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BCG vaccine found to improve blood sugar levels in type-1 diabetics
World | News | 0 Comment | 22 Jun, 2018
A study from a Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research team reports that after three years of receiving two administrations of the bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vacc...Read more
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Viruses may play a role in Alzheimer’s disease
World | News | 0 Comment | 22 Jun, 2018
Researchers funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), a part of the National Institutes of Health have made a discovery by analyzing large data sets from post-mortem brain samples of...Read more
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UC, Beckman Coulter enter strategic collaboration
World | News | 0 Comment | 22 Jun, 2018
Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, a global leader in the clinical diagnostics industry, has embarked on a strategic collaboration with the University of California, Irvine (UCI), one of the firs...Read more
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World | News | 0 Comment | 21 Jun, 2018
Singapore- PolarityTE announced that Paul Mann of Highbridge Capital Management is the new Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective July 1, 2018. Mr. Mann has nearly 20 years of fin...Read more
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Health organizations collaborate with industry to combat diabetes
World | News | 0 Comment | 21 Jun, 2018
The American Heart Association (AHA) and the American Diabetes Association (ADA) has announced the start of a new multi-year collaborative initiative supported by founding sponsors Boehring...Read more
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FDA allows label for Novartis' Cosentyx to include Psoriatic arthritis benefit
World | News | 0 Comment | 20 Jun, 2018
Novartis announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the inclusion of new evidence that Cosentyx® (secukinumab) significantly slows the progression of joint ...Read more
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Biotechnology Institute announces Woman of the Year awardee
World | News | 0 Comment | 19 Jun, 2018
Seema Kumar, Vice President of Innovation, Global Health and Science Policy Communication for Johnson & Johnson was named recipient of the Biotechnology Institute’s newly launched...Read more
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Chip detects rhinoviruses as cause of asthma
World | News | 0 Comment | 19 Jun, 2018
MedUni Vienna has developed a method that can be used to identify individual rhinovirus strains ("cold viruses") as a cause of asthma. A "chip" is used to clearly identify certain virus str...Read more
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Mylan announces US launch of Bivalirudin for Injection
World | News | 0 Comment | 19 Jun, 2018
Global pharmaceutical company Mylan has announced the US launch of Bivalirudin for Injection, 250 mg single-dose vial, a generic version of Angiomax from The Medicines Co...Read more
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Researchers develop device to deliver medicine to heart
World | News | 0 Comment | 18 Jun, 2018
An international team of researchers has developed a new minimally invasive medical device called Therepi that can be placed directly on diseased heart tissue to continuously deliver requir...Read more
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Benchling closes at $14.5M in Series B round
World | News | 0 Comment | 15 Jun, 2018
Life Sciences informatics company Benchling said that it closed a $14.5 million Series B round of venture capital. Benchmark led the round, with participation from Fidelity Investments' F-P...Read more
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2018 BIO International Convention makes history
World | News | 0 Comment | 15 Jun, 2018
The 2018 BIO International Convention (BIO 2018) recently wrapped up four days of programming under the theme of “Make History.” Hosted by the Biotechnology Innov...Read more
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TiGenix announces change in its Board of Directors
World | News | 0 Comment | 14 Jun, 2018
TiGenix, an advanced biopharmaceutical company focused on exploiting the anti-inflammatory properties of allogeneic, or donor-derived, stem cells to develop novel therapies for serious medi...Read more
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HIV vaccine developed by NIH found active in animals
World | News | 0 Comment | 13 Jun, 2018
Over the past several years, HIV researchers have identified many broadly neutralizing antibodies that can protect human cells in the lab. Scientists examine the sites, or epitopes, on...Read more
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Vergent Bioscience raises $8.7M in Series A financing round
World | News | 0 Comment | 13 Jun, 2018
Vergent Bioscience, a cancer-focused biotechnology company has announced that it raised $8.7 million in a Series A financing round led by Spring Mountain Capital to fund its preclinical and...Read more
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World | News | 0 Comment | 13 Jun, 2018
Singapore- Galectin Therapeutics, the leading developer of therapeutics that target galectin proteins, announced that Harold H. Shlevin, Ph.D., currently the Company’s Chief Operating...Read more
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Artelo, Syngene, Aptus enter into global R&D partnership
World | News | 0 Comment | 13 Jun, 2018
Singapore- Artelo Biosciences, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of therapeutic treatments that modulate the endocannabinoid system, announced that it has entered into ...Read more
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J&J agrees to sell LifeScan unit for $2.1B
World | News | 0 Comment | 13 Jun, 2018
Singapore- The New Brunswick, NJ-based company recently reported that it has accepted Platinum Equity's $2.1 billion offer for J&J's LifeScan business. LifeScan is known to diabe...Read more
