Virulizin granted orphan drug status in Europe
Leading marine scientists for the first time have assessed dolphin and porpoise populations around the world which are severely threatened by entanglement in fishing gear and recommended nine urgent priorities for action in a report commissioned by the World Wildlife Fund. These nine projects highlight species threatened by bycatch that will most likely benefit from immediate action and will cont...Mirus granted European patent for gene therapy
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<a href="http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=H...WARF Granted New Antibiotics Patent
Madison , the patent management agency of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Co...Indian Doctor granted US patent on organ regeneration
Dr. Balakrishna Ganapat Rao Matapurkar, from Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi has created history of sorts by winning the first patent on organ regeneration from the American patent office for his technique in successfully regenerating / repairing organs in human beings. A few weeks ago the American patent office granted him a patent on this technique. Dr. Matapurkar was able to...Bail Granted To The Doctor Despite Her Patient's Death
In London a general practitioner (GP) was arrested after the death of her patient. Dr Shanta Dhar a GP practicing in London was arrested last Friday and was released on bail. // She had been treating Joan Board, 78, from Enfield, north London. Dr Dhar was arrested and was charged for manslaughter, malfeasance and depraving the course of justice. Her patient Mrs. Board...Azerbaijan Granted 5 million dollars in Fight Against Bird Flu
The World Bank has granted a credit of 5.1 million dollars, repayable over 35 years, to Azerbaijan in its fight against bird flu. // Further help is expected from the World Bank for this Caspian Sea state, which lies on the crossroads between Europe and Asia, especially in its agricultural sector and its health care systems. Earlier this month five people died from the first human c...Developer Of Vaccine For Cancer Granted A Prestigious Fellowship
Researcher, Professor Ian Frazer of the University of Queensland (UQ), has been awarded the Smart State Premier's Fellowship. The prestigious Fellowship comes on top// of his recent Australian of the Year award for his work in developing a vaccine for cervical cancer. Under the Smart State Premier's Fellowship, Professor Ian Frazer will get $250,000 a year for the next five years for his...Lenalidomide, Granted Approval by FDA to Join Multiple Myeloma Drugs
Graham Burton, M.D., SVP, Regulatory Affairs and Pharmacovigilance said that FDA’s approval of REVLIMID (lenalidomide) offered a new oral drug option// to the group of people suffering from multiple myeloma. Celgene Corporation (Nasdaq: CELG) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for its Supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for an additional...Allos Therapeutics' PDX Granted Orphan Medicinal Product Designation by the European Commission
WESTMINSTER, Colo., April 19, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Allos Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that the Commission of theEuropean Communities, with a favorable opinion of the Committee forOrphan Medicinal Products of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA),has granted orphan drug designation to the Company's novelantifolate PDX (pralatrexate) for the treatment of patients withperipher...Pixantrone Granted Fast Track Designation by FDA for Relapsed Indolent NHL Patients
Proposed Phase III Trial Has the Potential to Demonstrate an Effecton a Serious or Life Threatening Aspect of This Disease SEATTLE, May 07, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CellTherapeutics, Inc. (CTI) announced today it received fast trackdesignation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) forpixantrone, a novel anthracenedione, being investigated for thepotential treatment of rel...