Using graphene as a tunable ion filter
NIST researchers have shown how graphene can be modified with pores and used as an ion filter, and could be adapted for use in drug delivery systems...
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Recent BPT acquisitions
Eurofins BioPharma Product Testing expands its footprint of GMP testing laboratories with recent acquisitions, including Astellas Analytical Science Laboratories, Inc. (ASL) in Japan, PHAST Gesellschaft für Pharmazeutische Qualitätsstandards mbH (PHAST) in Germany, and Bactup in France...
Big Data and AI provide better diagnosis and treatment
MedUni Vienna researchers have developed a way to use retinal imaging to diagnose diabetes, explaining how the technique could be used for other conditions...
AI could help to reduce gadolinium dose in MRI
Articifial intelligence has been used to administer lower doses of gadolinium, a contrast agent often left in the body after magnetic resonance imaging...
‘Contact lens’ patch used to treat eye diseases
Researchers from Singapore have developed a contact lens patch type system to deliver drugs to the eye in order to combat various eye conditions...
Aspirin enteric-coated tablets market report 2018-2023
A market report on the aspirin enteric-coated pharmaceutical industry outlines current trends and opportunities for growth from 2018 until 2023...
FDA updates on voluntary valsartan recalls
The FDA has provided guidance on valsartan recalls that have been occuring recently, providing lists of drugs affected, and methods of impurity testing...
Meta-surface used to correct for chromatic aberrations across lenses
Harvard researchers have developed a metacorrector, a single-layer surface of nanostructures that can eliminate chromatic aberrations across visible light...
Drug delivery using miRNA-enriched extracellular vesicles
Researchers have developed a method of producing extracellular vesicles on a large scale to deliver drugs offering a standardised method of manufacture...
Strong spending seen in US medical and health R&D over five-year period
The pharmaceutical industry accounted for 67 percent of the total spending on research and development, with federal government accounting for 22 percent...
Most FDA required post-marketing drug studies are missing
The FDA requires drugs to be tested on children after they have been approved for adults, however two thirds of these are not happening...
Ribociclib could be used to treat glioblastoma
Ribociclib, a drug approved to treat breast cancer, could be used to treat one of the deadliest forms of cancer - glioblastoma...
FDA approves treatment for peripheral T-cell lymphoma
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved first-line treatment for newly diagnosed peripheral T-cell lymphoma using a new review program...
Trial results show compound makes radiotherapy more effective
A trial has shown that radiotherapy is more effective when levels of ropidoxuridine in a patients' body reach a certain level...
Drug delivery to the brain using scorpion venom
IRB researchers have developed a method to use a peptide found in chlorotoxin identified in scorpion venom to deliver drugs through the blood-brain barrier...
