Click Title for complete article or
click Summary for overview of each
article.
Shares
of Millennium Pharmaceuticals soar on Takeda
Pharmaceuticals' $8.8 billion
offer
From
Associated Press DataStream FFF - Apr 10, 2008
NEW YORK_Wall Street applauded
Takeda Pharmaceuticals' $8.8 billion cash bid for
Millennium Pharmaceuticals, which will give the
Japanese company access to a lucrative blood
cancer drug and stockholders of the Cambridge,
Mass.
[ Summary
]
In
praise of independence: Roche has always gone its
own way: investing in biologics, championing
personalized medicine, and checking its ego at the
door when doing deals. Now that the rest of Big
Pharma has caught on, can a new generation of
leaders keep the Swiss giant ahead of its
time?(Cover story)(Company
overview)
From Pharmaceutical Executive -
Apr 09,
2008
[ILLUSTRATION
OMITTED] "Roche looks like the best pharma play to
me in Europe, if not in the global Big Pharma
space," said Nick Draeger, an analyst at Adamant
Biomedical Investments, as the Swiss drugmaker
announced its '07 results this
January.
[ Summary
]
Other
News To Note.
From BIOWORLD Today -
Apr 09,
2008
AspenBio Pharma
Inc., of Castle Rock, Colo., said it has entered a
long-term exclusive license and commercialization
agreement with Novartis Animal Health Inc., of
Basel, Switzerland, for the development and
commercialization of AspenBio's recombinant
single-chain bovine products BoviPure LH and
BoviPure FSH.
[ Summary
]
| Genetics & Genomics
Research |
| Click Title for complete article or
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article.
New
lymphedema genetics data have been reported by
researchers at Philipps
University
From Health & Medicine Week
- Apr 10,
2008
2008 APR 14 -
-- Data detailed in 'Congenital, low penetrance
lymphedema of lower limbs maps to chromosome
6q16.2-q22.1 in an inbred Pakistani family' have
been presented .
[
Summary
]
Deadly
genetic disease prevented before birth in
zebrafish
From Genomics & Genetics
Weekly - Apr 10,
2008
2008 APR 18 -
-- By injecting a customized "genetic patch" into
early stage fish embryos, researchers at
Washington University School of Medicine in
St.
[ Summary
]
Researchers
from University of Virginia provide details of new
studies and findings in the area of
smoking
From
Drug Week - Apr 10,
2008
2008 APR 18 -
-- Fresh data on smoking are presented in the
report 'Identifying susceptibility loci for
nicotine dependence: 2008 update based on recent
genome-wide linkage analyses.' "Tobacco smoking is
a severe health hazard worldwide, as nearly
one-third of the global adult population smokes
tobacco products .
[ Summary
]
U.S.
Preventive Medicine and deCODE Genetics Sign
Letter of Intent to Expand Personalized Medicine
Platform
From Genomics & Genetics
Weekly - Apr 10,
2008
2008 APR 18 -
-- U.S. Preventive Medicine , the leader in
prevention, and deCODE Genetics, the global leader
in gene discovery, announced they have signed a
letter of intent to add genetic testing to expand
both companies' personalized medicine services in
the U.S.
[ Summary
]
Roche
NimbleGen Launches NimbleGen Sequence Capture
Technology for Targeted Genome
Resequencing
From Biotech Week - Apr 10, 2008
2008 APR 16 - -- Roche NimbleGen, a
company of Roche Applied Science announced the
commercial launch of its NimbleGen Sequence
Capture technology for scientists interested in
selecting targeted regions of the genome for
high-throughput sequencing.
[ Summary
]
Click Title for complete article or
click Summary for overview of each
article.
Napo
Announces Successful Clinical Results in Phase 2
Study of Crofelemer in Acute Adult Infectious
Diarrhea
From PR Newswire Europe (inc. UK
Disclose) - Apr 10,
2008
SOUTH SAN
FRANCISCO, Calif., April 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Napo
Pharmaceuticals, Inc., is pleased to announce the
positive results of a successfully completed Phase
2 trial for CRO-ID conducted by its partner,
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited .
[ Summary
]
New
breast cancer research reported from University of
Texas
From
Women's Health Weekly - Apr 10, 2008
2008 APR 17 - -- "Many
chemotherapeutic and biologic agents used for
advanced breast cancer exhibit activity alone or
in combination, but the small number of randomized
trials, coupled with the significant heterogeneity
of patient and ...
[ Summary
]
Reports
summarize biotechnology business study results
from Amgen, Inc.
From Drug Week - Apr 10, 2008
2008 APR 18 - -- According to
recent research published in the journal
Biometrics , "We deal with the design problem of
early phase dose-finding clinical trials with
monotone biologic endpoints, such as biological
measurements, laboratory values of serum level,
and gene expression .
[ Summary
]
Discloses
Positive Results of a Preclinical Study of its
Fibrin Sealant in Adhesion Prevention and Opens a
New Opportunity in a Market With a Significant
Unmet Medical Need
From Market News Publishing
Canada - Apr 10,
2008
HAEMACURE CORP
HAEMACURE CORP - Discloses Positive Results of a
Preclinical Study of its Fibrin - Sealant in
Adhesion Prevention and ...
[ Summary
]
| FDA: New Treatments and
Technology |
| Click Title for complete article or
click Summary for overview of each
article.
FDA
Investigates Transplant Drugs'
Risks
From
AP Online - Apr 10,
2008
WASHINGTON_Regulators are exploring
whether organ transplant drugs made by Roche and
Novartis increase the risk of an often-fatal
neurological disease.
[ Summary
]
Stanford
Researcher Criticizes FDA Plans to Reduce
Oversight of Off-Label Drug
Use
From
Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA - Apr 10, 2008
2008 APR 20 - -- Proposed
guidelines from the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration would allow companies to market
more drugs for unapproved uses and are a step in
the wrong direction, said a researcher from the
Stanford University School of Medicine
.
[ Summary
]
FDA
approves Rotarix rotavirus
vaccine.
From Chemical Business NewsBase
(Composite) - Apr 10,
2008
Avant
Immunotherapeutics Inc announced that its partner,
GlaxoSmithKline , has received approval from the
US Food and Drug Administration for Rotarix for
the prevention of rotavirus gastroenteritis in
infants.
[ Summary
]
FDA
News Release: Federal authorities seize more than
$100,000 of unapproved drugs marketed as "natural
supplements"
From Food and Drug
Administration Documents and Publications -
Apr 09,
2008
FDA NEWS
RELEASE Federal authorities seize more than
$100,000 of unapproved drugs marketed as "natural
supplements" Products contain active ingredients
in prescription erectile dysfunction drugs At the
request of the U.S.
[ Summary
]
Click Title for complete article or
click Summary for overview of each
article.
Restrictive
drug policies often cause schizophrenic patients
to discontinue medication
From Managed Care Weekly Digest
- Apr 10,
2008
2008 APR 14 -
-- Policies requiring authorization before
physicians can prescribe newer medications to
schizophrenic patients may be
counter-productive.
[ Summary
]
Studies
from Shepherd University have provided new
information about medicare and
medicaid
From Managed Care Weekly Digest
- Apr 10,
2008
2008 APR 14 -
-- In this recently published study, investigators
in the United States conducted a study "To
determine the average payment time from Medicare
Part D plans to community pharmacies for
prescription drugs dispensed to Medicare
beneficiaries .
[
Summary
]
Medical
Errors Cost U.S. $8.8 Billion, Result in 238,337
Potentially Preventable Deaths, According to
HealthGrades Study
From PharmaLive News Archive -
Apr 07,
2008
GOLDEN,
Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 8, 2008 - Patient
safety incidents cost the federal Medicare program
$8.8 billion and resulted in 238,337 potentially
preventable deaths during 2004 through 2006,
according to HealthGrades' fifth annual Patient
Safety in American Hospitals Study. HealthGrades'
analysis of 41 million Medicare patient records
found that patients treated at top-performing
hospitals had, on average, a 43 percent lower
chance of experiencing one or more medical errors
compared to the poorest-performing hospitals.
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