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16Jan/14

FDA to Evaluate Idelalisib for Indolent Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma – Monthly Prescribing Reference

January 16, 2014Monoclonal Anti-CD20 Antibodiesadmin

FDA to Evaluate Idelalisib for Indolent Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Monthly Prescribing Reference
The NDA submission was supported by a single arm Phase 2 study (Study 101-09) evaluating idelalisib in patients with iNHL that is refractory (non-responsive) to rituximab and to alkylating-agent-containing chemotherapy. Idelalisib is an investigational …
FDA Approves Application Review For Refractory Indolent Non-Hodgkin’s …BioResearch Online (press release)

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16Jan/14

FDA acetaminophen warning: Reports of liver failure prompts acetaminophen alert – Examiner.com

January 16, 2014Organ Failureadmin

Examiner.comFDA acetaminophen warning: Reports of liver failure prompts acetaminophen alertExaminer.comAn FDA acetaminophen warning has been issued following reports of liver failure due to taking acetaminophen. In its acetaminophen alert, the FDA has …

16Jan/14

AbbVie Advances with Cancer Candidate – Zacks.com

January 16, 2014Monoclonal Anti-IL-2Rα Receptor Antibodiesadmin

AbbVie Advances with Cancer CandidateZacks.comAbbVie has several pipeline-related events lined up this year including data on multiple sclerosis candidate, daclizumab from the DECIDE study in mid-14 and data on Elagolix from one of the two pivotal stud…

16Jan/14

'Brain dead' cases should be notifiable: AIIMS director – Newstrack India

January 16, 2014Liveradmin

‘Brain dead’ cases should be notifiable: AIIMS director
Newstrack India
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) It should be made mandatory for every hospital to notify ‘brain dead’ cases without delay, so that donation of organs is more efficient, M.C. Mishra, director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, said Thursday …

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16Jan/14

Nomura Reiterates Bullish View on Biogen (BIIB) on Tecfidera Sales – StreetInsider.com (subscription)

January 16, 2014Monoclonal Anti-IL-2Rα Receptor Antibodiesadmin

Nomura Reiterates Bullish View on Biogen (BIIB) on Tecfidera Sales
StreetInsider.com (subscription)
“We remain focused on daclizumab Phase III MS data in mid-2014 given its $2bn revenue opportunity and anti-LINGO Phase II optic neuritis data in 4Q14, given its read through to the MS trial (2015E). In a year of regulatory and commercial execution, we …

16Jan/14

Stem cells to cure sickle cell – KTBS

January 16, 2014Other Transplantationadmin

Stem cells to cure sickle cell
KTBS
We can’t transplant you,'” Shalini Shenoy, MD, professor of pediatrics, medical director, pediatric stem cell transplant program, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, told Ivanhoe. Dr. Shalini Shenoy is studying a …

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16Jan/14

DC community calendar, Jan. 16 to Jan. 23, 2014 – Washington Post

January 16, 2014Organ Donor, Organs, Other Transplantationadmin

DC community calendar, Jan. 16 to Jan. 23, 2014Washington PostFree; suggested donation, $50 for eight weeks. 202-364-7602 or www.sibley.org. Teen game time, ages 12-18, compete with your friends in some favorite games or just hang out. 3:15 p.m. Thursd…

16Jan/14

Organ donation too important to be used as a political football, says mother … – Belfast Telegraph

January 16, 2014Organ Donoradmin

Belfast Telegraph

Organ donation too important to be used as a political football, says mother …
Belfast Telegraph
To save her life she received a liver transplant within three days – because Spain has an ‘opt-out’ for organ donation. Everyone is regarded to have given consent to be an organ donor after death unless they state otherwise and opt out. Sadly, she died …

16Jan/14

Grand Mufti of Kazakhstan supports organ donation after death – Tengrinews

January 16, 2014Transplantationadmin

Grand Mufti of Kazakhstan supports organ donation after death
Tengrinews
3000 people require kidney transplantation, 1000 needs liver transplantation and 800 people have a need for “a new” heart. Doctors from the Syzganov Center believe that Kazakhstan lacks donors largely because quite few translation surgeries are made.

16Jan/14

Teen backs opt-out organ donation law – Carmarthen Journal

January 16, 2014Organ Donoradmin

Carmarthen JournalTeen backs opt-out organ donation lawCarmarthen JournalA TOWY Valley teenager who has been awaiting a pancreas transplant for the past two years has welcomed the new opt-out organ donation laws. Sophie Washington, of Llandeilo, says n…

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