Landmark Rh Immune Globulin Celebrates 40 Years of Saving Babies' Lives
RhoGAM(R) Brand Hailed as One of the Top Achievements in 50 Years of Women's Health RARITAN, N.J., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- RhoGAM(R) Brand, the original Rh immune globulin product, celebrates its 40th year in the marketplace helping Rh-negative women in the prevention of Hemolytic Disease of ...New Bill Offers Medicare Reimbursement Fix for Intravenous Immune Globulin
18 patient advocacy and health care professional groups join with Congressional sponsors Reps. Israel, Brady and Schwartz to announce new legislation; call for patient access to IVIG WASHINGTON, April 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Members of Congress and patient advocacy groups announced to...Sex Hormone Protein May Predict Type 2 Diabetes
...s throughout the body may also predict those at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a new study finds. The protein, called sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), regulates the levels of testosterone and estrogen in the blood. Researchers suspect it also plays a role in the development of type 2 diabetes...Rabies: How to Protect Yourself and Your Pets
...ment for someone who has contracted rabies is called post-exposure prophylaxis or PEP. PEP treatment consists of one dose of a substance called immune globulin and five doses of the rabies vaccine over 28 days, both of which help your body fight the virus. Treatment must be given as soon after exposure as pos...ABC's 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' Helps Family Coping with Primary Immunodeficiency Disease
...dicare Patient IVIG Access Act of 2009 (H.R. 2002 and S. 701 respectively) - meant to remedy inadequate Medicare reimbursements for intravenous immune globulin (IVIG), and allow home infusion of IVIG for Medicare beneficiaries with PIDD. IVIG is a life-saving and life-enhancing therapy for tens of thousands ...Landmark study demonstrates Gamunex improves health-related quality of life in patients with CIDP
...rate that long-term treatment with Gamunex (Immune globulin Intravenous (Human), 10% Caprylate/Chromatography ...imen for an effective course of intravenous immune globulin therapy to reduce neuromuscular disability and imp...of patients with CIDP, titled, "Intravenous immune globulin [10% caprylate-chromatography purified] for the tr...CIDP Treated With Plasma-Derived Therapy
...he rare disease is treated with intravenous immune globulin (IVIG), a plasma-derived therapy that replaces vit... PIDD is treated by infusing or injecting immune globulin therapy, which works to supplant a damaged or defi...lotting factors for people with hemophilia, immune globulin intravenous used to prevent infections in people w...Over $10 Million of CSL Behring's Privigen Was Sold in the U.S. During the Third Quarter of 2008
...e third quarter of 2008. Privigen is the newest brand of intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) and was launched in the first quarter of 2008. IVIG is a product cre...tical companies to monitor hospital utilization rates of intravenous immune globulin products. The data captured in this audit reveals usage by indication, dosi...Baxter Initiates Phase III Trial for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
...tic or severe hypersensitivity responses to Immune globulin (Human). Patients with severe selective IgA defici...result in a severe anaphylactic reaction. Immune globulin Intravenous (Human) products have been reported to... blood pressure may occur with infusions of Immune globulin Intravenous (Human). For full prescribing inform...New Subset Analysis of AndroGel(R) Data Highlights Efficacy - Regardless of BMI
... that SHBG is more influenced by the serum E2 and E2/testosterone ratio than testosterone levels. -- Interactions of obesity, sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) and serum testosterone in men with low testosterone are complex both at baseline and after testosterone treatment. "We are pleased th...Baxter Presents Latest Clinical Trial Results of GAMMAGARD LIQUID Administered Subcutaneously
...usion (under the skin) of GAMMAGARD LIQUID [Immune globulin Intravenous (Human)] (IGIV) with Enhanze(TM) Techn...tic or severe hypersensitivity responses to Immune globulin (Human). Patients with severe selective IgA defici...result in a severe anaphylactic reaction. Immune globulin Intravenous (Human) products have been reported to...MedImmune Announces Phase 2 Safety Data for Anti-RSV Antibody and National RSV Surveillance Results
...apeutic biologic products to prevent RSV disease. In 1996, MedImmune launched the first anti-RSV drug, RespiGam(R) (respiratory syncytial virus immune globulin intravenous (human) (RSV-IGIV)), which was a polyclonal antibody administered via four-hour intravenous infusion. In 1998, MedImmune introduced Synagi...Nabi Biopharmaceuticals Announces Continued Positive NicVAX Phase 2b Data at Nine Months
... and nicotine addiction. We are a vertically integrated company with sales of antibodies and other biologics, including Nabi-HB(R) [Hepatitis B Immune globulin (Human)], a pipeline of products in various stages of development and a state-of-the-art manufacturing capability. The company operates through two st...Testosterone-Estradiol Binding Globulin (TeBG)
Description: ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' client...Testosterone, Bioavailable & Sex Hormone Binding Globulin (Includes Total Testosterone), Adult Male
Description: ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' client...Direct Antihuman Globulin Test
Description: ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' client...Corticosteroid Binding Globulin (CBG)
Description: ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' client...Gamma globulin effective in treating eye infections caused by adenoviruses
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 28 Gamma globulin, a type of antibody isolated from blood samples that used to be routinely given to health care workers and international travelers to protect them from infectious diseases, is a highly effective treatment for pinkeye with little apparent toxicity, according to a...Patients now surviving once-fatal immune disease
... has significantly improved, thanks to earlier diagnosis and improved gamma globulin therapy. Our study is reassuring and helps to put into perspective the abil... Forty of the 41 patients were receiving intravenous infusions of gamma globulin every two to four weeks and 16 (39 percent) were taking chronic (long-term)...Mice studies illustrate potential of chimp/human antibodies to protect against smallpox
...n infants younger than 12 months and in pregnant women. Health care providers currently treat smallpox vaccine complications with anti-vaccinia immune globulin (VIG)--pooled antibodies taken from the blood of individuals immunized with the smallpox vaccine. However, VIG is in short supply since the United Sta...Serious adverse reactions to smallpox vaccine appear to be limited
... detected. No preventable life-threatening adverse reactions, contact transmissions, or adverse reactions that required treatment with vaccinia immune globulin were identified. Serious adverse events were more common among older revaccinees than younger first-time vaccinees. "The absence of preventable ser...Developing a Safer and More Effective Way to Deliver Rabies Antibodies
...s to protect people exposed to the rabies virus. Medical attention for a person exposed to rabies is a two-step procedure. First, rabies immune globulin (RIG) is given to provide immediate antibodies neutralizing the rabies virus. Thereafter, the patient receives five doses of vaccine to build active i...Phase III Trial Begins for GAMMAGARD LIQUID Plus rHuPH20 in Primary Immunodeficiency Patients
...linical trial of Baxter's GAMMAGARD LIQUID [Immune globulin Intravenous] 10% (IGIV), marketed as KIOVIG in the...tic or severe hypersensitivity responses to Immune globulin (Human). Patients with severe selective IgA defici...t in a severe anaphylactic reaction. Immune globulin Intravenous (Human) products have been reported to...Grifols Breaks Ground on New IVIG Facility
...the Company's ability to supply its new generation of intravenous immune globulin into the foreseeable future. LOS ANGELES, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, G...celona, Spain, broke ground on a new 92,000 square foot, intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) production facility at its manufacturing complex in Los Angeles, Cal...Genzyme Reports Strong Second-Quarter Growth
...ansplant business, second-quarter sales of Thymoglobulin(R) (Anti-thymocyte globulin [Rabbit]) and Lymphoglobuline(R) (Anti-thymocyte globulin [Equine]) rose 10 percent to $45.6 million from $41.4 million in the second...Halozyme Therapeutics Reports 2008 First Quarter Financial Results
... subcutaneous infusion (under the skin) of GAMMAGARD LIQUID [Immune globulin Intravenous (Human)] (IGIV) with Enhanze(TM) Technology enabled administration of a full monthly dose of immune globulin via a single subcutaneous site to patients with primary immunodeficien...Genzyme Reports Strong First-Quarter Growth
...plant business, first-quarter sales of Thymoglobulin(R) (Anti-thymocyte globulin [Rabbit]) and Lymphoglobuline(R) (Anti- thymocyte globulin [Equine]) rose 11 percent to $43.7 million from $39.4 million. Worldwi...Genzyme to Build New R&D Center in Beijing
...ution to the growth of the country's life sciences industry." Genzyme already markets Synvisc(R) (hylan G-F 20) and Thymoglobulin(R) (anti-thymocyte globulin rabbit) in China, and is preparing to introduce additional products next year. The company also has a pilot program at Beijing Wujing Hospital for the...Baxter Reports Solid First Quarter Financial Results and Raises Full-Year Outlook
...lic Factor (Recombinant), Plasma/Albumin-Free Method (rAHF-PFM)] and immune globulin intravenous (IGIV), as well as solid growth from other plasma-based therapi...hich subcutaneous infusion (under the skin) of GAMMAGARD LIQUID [Immune globulin Intravenous (Human)] (IGIV) with Enhanze(TM) Technology enabled adminis...Study Suggests GAMMAGARD LIQUID May Target the Primary Pathway Involved in Alzheimer's Disease
...l antibodies contained in GAMMAGARD LIQUID [Immune globulin Intravenous (Human)] (IGIV), marketed as KIOVIG in...rmer-Reactive Antibodies Contained in Human Immune globulin (IVIG)," showed that GAMMAGARD contains naturally ...tic or severe hypersensitivity responses to Immune globulin (Human). Patients with severe selective IgA defici...