Daiichi Sankyo teams up with US firm to develop biosimilarsMainichi Daily NewsDaiichi Sankyo will introduce relevant technology from Coherus BioSciences to develop biosimilar forms of etanercept for rheumatism treatment and rituximab for cancer treatme…
Thinking globally, giving locally
Truckee Town Clerk Judy Price and her sister Tracy Copeland enjoy a laugh at the ceremony honoring Truckee residents for self-registering with the Donate Life Organ and Tissue Transplant Registry. Copeland received a liver transplant in 1998 and contin…
Eva Markvoort inspires an app – New Westminster News Leader
Eva Markvoort inspires an appNew Westminster News LeaderMarkvoort had a double lung transplant in 2007 that initially gave her physical freedom before transplant rejection set in. She died two years ago at the age of 25 awaiting another transplant. Whe…
Meeting the Challenges in Treating Lymphoma A Conversation With Andrew D … – OncLive
OncLiveMeeting the Challenges in Treating Lymphoma A Conversation With Andrew D …OncLiveDr Zelenetz: The standard of care for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) in the United States remains rituximab (R) in combination with cyclophosphamide, doxor…
HeartWare Completes Enrollment In 450-Patient Pivotal Destination Therapy Clinical Trial
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. and SYDNEY, May 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — HeartWare International, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTWR; ASX: HIN), a leading innovator of less invasive, miniaturized circulatory support technologies that …
Overweight cat dies of heart failure – Myjoyonline.com
Myjoyonline.comOverweight cat dies of heart failureMyjoyonline.comSeriously overweight cat Meow, who became an animal celebrity after appearing on US TV, has died from heart failure. The massive mog weighed in at a whopping 40lbs — four times his ide…
Compulsory licensing sets off a wave of price cuts in cancer drugs – Livemint
Compulsory licensing sets off a wave of price cuts in cancer drugsLivemintSome of the key cancer drugs under patent protection in India—erlotinib (lung cancer), sunitinib (kidney cancer), sorafenib (liver and kidney cancer), trastuzumab (breast cance…
Neuralstem Updates ALS Stem Cell Trial Progress
ROCKVILLE, Md., May 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Neuralstem, Inc. (CUR) announced that the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the return of three patients from earlier cohorts in its …
Orgenesis Inc. Increases Depth of Governance With Latest Board Appointee – MarketWatch (press release)
Orgenesis Inc. Increases Depth of Governance With Latest Board AppointeeMarketWatch (press release)The Company believes that converting the diabetic patient's own tissue into insulin-producing cells overcomes the problem of donor shortage and remov…
Transplant: Great-grandmother finally finds relief from painful leg ulcers thanks to UK-first technique using dead …
Jessie Townley, 92, from Hyde in Cheshire, says she feels so fit she'd like to go dancing after her leg ulcers were completely healed at Wythenshawe Hospital.