Preliminary study finds holographic imaging system promising for cancer treatment planning
The device looks like something out of an old science fiction movie, but researchers at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago say it holds promise in the treatment of cancer. The Perspecta® Spatial 3D system, developed by Actuality Systems, Inc., creates holographic images inside a 24-inch dome. The full-color, full-motion system can display images of the body revealing the exact loc...FDA Gives Preliminary Nod To Cipla And Sun Drugs
A U.S. Food and Drug Administration statement has said that drug maker Cipla Ltd. has been given tentative approval for its generic AIDS drug nevirapine// that is to be marketed in a tablet form. Sun Pharma Ltd has also received similar approval for ondansetron in the injection form. Ondansetron is used to prevent of nausea and vomiting following chemotherapy or radiation t...IDM Pharma Presents Preliminary Results of Melanoma Vaccine Clinical Trial
IDM Pharma, Inc. today presented preliminary results from a Phase II UVIDEM (IDD-3) melanoma vaccine clinical trial (DC-MEL-202). The results showed that UVIDEM was well tolerated with evidence of efficacy and induction of immune response in patients with progressive metastatic melanoma. The data were presented by Merrick I. Ross, M.D., Professor of Surgery, Chief, Melanoma Section...Biotec Pharmacon Announces Preliminary Results from the Sloan-Kettering Clinical Study
TROMSØ, Norway, June 29, 2007-Preliminary results fromthe immunotherapeutic cancer study at Memorial Sloan-KetteringCancer Center show a very good safety profile for SBG. Furthermore,encouraging responses on cancer development have been observedamong several patients that have been treated with SBG incombination with the monoclonal antibody against neuroblastoma. In line wit...Haemacure Announces Preliminary Findings of its Plasma Discard Analysis
MONTREAL, June 14, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ HaemacureCorporation , a Montreal-based specialty biotherapeutics company,today announced the preliminary findings of the content analysis ofone of its plasma discards. Preliminary findings confirm the presence of a number ofproteins and enzymes with applications in significant worldwidemarkets, including albumin, plasmi...