In nine months, 84 cadaver transplantsTimes of IndiaShetty said of the 103 patients declared brain dead in the last nine months, the families of 35 patients had agreed to organ donation due to which 61 kidney, 23 liver and 27 eye transplants could be u…
Times of IndiaSmart knife detects cancer in 3 secondsTimes of IndiaThe researchers first used the iKnife to analyse tissue samples collected from 302 surgery patients, recording the characteristics of thousands of cancerous and non-cancerous tissues, i…
National Institute of Virology takes up study of Congo feverTimes of IndiaPUNE: The National Institute of Virology (NIV) has initiated a serosurvey with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) to understand the presence and threat of the ani…
Malvern Gazette |
Only 10% offered organ donation option
The Japan News According to a Yomiuri Shimbun survey covering medical institutions nationwide that can handle organ donation, institutions presented families with the option of organ donation in only 10 percent of the cases in which children younger than 15 were … Plea to be an organ donor – and let people know your intentionsSalisbury Journal Don’t add to misery of grief-stricken familiesHereford Times Heart transplant hopefuls have doubled in four yearsNursing Times Essex Enquirer –Dorset Echo –Hemel Gazette all 17 news articles » |
90% of organ donations made with family consentThe Japan NewsOrgan donation becomes an option after cardiac death as well as after brain death, but the number of transplants after cardiac death has decreased. As a result, the combined number of organ d…
Business Standard |
Lupin to market MSD’s pneumococcal vaccine in India
Business Standard “Adults with comorbid conditions such as chronic lung disease, diabetes, chronic heart diseases, chronic liver diseases and immune compromised diseases, as well as adults aged more than 65, are at increased risk of pneumococcal disease, compared to … Lupin to market MSD’s 23-valent Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine for IndiaHindu Business Line MSD, Lupin enter strategic alliance to co-market MSD’s 23-valent PPV for …pharmabiz.com |
afaqs |
TOI announces winners of The SkunkWorks Challenge
afaqs The teams were given a brief of getting 1 lakh+ people to sign up for organ donation through a digital campaign for its ‘I Lead India‘ campaign. Team MSL Group won the first prize, while Good Bad Weird and Ethinos came second and third, respectively. |
Halozyme: Drug Delivery Specialist With Multiple CatalystsSeeking AlphaHerceptin-SC (trastuzumab) and MabThera-SC (rituximab) (novel subcutenous injected rHuPH20 formulations) are currently pending European Medicines Agency (EMA) decisions in the form …
Livemint |
Riding the ‘Ship of Theseus’ wave
Livemint The latest status report on the acclaimed drama, which contains three stories linked by the theme of organ donation, is that in a week of 13 releases in Hindi, English and other languages, it has managed to get a respectable number of shows at … Was told Ship of Theseus will be commercially unviable: Anand GandhiHindustan Times |
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What Does Celgene’s Failed Trial Mean for Investors?
Motley Fool Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB ) and Roche offer rituximab as a first-line combination treatment, while Sanofi offers alemtuzumab as a second line treatment. Rituximab brought in $7.2 billion in sales in 2012 — making it one of the most successful drugs in … |