The 52nd Issue of the Grand Rounds is up at Sound Practice. This round's medical blogs revolves around the doctor-patient relationship. With drug discovery and development being one of, if not...
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GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) patent for AZT (Retrovir� or zidovudine), the very first AIDS drug, ends today, seventeen years after it was first patented for use against HIV/AIDS. The AIDS Healthcare...
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Renovis, Inc announced last week that it intends to file a proposed underwritten public offering of common stock amounting to 4,000,000 primary shares. Renovis is a biopharmaceutical company...
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Spurned by forbidden Fertility treatments in the UK, sperm bank company Cryos plans to launch "fertility ships" where people needing/wanting treatment can board and have it. The ships will...
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Genzyme Genetics released an improved genetic test kit for Cystic Fibrosis, a disorder of mucus production primarily affecting the pulmonary, gastrointestinal and reproductive systems. Most...
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Novartis AG gets exclusive worldwide rights to NexMed's proprietary NM100060 nail lacquer treatment for onychomycosis, commonly known as nail fungus. NM100060 is currently in Phase 1 development...
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Fortune75 runs a lengthy article on the Bayh-Dole Act or Patent and Trademark Ammendments Act, which promoted the participation of universities and federally funded institution in the...
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earlier reports use DNA molecules as scaffolding to form buckyballs, which can house and deliver drugs into cells. In two separate papers appearing in Nano Letters and Human Gene Therapy, scientists...
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AstraZeneca's Arimidex (generic: Anastrozole) for treating breast cancer in postmenopausal women has been accepted for use in Scotland. The drug, which has already been released for use in the US...
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The White House announced last week that Leon R. Kass, who heads the President's Council on Bioethics, will step down as chairman Oct. 1, to be replaced by Edmund Pellegrino, 85, a professor...
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What: IMPACT CHINA: Pharmaceutical R&D Global Summit When: September 18 to 21, 2005 Where: Renaissance Shanghai Pudong Hotel - Shanghai, China Scientific and business leaders in the...
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Collagen is the most abundant, naturally occuring protein that makes up our bones skin and connective tissues. Recently, scientists have proposed a novel use for this compound whose most popular use...
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Wyeth formally opened its Grange Castle biotech production facility in South County Dublin, Ireland last week. The $2 Billion, 1.2 million square foot campus is one of the largest integrated biotech...
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German biotech company BioVisioN AG signed an agreement with Abbott to collaborate on research relating to the discovery of novel biomarkers for lung cancer. According to the agreement, BioVisioN...
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The first pilot Phase 2 feasibility study of Aerosurf, developed by Dicovery Labs, showed promising results. Aerosurf is a aerosolized lung surfactant delivered using continuous positive airway...
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What: Confronting Influenza: Are We Prepared? A Symposium Presented by The Howard Hughes Medical Institute and The Center for Strategic and International Studies When: September 15, 2005 -- 9:00AM to...
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The breakthrough in creating embryos from two mothers generated a lot of attention. It sounds bizaare, even to a scientist such as me, who believes in the power of science and biotechnology to...
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INTEC Web and genome Informatics (W&G) announced las week that it has opened Bio Hyakka, a website for searching information on reagents for biological researches, currently on beta. The site...
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Are you (1) a biotech analyst with an MD or PhD and the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) designation? Or (2) a biotech investor looking for the right stock analyst? Tom Jacobs' recent article in...
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Tangled Bank is a compendium of the best science blogging on the web and Issue #36 is hosted by B and B. I've submitted an earlier entry on Vif dimerization anatagonist to delay the onset of AIDS...
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Current methods od biometric identification-- fingerprints, iris patterns, hand geometry, and alike-- have already been fodder for fiction novels and sci-fi movies. And while they have already been...
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Would you like to contribute to this weblog? Now you can, as we launch the Creative Reporter System. How does it work? Submit your entries, whenever and about whatever you want. If it fits the blog,...
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