JNCI news brief: Improving the biomarker pipeline for early cancer detection
Several statistical and biological issues need to be addressed in order to improve biomarker identification for early detection of cancer, according to a commentary published online July 2 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute . The biomarker pipeline to develop and evaluate cancer s...Strativa Pharmaceuticals Provides Product Pipeline Update
Files NDA for Ondansetron Orally Dissolving Film Strip BioAlliance to Resubmit Loramyc(R) NDA WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., April 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Strativa Pharmaceuticals, the proprietary products division of a wholly owned subsidiary of Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc. (NYSE: P...Medarex Highlights Oncology Pipeline at Needham Cancer Therapeutics Conference in New York City
PRINCETON, N.J., March 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Medarex, Inc. (Nasdaq: MEDX ) today announced that Dr. Geoffrey M. Nichol, Senior Vice President of Product Development at Medarex presented highlights from key programs in Medarex's oncology portfolio at the Needham & Company Cancer Therap...Alexza Reports 2008 Year-End Financial Results and Updates Clinical Pipeline Status
Conference Call Scheduled for Today - Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALXA ) reported today financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2008, and provid...Mindray Medical Achieves 2008 Product Development Goals and Announces Strong Pipeline for 2009
SHENZHEN, China, Jan. 16 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Mindray Medical International Limited (NYSE: MR ), a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices worldwide, today announced updates on new product launches and its product pipeline for domestic and international marke...Addrenex Pharmaceuticals Expands Product Pipeline by Licensing New Drug to Treat Narcolepsy
DURHAM, N.C., May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Addrenex Pharmaceuticals today expanded its pipeline of products aimed at adrenergic regulation with the signing of an agreement to license a new drug for the treatment of narcolepsy, a chronic and debilitating sleep disorder, as well as other neurologic and ps...Alexza Reports 2009 First Quarter Financial Results and Updates Clinical Pipeline Status
Conference Call Scheduled for Today - Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALXA ) reported today financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2009, and provided an update on its prod...Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Provides Clinical Pipeline Update and Reports 2009 First Quarter Results
Conference Call and Webcast at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time THE WOODLANDS, Texas, April 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: LXRX ), a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing breakthrough treatments for human disease, today updated its...Micromet Presents Update on BiTE Antibody Pipeline and Reviews Key AACR Presentations at R&D Day
Pivotal Trial Expected to Initiate in 2010 for Blinatumomab NEW YORK, April 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Micromet, Inc. (Nasdaq: MITI ), a biopharmaceutical company developing novel, proprietary antibodies for the treatment of cancer, inflammation and autoimmune diseases, today held an R&am...Strativa Pharmaceuticals Provides Product Pipeline Update
Files NDA for Ondansetron Orally Dissolving Film Strip BioAlliance to Resubmit Loramyc(R) NDA WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., April 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Strativa Pharmaceuticals, the proprietary products division of a wholly owned subsidiary of Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc. (NYSE: P...Vantia Therapeutics' Pipeline Continues to Mature
SOUTHAMPTON, England, March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- - VA106483 Completes Phase IIa Trial and VA111913 Completes Phase I Dosing Vantia Therapeutics, a company focusing on first-in-class therapies for unmet medical needs, announces further clinical trial progress with its two lead devel...Schering-Plough Highlights R&D Pipeline Progress, Innovation and Breadth of Research Projects
KENILWORTH, N.J., Nov. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Leaders of Schering-Plough Corporation (NYSE: SGP ) today provided an update for investors on the company's research pipeline, highlighting a rich and innovative portfolio that includes 46 new entities in clinical trials or under regulatory rev...Thomson CenterWatch Pipeline Intelligence
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...Ohio State University , and the University of Oklahoma . References ^ Ley TJ, Rosenberg LE (2005). "The physician-scientist career pipeline in 2005: build it, and they will come". JAMA 294 (11): 1343-51. PubMed . ^ Zemlo TR, Garrison HH, Partridge NC, Ley TJ (2000). "The ph...EMBL scientists develop first fully automated pipeline for multiprotein complex production
Most cellular processes are carried out by molecular machines that consist of many interacting proteins. These protein complexes lie at the heart of life science research, but they are notoriously hard to study. Their abundance is often too low to extract them directly from cells and generating th...Genomatix Microarray Analysis Pipeline achieves Affymetrix GeneChip compatible?status
Genomatix Software GmbH today announced that it has achieved GeneChip-compatible TM status for several products with the Affymetrix Inc. GeneChip® microarray platform and that it has joined Affymetrix GeneChip-compatible Applications Program, which provides customers with a broad spectrum of sof...UC San Diego's $3 million NSF grant to fund science festivals
... interests. In addition, the university will focus on presenting unique opportunities for local San Diego businesses to become involved in program and pipeline development for future scientists. "We're thrilled that the National Science Foundation views the 2009 San Diego Science Festival as a national mo...Short stressful events may improve working memory
...ffects on the body," said Zhen Yan, professor of physiology and biophysics at UB and senior author on the study. "This paper and others we have in the pipeline explain why we need stress to perform better, but don't want to be stressed out." The study appeared July 20 in the online edition of Proceedings ...SRI announces selection by the National Cancer Institute as a Chemical Biology Consortium center
... pathways that cause cancer. Through collaborative partnerships, SRI's Center for Cancer Research has been successful in generating an extensive drug pipeline translating discoveries into beneficial treatments. SRI's drug discovery process, guided by a combination of biological screens and computational meth...New monkey discovered in Brazil
...vationists fear the highway could fuel wider deforestation in the Amazon over the next two decades. Other threats to the region include a proposed gas pipeline and two hydroelectric dams currently in the beginning stages of construction. "This newly described monkey shows that even today there are still maj...New biomarker method could increase the number of diagnostic tests for cancer
...e without the immediate need for other detection or quantification tests. This would provide the critical missing component for a systematic biomarker pipeline that bridges discovery and clinical validation," said senior author Steven Carr, Ph.D., director of the Proteomics Platform at the Broad Institute. "T...New nanoparticles could revolutionize therapeutic drug discovery
...action make it into the clinic to benefit patients. Research such as this that can help to increase the number of potential targets will mean a larger pipeline for scientists to develop new drugs from and, ultimately more, better drugs for patients. Fundamental bioscience working in coordination with medical ...U of M study finds new insight on therapy for a devastating parasitic disease
...ls not linked with disease frequently provide insight into long-standing clinical problems," Marchant said. "Basic science feeds into the therapeutic pipeline in unpredictable ways and it is important to foster such diversity." ...Amarna Therapeutics B.V. and TNO announce SVac research and development partnership
...rapy markets. Both markets are rapidly growing to reach an estimated 40 billion Euro’s in 2015. I’m convinced that the therapeutics in our pipeline all have blockbuster potential. The partnership with TNO enables us to initiate the first time in man clinical trials with one of our lead therapeutic...Preclinical Data From Amgen's Oncology Pipeline to be Presented at AACR
Early Research Suggests that Understanding the Fundamental Mechanism of Angiogenesis is More Complicated Than Understanding the Function of VEGF - A Amgen Launches Angiogenesis Website THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., April 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Amgen (Nasdaq: AMGN ) today announced that...Microbix Uses Core Business Cashflow To Fund Late-Stage Pipeline To Build Shareholder Value In 2009
Year-End Results Show 2008 Revenue Growth Of 23% TORONTO, Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - In a news release today, Microbix announced results for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2008. Revenues from its profitable core business are continuing to fund Microbix Biosystems Inc.'s (TSX:MB...Ernst & Young Benchmarks Danish Biotech Pipeline Third in Europe
COPENHAGEN, December 1 /PRNewswire/ -- A strong pipeline makes the Copenhagen Region biotech cluster well prepared for the challenges ahead. With 185 drug candidates in preclinical and clinical development, Denmark ranks third in Europe. Only United Kingdom and Germany have a bigger pipeline. ...Full Length Insert Sequencing from Agencourt Bioscience
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