FDA approves novel treatment for highly drug-resistant forms of TB

World |  News | 0 Comment | 19 Aug, 2019

Pretomanid, a novel compound developed by the non-profit organization TB Alliance, was approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), on 14 August 2019, for treating some of the...Read more

Medtronic Evolut TAVR System receives expanded indication

World |  News | 0 Comment | 19 Aug, 2019

 Medtronic has announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the EvolutTM Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) system for patients with symptoma...Read more

FDA approves novel device to treat idiopathic scoliosis

World |  News | 0 Comment | 19 Aug, 2019

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first spinal tether device intended to be used in children and adolescents to correct the most common form of scoliosis, called idiopa...Read more

FDA approves INREBIC for Myelofibrosis treatment

World |  News | 0 Comment | 19 Aug, 2019

Celgene Corporation has announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved INREBIC® (fedratinib) for the treatment of adult patients with intermediate-2 or hig...Read more

AbbVie receives FDA approval for RINVOQ

World |  News | 0 Comment | 19 Aug, 2019

AbbVie,  a research-based global biopharmaceutical company, has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved RINVOQ™ (upadacitinib), a 15 mg, once...Read more

CureVac collaborates with Yale for mRNA-based pulmonary therapeutics

World |  News | 0 Comment | 19 Aug, 2019

CureVac AG, a fully integrated Germany based biopharmaceutical company pioneering the field of mRNA-based drugs, announced that it has entered into a Collaborative Research Agreement (CRA) ...Read more

BioIVT examines link between HIV Integrase inhibitor drugs and NTD during pregnancy

World |  News | 0 Comment | 16 Aug, 2019

BioIVT, a leading provider of research models and services for drug and diagnostic development, on 15 August 2019, announced that researchers in its Transporter Sciences Group have co-autho...Read more

Clinithink and Healthix harness benefits of AI and massive health data

World |  News | 0 Comment | 16 Aug, 2019

Clinithink and Healthix – the largest public health information exchange (HIE) in the U.S. are partnering on a program designed to leverage Healthix clinical data to facilitate t...Read more

Johannesburg gets ready for 5th Healthcare Innovation Summit Africa 2019

World |  News | 0 Comment | 16 Aug, 2019

It is that time of the year again, when healthcare professionals, industry experts and leaders gather to discuss the impact of emerging technologies on their industry. Taking place at the&n...Read more

Roche gets approval for oncology drug, Rozlytrek

World |  News | 0 Comment | 16 Aug, 2019

Genentech, a Roche’s subsidiary announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Rozlytrek™ (entrectinib) for the treatment of adults with ROS1-positive, me...Read more

IQVIA to transform clinical trial experience

World |  News | 0 Comment | 16 Aug, 2019

IQVIA announces launch of the IQVIA Patient Portal, a global web-based solution built on a leading health cloud platform. This innovative tool enables increases in clinical trial patient re...Read more

Certara Introduces Version 19.6 of its D360 Scientific Informatics Platform

World |  News | 0 Comment | 15 Aug, 2019

Certara®, the global model-informed drug development and decision support leader, on 30 July 2019, announced the launch of version 19.6 of D360, its scientific informatics platform for ...Read more

Heart-on-a-Chip mimics drug response seen in Humans

World |  News | 0 Comment | 14 Aug, 2019

Researchers from TARA Biosystems and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) have published data demonstrating that TARA’s engineered heart-on-a-chip system replicated drug responses found in adult hum...Read more

BioTek gets recognition as 2019 ‘Vermont Business Growth Award’ Winner

World |  News | 0 Comment | 14 Aug, 2019

BioTek Instruments will be recognized as a 2019 Vermont Business Growth Award winner at a ceremony to be held September 17, 2019, at the Hilton Hotel Burlington, in Burlington, VT. This awa...Read more

AskBio acquires Synpromics, expands gene therapy technology portfolio

World |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Aug, 2019

AskBio, the world’s foremost clinical stage and gene therapy Platform Company, has acquired Synpromics, the leader in gene control synthetic promoter technology, bioinformatics a...Read more

Understanding & addressing challenges key to new discoveries and breakthrough

World |  Opinion | By Tiffani Manolis | 0 Comment | 13 Aug, 2019

With well-developed infrastructure, thriving research ecosystem, encouraging measures from both the government and the private sector, as well as a great pool of skilled talent, Singapore h...Read more

GSK announces leadership changes in the US

World |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Aug, 2019

GSK has announced that Jack Bailey, President US Pharmaceuticals has decided to step down from his role at the end of the year. Bailey will be succeeded by Maya Martinez-Davis, currently Re...Read more

Harvard, Merck to discover new immuno-oncology targets

World |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Aug, 2019

Harvard University and Merck are launching a collaboration that will provide significant research funding for up to four years to support immuno-oncology research led by Arlene Sharpe,...Read more