Roche clinical trial registry and results database launched
Within only three months after deciding to create an electronic database, Roche is launching a public clinical trial registry and results database using an independent host, CenterWatch. On www.roche-trials.com information on Roche’s clinical trials can be accessed by anyone, anywhere, with no password restrictions. This site is designed to give patients and healthcare providers ready access to i...First technology to remove prions that cause vCJD from blood launched
The risk of receiving blood contaminated with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob (vCJD) prions may no longer be a concern for the thousands of people who require a transfusion. Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL) announced today the Council of Europe (CE) marking of its Leukotrap® Affinity Prion Reduction Filter System. It is the first and only technology that removes infectious prions that may be the causative...Next Generation Body Scanner Launched By The University Of Manchester
The first `next generation' MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) body scanner in the world will be officially launched at Hope Hospital later this week (Friday 18 th February). The state-of-the-art technology involved...Sandia work launched on space shuttle shows live cells influence growth of nanostructures
Albuquerque, N.M. -- Far above the heads of Earthlings, arrays of single-cell creatures are circling Earth in nanostructures. The sample devices are riding on the International Space Station (courtesy of Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico, NASA and US Air Force) to test whether nanostructures whose formations were directed by yeast and other single cells can cre...PLoS ONE is launched by the Public Library of Science
Until now, online scientific journals have been little more than electronic versions of the printed copy. Today, that all changes with the launch of PLoS ONE, which publishes primary research from all areas of science and employs both pre- and post-publication peer review to maximize the impact of every report it publishes. PLoS ONE is published by the Public Library of Science (PLoS), the open a...WIN Northeast Wisconsin Chapter Launched for Regions Entrepreneurs
APPLETON, WI Nearly 60 people heard UW-Madison professor Raj Veeramani and Menasha Corp. research and development manager David Matthias stress the importance of innovation in todays economy at the first meeting of the Wisconsin Innovation Network (WIN) Foundation in northeast Wisconsin. The WIN Foundation is the membership subsidiary of the Wisconsin Technology Council, which is the in...Anti-Cloning Petition Drive Launched in Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin (CNSnews.com) - Wisconsin Right to Life this week launched a statewide petition drive against any form of human cloning. "Whether we are talking about cloning for the purpose of creating a baby or cloning human embryos for the express purpose of destroying them in medical experiments, all human cloning is a threat to the sanctity of human life," said Susan Armacost, legislative...Novel "CYCLOSPORINE CAPSULE FORMULATION" to be launched
Cyclosporine has revolutionised the transplantation scene in the last 20 years by helping with immunosuppresion. Novartis have so far had the patent for the drug and enjoyed the profits. The cost of the medicine is prohibitively expensive.However in the past few years other pharma companies have been allowed to manufacture the drug giving Novartis a competetion. The current tablet size ar...Trial To Create Childhood Asthma Vaccine Launched
A trial involving 200 children in Perth, Melbourne and New York has been launched in the Australian city to create a vaccine for childhood asthma. The trial is based on the process of "desensitization" and consists of placing a// daily dose of drops under the tongue. These drops consist of house dust, grass and cat allergens. The vaccine if developed will be given to children who are at...Asmanex Twisthaler launched by Schering-Plough for treatment of asthma
Asmanex Twisthaler has been launched by Schering-Plough as therapy in the control and management of mild, moderate or severe persistent asthma in patients 12 years of age and older. It was launched in the United Kingdom in January and is expected to be launched in the other European Union(EU) markets, in the next few months. Asmanex Twisthaler, a dry powder inhaler, contains the orally//...New initiative launched to fight malaria by repelling mosquitoes
Researchers from Vanderbilt University had launched a new research project to prevent the spread of malaria by // repelling the mosquitoes from attacking the people. The research will aim to use the odor cues that attract mosquitoes and deflect it from biting the human populations. Malaria is a disease caused by parasites and is spread by the mosquitoes that bite an infected person a...Clarithromycin tablets to be launched in India soon
Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited has recently launched its approved generic formulation of clarithromycin// immediate release tablets in the US, according to a press release. Ranbaxy has been given the green signal to manufacture and market Clarithromycin tablets—250 mg and 500 mg under the Ranbaxy label. Clarithromycin tablets are indicated for the treatment of mild to moderate infections ca...