2015 global measles vaccination milestones off track, says WHO
13 November 2015 | By Victoria White
New data shows that overall progress towards increasing global immunisation coverage has recently stagnated...
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ESCMID highlights projects in the fight against antimicrobial resistance
13 November 2015 | By Victoria White
Ahead of the European Antibiotic Awareness Day, ESCMID has highlighted two of its more recent projects in the fight against antimicrobial resistance...
EC grants Marketing Authorisation for Obizur
13 November 2015 | By Victoria White
Obizur is the first recombinant porcine sequence FVIII treatment available in Europe to treat acquired haemophilia A...
New analyses add to efficacy and safety profile of Ofev in IPF
13 November 2015 | By Victoria White
A post-marketing surveillance study showed that treatment with Ofev in the real-world clinical setting had a safety profile consistent with that observed in clinical trials...
FDA approves new indications for Gilead’s Harvoni
13 November 2015 | By Victoria White
The FDA has approved Harvoni for expanded use in patients with genotype 4, 5 and 6 chronic HCV infection and in patients co-infected with HIV...
Roche restructures its manufacturing network for small molecules
13 November 2015 | By Victoria White
Roche plans to restructure its manufacturing network for small molecules to address current underutilisation as a result of its evolving portfolio...
Prostate cancer treatment market value to rise to $13.6b
13 November 2015 | By Victoria White
GBI Research says the rise will be driven primarily by growth in disease prevalence due to an aging global population...
BioOutsource Bioanalysis experts attending major Biosimilar Conferences November 16-19
Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) BioOutsource today announced its expert technical staff will be speaking at and/or attending BIOLATAM, Biosimilars LATAM and Biosimilars and Biobetters conferences from November 16-19. This will provide developers of biosimilars with an excellent opportunity to discuss the optimum assay design for rapid and accurate biosimilar characterisation…
Study finds big pharma inconsistent with disclosure of clinical trial data
12 November 2015 | By Victoria White
Almost half of all drugs reviewed as part of the study had at least one undisclosed Phase II or III trial...
Research reveals antibiotic prescriptions are rising in the most deprived areas
12 November 2015 | By Victoria White
The data reveals antibiotic prescribing hotspots and interesting correlations against areas of deprivation. It also shows seasonal variation in antibiotic prescribing...
SEEK’s universal flu vaccine is one step closer
12 November 2015 | By Victoria White
FLU-v is a peptide-based vaccine that stimulates a cytotoxic T lymphocyte and non-neutralising antibody response against influenza. FLU-v may have potential as a cross-protective vaccine for multiple strains of influenza...
Kuros announces second closing of CHF 20 million financing round
12 November 2015 | By Victoria White
The additional financing will allow Kuros to further accelerate its efforts to bring its sealant products to market and to progress its lead orthobiologics product...
Dr Vasant Narasimhan elected a member of the US National Academy of Medicine
11 November 2015 | By Victoria White
The US National Academy of Medicine (NAM) recently announced the election of Dr Vasant “Vas” Narasimhan as a member of the Academy.
Blood cancer drug trial reveals life-changing results
11 November 2015 | By Victoria White
The clinical trial, a first-in-man study, looked at the efficacy of ONO/GS-4059 in the treatment of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia and Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma patients...
GSK announces Phase III results for belimumab in SLE
11 November 2015 | By Victoria White
The results showed that belimumab administered subcutaneously plus standard of care (SoC) demonstrated significantly greater reductions in disease activity compared to placebo plus SoC...
