After a kidney transplant, patients receive drugs such as the new agent belatacept, to prevent rejection of the donor kidney. In a dossier assessment by IQWiG, treatment with belatacept was compared with cyclosporine A. According to the assessment, ser…
A Better Process
The role of the new — and contentious — National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences is to " develop, demonstrate, and then disseminate improvements" to the process of translating basic findings to the clinic, NCATS chief Chris Au…
Immune system breakthrough gives hope to IVF – Herald Sun
Immune system breakthrough gives hope to IVFHerald SunIf high, he will prescribe a low dose of steroid prednisolone and blood-thinning medicine clexane. "We know these medications are safe and that they work. They are also cheap and available,&quo…
Cardioxyl Pharma reports $28M equity round with lead drug against heart failure – FierceBiotech
Cardioxyl Pharma reports $28M equity round with lead drug against heart failureFierceBiotechThe potential payoff is huge as heart failure rates rise and continue to be a leading cause of hospitalizations among the older crowd, with massive costs to the…
Canadian PM plays cricket, hockey in Bangalore – Hindustan Times
Canadian PM plays cricket, hockey in BangaloreHindustan TimesCanadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper signed off his six-day visit to India on a sportive note Friday by playing cricket and hockey with students of Bishop Cotton Boys & Girls School in …
Halozyme Reports Third Quarter 2012 Financial Results – Sacramento Bee
Halozyme Reports Third Quarter 2012 Financial ResultsSacramento Bee"We are pleased with the clinical data from the subcutaneous MabThera (rituximab) trials which should enable filing of the marketing application in Europe later this year," sa…
Medtronic announces encouraging data from heart failure study – Equities.com
Medtronic announces encouraging data from heart failure studyEquities.comBLOCK HF shows a 27% relative risk reduction in the composite of death and healthcare utilization visits requiring intravenous (IV) heart failure therapy among this patient popula…
Lung Disease and Child Mortality – Asia Sentinel
Lung Disease and Child MortalityAsia SentinelDespite being preventable and curable, it is the world's (and India's) leading killer of children under five, claiming one young life every 20 seconds — 4,300 young lives lost every day, which is mo…
Blood donation campaign organized at Yerevan's Hematology Center – PanARMENIAN.Net
PanARMENIAN.NetBlood donation campaign organized at Yerevan's Hematology CenterPanARMENIAN.NetPanARMENIAN.Net – Armenian Youth Foundation jointly with the youth wing of Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) organized a blood donation campaign at Yereva…
Heart failure puts Roar bottom of the table – ABC Online
Heart failure puts Roar bottom of the tableABC OnlineMelbourne Heart has blitzed defending A-League champions Brisbane Roar 4-1 at AAMI Park on Friday night, leaving the Roar at the foot of the table for the first time in the club's history. Brisba…