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Otsuka’s Alzheimer’s agitation drug hits the mark
Side effects that occurred significantly more frequently than with placebo included falls, urinary tract infection, headache and diarrhoea.
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Boehringer’s IL-36-targeting drug tackles rare form of psoriasis
In severe cases it can cause organ failure and serious infections. ... At the moment, patients need to be admitted to hospital for both topical and systemic drug treatment, including potent immunosuppressants, anti-TNF drugs to tackle inflammation and
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GSK, J&J say monthly injection keeps HIV controlled
The results were presented today at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Seattle, Washington, this week and showed that as well as being as effective as daily oral
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UK biotech bags €1.5m grant for new antibiotic class
The lead asset coming out of the UK firm’s transcription factor decoy platform is PRO-202, is in preclinical development to treat complicated urinary tract infections (cUTI) and complicated ... abdominal infections (cIAI), focusing on a group of
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How to fix a problem like Orkambi? Solutions suggested ahead of showdown
The stakeholder submissions show a common urgency to find a solution to the long-running problem – as Orkambi could prevent life-threatening infections taking hold – there is no clear consensus on
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Vertex chief Jeffrey Leiden to weigh in on Orkambi inquiry
A patient representative will also speak during the inquiry, but will be the only person with CF present due to the risk of cross-infection with other CF patients.
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Combining therapies and combining research
If we can’t defend ourselves from basic bacterial infections, we render other areas of medicine redundant. ... However, antibiotics for common bacterial infections, for example, staphylococci and Escherichia coli continued to be single molecule
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2019: CRISPR and therapeutic gene editing comes of age
HIV infection – has injected a massive dose of controversy to the field even as it takes its first steps into human clinical testing.
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AstraZeneca’s oncology renaissance
This stimulates an immune response similar to that seen against a viral infection.
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Leicester NHS Trust’s staff intranet is integral to HCPs’ working day
The clinical section contains everything a doctor, nurse or other HCP might need, including clinical guidelines, training and education programmes, infection prevention policies and general hospital policies. ... Clinical education is another well-used
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Deal Watch October 2018
the TRiM platform, for chronic HBV infection. Licence. $3.7B. Endocyte /. Novartis. Radiopharmaceuticals and drug conjugation technology,. including 177Lu‐PSMA‐617 for metastatic castration-resistant. ... the prevention and treatment of parasite and
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Nabriva Therapeutics appoints chief medical officer
Jennifer Schranz will lead the company’s clinical development business. Nabriva Therapeutics, a biopharma focused on treating bacterial infections, has appointed a new chief medical officer in the form of Jennifer
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Nabriva Therapeutics appoints new chief commercial officer
Bacterial infections focussed Nabriva Therapeutics has appointed Francesco Maria Lavino as its chief commercial officer ahead of the group’s phase III clinical trial for lefamulin - a potential new treatment for ... I am looking forward to working with
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Germany's Ventaleon names biotech entrepeneur CEO
patients suffering from serious infections such as influenza to get better, faster.
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Destiny Pharma appoints new CEO
surgical infections from all strains of Staphylococcus aureus, which we believe is a blockbuster opportunity.”.
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Dr Engelbert Tjeenk Willink joins Allecra Therapeutics
Allecra’s technology provides an important new treatment for hospital clinicians who are grappling with these types of infection.”. ... Hooftman’s new role will see him focus on combating multi drug-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections.
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Mobilising the public to combat the antimicrobial resistance crisis
Pamela Bird has been quarantined for five years due to an untreatable infection, which she developed during a routine operation. ... Infectious agents cause these therapies to become ineffective and infections harder to challenge.
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Navigating the antibiotic resistance crisis
By 2050, it is estimated more than 10 million people will die every year of antibiotic-resistant infections, a mortality rate higher than cancer. ... Since the discovery of penicillin in 1928, we have used antibiotics to treat infections.
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New editor adds microscopic attention to detail at Porterhouse Medical
predatory bacteria to treat wound infections.
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World AIDS Day 2018: Fighting the stigma surrounding HIV
10. The earlier HIV infection is diagnosed, the better the chances are of bringing it under control. ... 14. Both pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) drugs may prevent infection developing.
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Solaris Health looks at the gene therapy revolution
system leading to recurrent severe and opportunistic infections and failure to thrive. If not diagnosed and treated promptly, adenosine deaminase severe combined immunodeficiency (usually known as ADA-SCID) often proves fatal
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