Investments in production are down in the field and pharmaceutical industries are turning to relationships with research or public institutions (hospitals, clinics …). A growing number of clinical trials should emerge in 2010. Soo Kee Chee, director of the National Cancer Center Singapore (NCCS) said that academic institutions are beginning to conduct clinical trials for [...]

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A team of researchers announced the discovery of a vaccine effective against multiple strains of influenza virus. This is the result of a joint research effort between the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, the Universities of Hokkaido and Saitama, and the company manufacturing chemicals NOF Corp.. Supervised by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. [...]

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<a href=”http://scienceniche.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/potier.jpg”><img class=”alignleft size-full wp-image-604″ title=”potier” src=”http://scienceniche.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/potier.jpg” alt=”” /></a>The 1998 CNRS Gold Medal was awarded to Pierre Potier, member of the Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Pharmacology, the National Academy of Dental Surgery, and Director of the Natural Substance Chemistry Institute of the CNRS (ICSN, Gif-sur-Yvette). Pierre Potier was born on August 22, [...]

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In late August, during the 12th Congress of the European Federation of Neurological Societies in Madrid, the Israeli company Teva has succeeded in presenting the results of clinical trials of Azilect. This new medicine, dedicated to patients with Parkinson’s disease shows promising results. Olivier Rascol, a member of the department of clinical pharmacology at the [...]

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Researchers at the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem have found a way to slow the onset of symptoms caused by multiple sclerosis. These are promising “stem cells” that have this beneficial effect. The team, led by Professor Tamir Ben Hur, director of Neurology and Professor Benjamin Reubinoff, director of research on human embryonic stem cells at [...]

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As in previous years, gave the Design Center Stuttgart in 2008 again the International Design Award Baden-Wuerttemberg. This year it was under the slogan “Focus Green” environmentally advanced innovations from various sectors and to present their sustainability and to reward outstanding achievements. To this silver award winners include 2008 the newly developed shock-proof blood pressure [...]

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The Japanese Generic Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (JGPMA), which includes forty pharmaceutical companies, has published a list comparing the effectiveness of generic drugs produced by its members to the corresponding medicines. This is primarily to inform and reassure the public, which seems to feel some confidence in generics, as was shown in two studies conducted in [...]

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The University of Geneva has concluded in October last two partnerships with pharmaceutical companies. The objective is to develop the commercial exploitation of two biopolymers developed by the Pharmaceutical Sciences headed by Professor Robert Gurny.

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Cell therapy using stem cells is revolutionizing the perspective of the treatments used to treat serious diseases. Replace cells damaged tissue with new of the same patient is now possible. This is the cell therapy and regenerative medicine, the last major advance in biomedicine. In this sense, the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona is at the [...]

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A team of researchers announced the discovery of a vaccine effective against multiple strains of influenza virus. This is the result of a joint research effort between the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, the Universities of Hokkaido and Saitama, and the company manufacturing chemicals NOF Corp. Supervised by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.

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