus and Tower Semiconductor Announce World's Smallest Medical Video Camera Based on Advanced CMOS Image Sensor

...only associated with endoscopic procedures. "We are proud to advance our visualization capabilities with Tower, the leading specialty semiconductor ...ools is key to enabling the industry's lowest cost high performance camera. our extraordinary sensor design capabilities, along with best in class pixel pe...

OPAXIO(TM) Combined with Alimta(R) Well Tolerated in Dose-Ranging Study of Patients with Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

...ellTherapeutics.com . Sign up for email alerts and get RSS feeds at our Web site, http://www.CellTherapeutics.com/investors_alert This pre...ally and/or adversely affect actual future results and the trading price of our securities. Specifically, the risks and uncertainties that could affect the...

Online H1N1 Management: FairChoice Helps Schools Respond to Infectious Disease on Campus

...health officers need to know in real-time whether their message is getting out to students. FairChoice Health meets students where they are -- online. our automated notification and tracking service will increase student awareness of the risks of infectious disease and allow school administrators to focu...

Pharmasset Reports Positive Preliminary Antiviral Data With PSI-7851 for the Treatment of Hepatitis C

...reliminary efficacy and safety data with PSI-7851, our second generation nucleotide analog," said Michell...st three cohorts demonstrate that we have achieved our goal of identifying a nucleotide analog with good ...e treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). our research and development efforts focus on nucleos(...

Study Results Show That Minimally Invasive Therapy is Successful for Over Two-Thirds of Stroke Patients Treated Outside the Standard Eight-Hour Window

...ities, it became an exciting proposition to pursue our hypothesis," said Nogueira. "Traditionally, the...shared discipline of neurointerventional surgery. our practitioners specialize in minimally invasive and...is and spine fractures. Over the past two decades, our physicians have made numerous contributions to the...

VisEn Molecular Imaging Technology Enables Key Insights Into Newly Discovered Biologic Pathway Published in SCIENCE

... "We see the integration of in vitro and in vivo readouts becoming increasingly important in research today, and we are extremely pleased that our FMT quantitative in vivo imaging technology and activatable in vivo imaging agents were able to help the research team answer some of the key questi...

Popular Breast Cancer Drug Used with Certain Antidepressants Puts New Jersey Women at Risk

...uture events, or otherwise. Forward-looking statements in this press release should be evaluated together with the risks and uncertainties that affect our business, particularly those mentioned in the Risk Factors section of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q file...

Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine Herald New Agreement To Continue Forty-Plus Year Historic Relationship

... Medicine. "The agreement is forward looking and fortifies each of our missions and core programs," said Steven M. Safyer, MD, president and CEO of Montefiore. "It enhances our ability to recruit the best and brightest faculty and clinical staff in the...

Neurointerventionists Expand Research to Quality of Life in Aneurysm Patients Following Minimally Invasive Coiling Treatment

...it from support - is the next step we must take in our ongoing journey." To evaluate quality of l...shared discipline of neurointerventional surgery. our practitioners specialize in minimally invasive and...is and spine fractures. Over the past two decades, our physicians have made numerous contributions to the...

Economy is Driving Many Osteoporotic Women to Retire Later - But Their Ability to Work May Be Undermined by Sub-Optimal Management of Their Disease

...is increasing in significance as the population of our nation both increases and ages.(6) The World Healt...ically improve people's lives. To learn more about our pioneering science and our vital medicines, visit www.amgen.com . About...

Dirucotide Does Not Meet Primary Endpoint in Phase III MAESTRO-01 Trial in Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

...ed by this result and will be working closely with our clinical team to evaluate these data and the avail...e data from MAESTRO-02 and MAESTRO-03 to determine our next steps," said Kevin Giese, President and CEO o...ies on sales. For further information please visit our website at www.biomsmedical.com. This pres...

Wyeth Reports Publication of Phase 3 Data for Bazedoxifene/Conjugated Estrogens, an Investigational Compound Being Studied for the Treatment of Menopausal Symptoms

...tainties include, among others, risks related to our proposed merger with Pfizer, including satisfactio...at all, contractual restrictions on the conduct of our business included in the merger agreement, and the...uption in key business activities or any impact on our relationships with third parties as a result of th...

Unlikely Treatment Identified by BrainCells Neurogenesis Platform Improved Clinical Outcomes in Patients Suffering From Depression

...now that we can stimulate the natural process of neurogenesis with a positive clinical impact on depression symptoms." "BCI-952 was selected by our proprietary platform for the compound's neurogenic properties," said Jim Schoeneck, chief executive officer of BrainCells Inc. "The platform was able ...

Cryo-Cell Announces C'elle(SM) Research and Development Collaboration with Cryopraxis Cryobiology Ltd.

...nt regulation of stem cell storage facilities; any increased competition in our business; any decrease or slowdown in the number of people seeking to store...of stem cell preservation obsolete; and any other risk factors described in our filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The foregoing list is n...

Video: New Dove(R) Body Washes with NutriumMoisture(TM) Restore Skin's Natural Moisture

...he introduction of NutriumMoisture(TM) technology continues that tradition," said K.P. Ananth, Unilever principal research scientist. "We are thrilled our extensive research and testing has allowed us to be the first brand to minimize lipid damage with a liquid cleanser in order to provide intensive mois...

Correction to Earlier Release From Jewish Hospital and University of Louisville

...phere-derived cells, which are a mixture of primitive and partially differentiated cells, complicating the recognition of the actual therapeutic cell. our study involves a specific, well-characterized population of undifferentiated cells: the c-kit-positive cardiac stem cells are self-renewing, clonogeni...

Cyberonics Provides Update on Depression Post-Approval Study

...p on patients enrolled in the D-21 clinical study. our actual results may differ materially. Important f...nued market acceptance of VNS Therapy and sales of our product; the development and satisfactory completi...potential identification of material weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting; risks ...

NeurogesX Announces Preliminary Results of FDA-Requested Qutenza(TM) Study

...any, for an ultimate decision on the NDA is not yet known. Dr. Jeffrey Tobias, NeurogesX' Chief Medical Officer commented, "I am grateful to our clinical investigators and the entire NeurogesX team for working together to quickly complete this study. We believe that these results will address t...