The University of Texas at Austin on Monday unveiled a new laboratory that officials say will fill a critical gap to develop new drugs and biotechnology products.
Indian Patent Office revokes Pfizer's Sutent patent – Moneycontrol.com
Moneycontrol.comIndian Patent Office revokes Pfizer's Sutent patentMoneycontrol.comThe Indian Patent Office surprised the pharma sector by revoking the five-year old patent for Pfizer 's kidney cancer drug Sutent on grounds that the drug lacks …
Trevena reports completion of TRV027 Phase 2a study in advanced heart failure … – News-Medical.net
Trevena reports completion of TRV027 Phase 2a study in advanced heart failure …News-Medical.netTrevena, Inc., the leader in the discovery and development of G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) biased ligands, today announced that it has successfully co…
Judge backs doctors in Muslim man's right-to-life case – BBC News
BBC NewsJudge backs doctors in Muslim man's right-to-life caseBBC NewsHowever, in 1986 the third International Conference of Islamic Jurists issued a fatwa (Islamic ruling) that "equated brain death to cardiac and respiratory death". If t…
Respect My Dying Wish campaign launched to boost organ donor rates – Scottish Daily Record
Respect My Dying Wish campaign launched to boost organ donor ratesScottish Daily RecordNHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde have launched a new campaign in a bid to boost organ donation rates. The 'Respect My Dying Wish' initiative aims to encourage t…
Man regains transplant coverage lost because wife gets EI
A young Ontario father who suffers from kidney disease and needs a transplant has found out the drug benefits he lost because his wife is collecting employment insurance while on maternity leave will be restored.
First-Line Dose-Dense Induction and High-Dose Chemotherapy/Autologous … – OncLive
OncLiveFirst-Line Dose-Dense Induction and High-Dose Chemotherapy/Autologous …OncLiveFirst-Line Dose-Dense Induction and High-Dose Chemotherapy/Autologous Stem Cell Transplant Benefits Patients With Rare Lymphomas. Jill Stein. Published Online: Monda…
New organ donation law criticised – Irish Health
Michigan Business Review – MLive.comNew organ donation law criticisedIrish HealthUp until 2011, all Irish deceased donors were brain stem death donors, but new legislation has allowed Ireland to use a new proven source of organ donors: cardiac death do…
Nobel Prize for medicine awarded to Gurdon, Yamanaka for stem cell discoveries – Washington Post
Nobel Prize for medicine awarded to Gurdon, Yamanaka for stem cell discoveriesWashington PostBecause the cells made by the technique are genetically identical to the patient, the advance “may one day allow us to transplant rejection-proof tissues,”…
The state's skewed line on moral issues makes me worried about giving it … – Catholic Herald Online (blog)
Catholic Herald Online (blog)The state's skewed line on moral issues makes me worried about giving it …Catholic Herald Online (blog)Exploitation occurs because of the demand for organs and because doctors themselves are divided on the meaning of …