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Breakthrough Therapy Lenvima/Keytruda Combo Treats Patients with Advanced Kidney Cancer
Eisai's lenvatinib mesylate (Lenvima), a multiple receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor, in combination with Merck's pembrolizumab (Keytruda), an anti-programmed death-1 therapy, has been granted the breakthrough therapy designation...
Cipher Pharmaceuticals Launches a Novel Bactericidal Topical Antibiotic Cream in Canada
<p xss=removed>Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc announced the Canadian launch of OZANEX™ (ozenoxacin cream, 1%), a novel bactericidal topical antibiotic cream indicated for the treatment of impetigo in patients aged 2 months and older.</p> <p xss=removed>OZANEX can be used to cure one of the most common and contagious bacterial skin infections. It can be utilised as a new and important treatment alternative for skin infections.</p> <p xss=removed...
Roche’s Balovaptan Gets FDA’s Breakthrough Therapy Designation
<p xss=removed>Roche announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation for its investigational oral medicine Balovaptan.</p> <p xss=removed>It is a vasopressin 1a (V1a) receptor antagonist for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).</p> <p xss=removed>The V1a receptor has a role in mediating and modulating key social behaviours associated with individuals with the condition.</p> ...
New Diabetes Drugs Sensitise Cancer cells to chemotherapy agents
Scientists from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have discovered that experimental diabetes drugs have the potential to increase the vulnerability of cancer cells to traditional chemotherapy treatments....
A New Nanomedicine Prevents the Development of Pancreatic Cancer in Mice
A new Tel Aviv University study pinpoints the inverse correlation between a known oncogene; a gene that promotes the development of cancer and the expression of oncosuppressor microRNA as the reason for extended pancreatic cancer survival....
A New Sophisticated Microscope gives a boost to Optogenetic Studies
Scientists from Harvard, report the development of a new microscope that greatly improves researchers’ ability to study how neurological disorders such as epilepsy and Alzheimer's disease affect neuronal communication....
First Digital Pill Tracks Patients Medication
<p xss=removed>Abilify MyCite, the first digital pill, with a sensor digitally tracks if patients have taken their medication. Abilify MyCite also gets an approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).</p> <p xss=removed>This first digital pill is fitted with a digital ingestion tracking system and has an ingestible sensor embedded in the pill that records that the medication was taken.</p> <p xss=removed>The Abilify MyCite featur...
First-of-its Kind Gene Therapy Could Treat Inherited Blindness
<p xss=removed>A new gene therapy might be able to recover vision lost in inherited retinal disease patients.</p> <p xss=removed>This treatment could pave the way for treating inherited retinal diseases and more common loss of vision due to age degeneration (Unsplash/Vanessa Bumbeers).</p> <p xss=removed>Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA) patients were capable to see well enough to navigate a maze created for trials, after receiving an invest...
Merck Announces First-of-its Kind Filters for CHO & Downstream Filtration Applications
<p>Merck announced Millistak+® HC Pro, the first of its kind high capacity, fully synthetic depth filters for non-treated Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) harvest clarification and downstream filtration applications.</p> <p>Millistak+® HC Pro filter media provides a cleaner and more consistent depth filtration process compared with traditional diatomaceous earth (DE) and cellulose-based filtration processes.</p> <p>The Millistak+® HC Pro portfol...
Pfizer Launches First-of-its Kind Innovative Technologies for Hemophilia Patients
Pfizer recently introduced two innovative solutions for individuals with hemophilia in the US: Hemocraft™, a modified version of the popular game Minecraft®, and the HemMobile® Striiv® Wearable wristband....
