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Novartis Zortress medication wins FDA nod to prevent liver transplantation rejection
London :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago
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Novartis Zortress as the first drug to prevent organ rejection in adult patients receiving liver transplantation in the US. The approval was based on positive data from liver transplant study that compared Zortress in combination with reduced-
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BioFreedom, Polymer-Free Drug Coated Stent, Wins EU Clearance
Singapore :: Singapore | 4 months ago
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Unlike most other drug eluting stents, the BioFreedom does not use a polymer to manage the release of Biolimus A9 (umirolimus), a highly lipophilic anti-restenotic derivative of sirolimus that the company developed in-house specifically for this use.
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Pfizer discloses $491M charge for Rapamune marketing settlement - FiercePharma
London :: United Kingdom | 7 months ago
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Amid the all the numbers in Pfizer's ($PFE) third-quarter earnings announcement, the drugmaker disclosed one particularly newsworthy figure: A $491 million charge for a Rapamune marketing settlement. As Dow Jones first reported, the company made a
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DESyne BD Coronary Drug Eluting Stent from Elixir Medical Gets Green Light from EU
Sunnyvale :: CA :: USA | 9 months ago
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14 pm Elixir Medical out of Sunnyvale, California received European CE Mark clearance to offer its DESyne BD Novolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System to coronary artery disease patients on the continent. The stent itself is cobalt chromium, and is
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Grapefruit boosts power of cancer drug
Toronto :: Canada | 10 months ago
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The Globe and Mail Published Thursday, Aug. 09 2012, 6:13 PM EDT Last updated Thursday, Aug. 09 2012, 6:13 PM EDT Patients taking certain medications are usually told to avoid grapefruit juice because it can boost drug absorption, sometimes leading
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Grapefruit juice can give cancer drugs dramatic boost in effectiveness
London :: United Kingdom | 10 months ago
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8 August 2012 Drinking a glass of grapefruit juice a day could dramatically increase the effectiveness of cancer drugs, according to a study. Patients who combined the fruit with a specific anti-cancer drug received the same benefits as they would
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Grapefruit juice boosts drug's anti-cancer effects
New York City :: NY :: USA | 10 months ago
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FoxNews.com Sirolimus, a drug typically used by transplant patients to prevent rejection, has been found in previous studies to have anti-cancer properties as well. While it's not currently used to treat cancer, there may be a way to give those
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Grapefruit Juice Lets Patients Take Lower Dose of Cancer Drug
Charlottesville :: VA :: USA | 10 months ago
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Contact Information Available for logged-in reporters only Description A glass a day of grapefruit juice lets patients derive the same benefits from an anti-cancer drug as they would get from more than three times as much of the drug by itself.
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Anti-ageing pills could be a reality
Cologne :: Germany | 10 months ago
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a pill that alleviates the worst aspects of ageing. But anti-ageing drugs could be closer than we think, according to international genetics and ageing expert Dame Linda Partridge. In fact, a drug already licensed to treat cancer is getting the
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Easter Island bacteria behind breakthrough in Alzheimer's research
Geneva :: Switzerland | 11 months ago
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Watch A running shoe that promises to shave fractions of a second off sprinters' race times is one of the highlights at this year's RCA Gradiation Show in London. Geneva, Switzerland AP Photo Watch Veronica Galvan, an assistant professor of
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