Common heart failure drugs could benefit more patientsInsciences Organisation28 November 2012– A novel study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden suggests that commonly used drugs to treat heart failure and high blood pressure may have a wider range o…
Chugai in co-development accord for obinutuzumab with Nippon ShinyakuThe Pharma LetterGA101 is a glycoengineered type II anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody created by GlycArt AG and is a compound that selectively targets the CD20 protein on B-cells, the sam…
'Stem cell discovery could revive damaged heart'Business Standard… damaged heart'. Press Trust of India / Toronto November 28, 2012, 15:05 … Radisic and Li first create a "micro-environment" that allows heart tissue to grow, w…
Business TodayPAB dismisses AstraZeneca appeal on lung cancer drugBusiness Standard… has dismissed the company's appeal against refusal of patent to lung cancer drug Gefitinib. The London-headquartered pharmaceutical and biologics company's a…
Organs — Harvest a lifeThe Asian AgeWith the rate of organ donation in Karnataka standing at around 10-12% per year, it is obvious that there is a critical gap between the number of organs donated and the number of people waiting for a transplant. Mo…
A 5-year-old Lexington resident is in need of a new heart. His second one. Jhett Skaggs, the son of Bryan and Audra Skaggs, was born with a heart condition that caused him to need a heart transplant at 10 months. After receiving his …
Deccan ChronicleOrgans — Harvest a lifeDeccan ChronicleWith the rate of organ donation in Karnataka standing at around 10-12% per year, it is obvious that there is a critical gap between the number of organs donated and the number of people waiting f…
Procedure for organ donation in Russia may be simplifiedRAPSIA bill will shortly be submitted to the State Duma stipulating that every Russian citizen will automatically become an organ donor after their death if no refusal was made during their lifeti…
Five-year-old needs second heart transplantNorman TranscriptAudra Skaggs said this is a disease process not related to heart transplant rejection. So Jhett and his dad, Brian Skaggs, have headed to Houston's Texas Children's Hospital, where Jhe…
Dr. Joseph E. Murray, who performed the world's first successful kidney transplant and won a Nobel Prize for his pioneering work, has died. He was 93.