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Amicus Therapeutics (Nasdaq: FOLD) announced it has commenced the U.S. registration Phase 3 trial with its investigational drug, Amigal(TM) (migalastat hydrochloride) for the treatment of Fabry disease. The Company has reached agreement with the …

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Myelin Removal Beads: Premium Efficiency For Neural Cell Separations And Antibody Stainings
Thu, 21/05/09 – 1:00 | No Comment

Miltenyi Biotec announces the worldwide and exclusive release of Myelin Removal Beads. Myelin is a specialized membrane which ensheathes and insulates axons in the peripheral and central nervous system. During preparation of single-cell suspensions, myelin …

Which Country Ranks Highest In Biotech Innovation
Thu, 21/05/09 – 0:00 | No Comment

In a first of its kind study, Scientific American cut through the marketing messages to take a hard look at what countries across the globe are doing to bolster biotech programs within their borders. …

First-of-Kind TearLab Product, Developed By Invetech, Wins MDEA Award
Thu, 21/05/09 – 0:00 | No Comment

Invetech, specialists in product development and custom automation for the medical, industrial and consumer markets, announced that TearLab Corporation’s revolutionary TearLab Osmolarity System has been recognised for its innovative design with a prestigious Medical Design …

Quotient Bioresearch Acquires Edinburgh Clinical Research Facility From Charles River Laboratories And Forms Quotient Clinical
Wed, 20/05/09 – 8:00 | No Comment

Quotient Bioresearch Limited (”Quotient”), a leading provider of drug development services, announces that it has acquired Charles River Laboratories’ (Charles River) Edinburgh clinical research facility. This represents the sixth acquisition in approximately three years …

EFPIA Announces Launch Of Anti-counterfeit Coding Pilot Project In Sweden
Tue, 19/05/09 – 6:00 | No Comment

EFPIA, the voice of the pharmaceutical industry in Europe, announces an important step in its efforts to protect Europe’s citizens against counterfeit medicines. EFPIA has agreed to run a pilot of its coding and identification …

Innovative Medicines Initiative: 246 Million Euros To Support Public-private Research Cooperation For A Fast Development Of Better Medicines
Tue, 19/05/09 – 6:00 | No Comment

Today, 15 new research projects aimed at bringing innovative medicines more quickly to the market have been selected to receive 246 million euros from the European Commission and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and …

Roche To Present Major Advances With Targeted Cancer Medicines At ASCO
Tue, 19/05/09 – 2:00 | No Comment

More than 500 scientific abstracts to be presented across 20 types of cancers. Results could significantly improve the way cancer is treated for patients with inoperable stomach …

Olanzapine Long-Acting Injection (LAI) Efficacy And Safety Data Presented At American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting
Tue, 19/05/09 – 1:00 | No Comment

Eli Lilly and Company presented data on the short- and long-term efficacy and safety of olanzapine long-acting injection (LAI) in the treatment of adults with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. Olanzapine LAI is an investigational formulation …

Neurocrine Announces Full Year Results From 603 Study (Petal Study) Of Elagolix For Treatment Of Endometriosis Pain
Tue, 19/05/09 – 1:00 | No Comment

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: NBIX) announced additional positive safety and efficacy results from its Phase IIb clinical trial known as the Petal Study (603 study) using its proprietary, orally-active non-peptide Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) receptor …

Rexin-G Controls Tumor Growth And Improves Survival In Chemotherapy-Resistant Sarcoma And Osteosarcoma: Phase I/II And Phase II Studies, ASCO 2009
Tue, 19/05/09 – 1:00 | No Comment

Epeius Biotechnologies announced the results of two related studies using Rexin-G, a tumor-targeted anti-cancer agent designed to seek-out and destroy metastatic cancers that have spread throughout the body. While Rexin-G is currently approved for the …

The European Biotech Industry Applauds UK Efforts To Place Industrial Biotech At The Center Of A Low Carbon Economy
Mon, 18/05/09 – 2:00 | No Comment

EuropaBio, the European biotech industry association applauds the report “IB 2025: Maximising UK Opportunities from Industrial Biotechnology in a Low Carbon Economy” (1) released today by the UK’s Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform …

Pfizer To Give Away 70 Of Its Most Widely Prescribed Drugs To Those Who Lost Jobs
Mon, 18/05/09 – 1:00 | No Comment

Pfizer on Thursday announced a new program that would provide some of its existing customers access to more than 70 types of medications at no cost if they have recently been laid off or lost …

Argenta Discovery And Porsolt Join Forces To Provide Fully-integrated CNS And Pain Contract Drug Discovery Services
Sun, 17/05/09 – 0:00 | No Comment

Argenta Discovery and Porsolt announced they have entered into an alliance to provide unparalleled CNS and pain drug discovery services and expertise on a fee-for- service basis. The collaboration enables Argenta and Porsolt to …

Pixantrone Phase 3 Data To Be Presented At The 2009 American Society Of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting
Sat, 16/05/09 – 2:00 | No Comment

Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (CTI) (Nasdaq and MTA: CTIC) announced that data from CTI’s pivotal phase III EXTEND (PIX301) trial of pixantrone in patients with advanced, relapsed aggressive non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) will be presented at the …

Cimzia(R) (certolizumab Pegol) Now Available For Self-Administration In Adult Patients With Moderate To Severe Crohn’s Disease
Sat, 16/05/09 – 2:00 | No Comment

UCB announced that Cimzia(R) (certolizumab pegol), the only PEGylated anti-TNF (Tumor Necrosis Factor) approved in the U.S.
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Cholesterol-Busting Bug With A Taste For Waste
Sat, 16/05/09 – 1:00 | No Comment

A novel species of bacteria with cholesterol-busting properties has been discovered by scientists at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. Dr Oliver Drzyzga and colleagues isolated the new bug, called Gordonia cholesterolivorans, from sewage sludge. …

BioVex To Report Phase I/II Clinical Trial Results For The Front Line Treatment Of Head And Neck Cancer
Sat, 16/05/09 – 1:00 | No Comment

BioVex Inc, a company developing next generation biologics for the treatment and prevention of cancer and infectious disease, announced that the results from a Phase I/II combination study in previously untreated patients with head and …

BioVex To Announce Updated Survival Data From A Phase II Clinical Study Of OncoVEX GM-CSF In Metastatic Melanoma
Sat, 16/05/09 – 1:00 | No Comment

BioVex Inc, a company developing new generation biologics for the treatment and prevention of cancer and infectious disease, announced that updated survival data from its Phase II study in metastatic melanoma will be presented at …

Nile Therapeutics CD-NP Clinical Program For Acute Heart Failure Released From Clinical Hold By FDA
Sat, 16/05/09 – 1:00 | No Comment

Nile Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: NLTX), a company focused on the development of novel therapeutics for heart failure patients, received notification from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that the agency has released the …

Prescription Drug Use Dropped In 2008, Though Spending Increased, Medco Research Indicates
Fri, 15/05/09 – 2:00 | No Comment

Use of prescription drugs in the U.S. declined in 2008 — the first such decrease in a decade — but total spending on such treatments increased by 3.3%, according to a report released on Wednesday …