Tag: Featured

Novartis joins the Global Chagas Disease Coalition and also announces first multinational, prospective, randomized study in people with chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy

March 15, 2019 todi0

At the Annual Meeting of the Global Chagas Disease Coalition in Barcelona, Spain, Novartis announced that it is joining the Coalition as a member contributor. In addition, the company announced its commitment to launch a multinational, prospective, randomized study with heart failure drug, Entresto® (sacubitril / valsartan), in people with chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy, one form […]

Merck announces collaboration with Iktos for generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology

March 14, 2019 todi0

Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced a collaboration agreement with Iktos, for the use of its generative modelling artificial intelligence (AI) technology, in order to facilitate the rapid and cost-effective discovery and design of promising new compounds. “This agreement is another illustration of how we aim to enrich our discovery engine with […]

Green tea cuts obesity, health risks in mice

March 14, 2019 todi0

Green tea cut obesity and a number of inflammatory biomarkers linked with poor health in a new study. Mice fed a diet of 2 percent green tea extract fared far better than those that ate a diet without it, a finding that has prompted an upcoming study of green tea’s potential benefits in people at […]

Exclusive speaker interview with SCHOTT Pharmaceutical Systems released for Pre-Filled Syringes East Coast 2019

March 13, 2019 todi0

8 – 9 April 2019, Boston, USA.The 6th Annual Pre-Filled Syringes East Coast conference is returning to Boston, USA. The two-day event will bring together specialists within the industry to provide an exclusive insight into the sphere of regulation, new digital technology trends, human studies and innovative design and delivery systems within the prefilled syringe […]

New cholesterol-lowering drug could help patients unable to take statins

March 13, 2019 todi0

A new class of oral cholesterol-lowering drug could help patients unable to take statins due to side effects. The findings come from the largest study to date to test the effectiveness and safety of bempedoic acid, an oral medication – yet to be approved in Europe – which inhibits the body’s ability to create the […]

FDA approves a new generic valsartan

March 12, 2019 todi0

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new generic of Diovan (valsartan). Valsartan is an angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) that treats high blood pressure and heart failure. The FDA prioritized the review of this drug application to help relieve the recent shortage of this critical medicine

When a cell’s ‘fingerprint’ can be a weapon against cancer

March 12, 2019 todi0

A research team led by Nuno Barbosa Morais, group leader at Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (iMM) in Lisbon, computationally analysed the expression of marker genes that are associated with a “fingerprint” of cancer cells in thousands of tumors and revealed its therapeutic potential in the fight against cancer. The study published in […]

Three winners of 2019 Sandoz Healthcare Access Challenge (HACk) are announced at SXSW

March 11, 2019 todi0

Sandoz, a Novartis division, announced the winners of the 2019 Sandoz Healthcare Access Challenge (HACk). Sandoz HACk invites entrepreneurs and innovators in the field of digital technology to submit ideas with the potential to complement – or even positively disrupt – established approaches to driving access to healthcare. The three winners, chosen from over 400 […]

Computer-designed vaccine elicits potent antibodies against RSV

March 8, 2019 todi0

A first-of-its-kind nanoparticle vaccine candidate for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has been designed in an international research effort. RSV is second only to malaria as a cause of infant mortality worldwide. The new vaccine elicits potent neutralizing antibodies against RSV in both mice and monkeys. The animal research findings, reported March 7 in the journal […]

Lyophilisation Conference 2019

March 8, 2019 todi0

3 – 4 June 2019, London, UKSMi Group announces the return of the 7th Annual Lyophilisation Conference. Lyophilisation (or freeze drying) remains one of the most exciting and rapidly advancing technologies in the pharmaceutical industry to date. By 2020, the lyophilisation equipment market is projected to exceed 8% CAGR reaching approximately £4.4 billion. Attend this […]