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Navamedic to launch non-invasive prenatal tests in Nordic markets
12.11.2015 | Press monitoring
Navamedic ASA (OSE: NAVA), the Norwegian medtech and pharmaceutical products company, announced today an agreement signed with Sequenom Laboratories of USA, a leading molecular diagnostics laboratory, for the launch of three non-invasive prenatal genetic tests in the Nordic region.
Leukaemia success heralds wave of gene-editing therapies
11.11.2015 | Press monitoring
Layla, a one-year-old girl with leukaemia, is in remission thanks to gene-editing technology that allowed her to receive modified immune cells from another person. Her case represents the second trial of gene-editing as a therapy – the first was carried out last year in patients with HIV. More similar trials are planned – and companies are also...
MDxHealth to Participate in Prospective Clinical Validation Study with AssureMDx for Bladder Cancer
9.11.2015 | Press monitoring
IRVINE, CA, and HERSTAL, BELGIUM, November 10, 2015 - MDxHealth SA (Euronext: MDXH), announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam (Erasmus MC) for the inclusion of MDxHealth's AssureMDx for Bladder Cancer, a urine-based, liquid biopsy test, into a prospective clinical study designed to...
RedHill Biopharma and IntelGenx Announce First European Marketing Approval of RIZAPORT(TM) (RHB-103) for Migraines
9.11.2015 | Press monitoring
TEL-AVIV, Israel, Nov. 9, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - RedHill Biopharma Ltd. (NASDAQ:RDHL) (TASE:RDHL) ("RedHill" or the "Company"), an Israeli biopharmaceutical company primarily focused on late clinical-stage, proprietary, orally-administered, small molecule drugs for inflammatory and gastrointestinal diseases, including cancer, today announced,...
Sanofi Pasteur Reveals its Research on a \"Universal\" Influenza Vaccine
9.11.2015 | Press monitoring
Lyon, France - November 9, 2015 - Sanofi Pasteur , the vaccines division of Sanofi , presented today at the World Vaccine Congress being held in Madrid, Spain, on developing broadly cross-reactive antigens against seasonal and pandemic influenza. The World Vaccine Congress in Europe is in its 16 th year and is a major destination for vaccine...
Medtronic Launches VenaSeal Closure System in the United States; Treats First Patient for Clinically Symptomatic Venous Reflux
9.11.2015 | Press monitoring
DUBLIN - November 9, 2015 - Medtronic plc (NYSE: MDT) today announced U.S. availability of the VenaSeal(TM) closure system, the first and only non-tumescent, non-thermal, non-sclerosant procedure approved for the treatment of symptomatic venous reflux in the U.S. The VenaSeal closure system was approved through the FDA's Pre-Market Approval (PMA)...
Scientists produce beneficial natural compounds in tomato
9.11.2015 | Press monitoring
Scientists at the John Innes Centre have found a way to produce industrial quantities of useful natural compounds efficiently, by growing them in tomatoes. The compounds are phenylpropanoids like Resveratrol, the compound found in wine which has been reported to extend lifespan in animal studies, and Genistein, the compound found in soybean which...
Sanofi and Lexicon Pharmaceuticals to Collaborate on Sotagliflozin, an Investigational New Oral Medicine for People with Diabetes
6.11.2015 | Press monitoring
Paris and The Woodlands, TX - November 6, 2015 - Sanofi and Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: LXRX) announced today that they have entered into a collaboration and license agreement for the development and commercialization of sotagliflozin, an investigational new oral dual inhibitor of sodium-glucose cotransporters 1 and 2 (SGLT-1 and...
CROSSJECT secures €6.7 million in funding for the development of three new drugs
6.11.2015 | Press monitoring
Chenôve, France - November 6, 2015, 8.30am - CROSSJECT (ISIN: FR0011716265; Ticker: ALCJ), specialty pharma company specialized in self-injectable drugs for use in emergency situations, announces that it has been awarded by Bpifrance a refundable grant of €6.7 million, over three years, as part of the Industrial Projects of the Future (Projets...
Researchers want to turn acid-loving microbes into safe drug-carriers
6.11.2015 | Press monitoring
Usually the microbe S. islandicus is found in hot and acidic volcanic springs, but now the microbe has also found its way to the labs of University of Southern Denmark. Here researchers have for the first time showed that the exotic microbe is capable of delivering drugs to the human body. The microbe S. islandicus has a strange and unique talent...
