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T-VEC treatment shows promise for treating advanced stage liver tumours
Phase 1 data supports the use of image-guided therapy for difficult to treat cancer...
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ACG GROUP: ‘World’s only market-ready track & TR solutions provider’ for EUFMD – Inspections business launches groundbreaking Track & Trace capabilities.
ACG is the ‘world’s only market ready Track & Trace solutions provider', in accordance with the EU Falsified Medicines Directive (EUFMD) - which comes into effect in February 2019...
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DPP-4 inhibitors may be linked to inflammatory bowel disease
The use of certain diabetes drugs, known as dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors, are associated with an increased risk of inflammatory bowel disease...
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Programming DNA to deliver cancer drugs
New technology could lead to the development of new cancer therapies...
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Tamoxifen and raloxifene slow down the progression of muscular dystrophy
Long-term treatment with selective estrogen receptor modulators improves muscle, respiratory, and skeletal function without weakening bone in new mouse studies...
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Wickham Laboratories to exhibit at Making Pharmaceuticals UK 2018
Wickham Laboratories Ltd will exhibit on Stand 309 at the Making Pharmaceuticals Conference on 24 – 25 April 2018 at Ricoh Arena, Coventry...
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Dimethandrolone undecanoate shows promise as a male birth control pill
A new birth control pill for men appears to be safe when used daily for a month, with hormone responses consistent with effective contraception...
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H7N9 influenza vaccine clinical trials begin
Two new clinical trials testing an experimental vaccine to prevent influenza caused by an H7N9 influenza virus are now enrolling volunteers at sites across the United States...
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Amisulpride reduces post-operative nausea and vomiting
An innovative use of a known drug is showing promise as an effective treatment for preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV)....
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Application Note: Identification of counterfeit phosphodiesterase inhibitors using NIR spectroscopy and chemometrics
The counterfeiting of pharmaceuticals for economic gain is a growing problem in a modern society within which medicines play a major role...
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H-DAPPs nanoparticles show ability to locate and treat breast tumours
Researchers have developed a fluorescing nanoparticle capable of finding tumours, lighting up upon arrival and being activated with light to generate heat to destroy the cancer cells...
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Researchers use novel methods to determine drug uptake for tumours
Researchers at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Florida have combined single-cell imaging of cancer cells in mice with mathematical modelling to establish which drug characteristics determine its efficacy.
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Antigen study provides a new approach to vaccine development for RSV
Medical researchers point to a promising route for designing an effective vaccine for the respiratory syncytial virus...
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Slow-release hydrogel aids immunotherapy for cancer
An immunotherapy drug embedded in a slow-release hydrogel appears to be highly effective at killing cancer cells...
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CBD may help curb frequency of epileptic seizures
A naturally occurring compound found in cannabis may help to curb the frequency of epileptic seizures...
