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How can big data improve humanity?

April 20, 2017 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Big Data

Alexander Hitchcock and Eleonora Harwich, researchers at UK think tank Reform, discuss the increasing importance of big data in the …
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AbbVie’s experimental cancer drug hits wall in clinical study

April 20, 2017 Research and Development AbbVie, AstraZeneca

AbbVie have released that two Phase 3 trials of its experimental cancer drug, veliparib, missed both of their primary endpoints. …
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New drug study successfully halts neurodegeneration in mice

April 20, 2017 Research and Development Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, trazodone

A team of scientists at Medical Research Council’s (MRC) Toxicology Unit in Leicester, UK have identified methods to prevent neurodegeneration …
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Investigational ImmunoGen drug gives hope against platinum-resistant ovarian cancer

April 20, 2017 Research and Development Cancer, Immunogen, ovarian cancer

Research from GlobalData has suggested that an investigational drug from ImmunoGen could prove effective in treating platinum-resistant ovarian cancer, an …
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‘World Hemophilia Day’ marked by release of data

April 20, 2017 Medical Communications, Research and Development Roche, Shire, haemophilia

‘World Hemophilia Day’ occurred on 17 April and the day was marked by the release of data from two companies …
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New prognostic tool accurately predicts kidney failure risk

April 19, 2017 Research and Development diabetes, kidney failure

Researchers from the Joslin Diabetes Center (JDC) have developed a prognostic tool which they claim can accurately predict the risk …
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Cannabidiol reduces seizures by half in severe epilepsy, study suggests

April 19, 2017 Research and Development Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, cannabidiol

A new large-scale study from the American Academy of Neurology has suggested that cannabidiol, a molecule derived from cannabis without …
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Frog mucus may offer protection against flu virus

April 19, 2017 Research and Development Flu virus, influenza virus

Fairy tales about kissing frogs may have been onto something after all, maybe not to acquire a prince but possibly …
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Behavioural intervention reduces need for antipsychotics in dementia treatment

April 19, 2017 Research and Development antipsychotic, dementia

A new study has suggested that dementia patients may not require as high a dosage of antipsychotic medication that was …
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Pfizer launches Healthcare Hub to support healthtech startups

April 19, 2017 Medical Communications, Research and Development HealthTech, Pfizer, healthcare

Pfizer has announced the launch of ‘Pfizer Healthcare Hub: London’, a project that aims to help startups, focusing on the …
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How regulators and NGOs are bringing the threat of fake medicines to light

April 18, 2017 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Fake medicine, counterfeit medicine, fake drugs

If recent world events are anything to go by, there is a growing awareness that anything read on the internet …
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Allergan and Novartis join forces to develop NASH combo therapy

April 18, 2017 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Allergan, Novartis, nash

Allergan and Novartis have announced a new partnership to conduct a clinical trial in the treatment area of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis …
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Circassia stumbles with allergy treatments at clinical trial stage, again

April 18, 2017 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Circassia

Circassia has slumped at the Phase 2 clinical trial stage again, after its failure with a treatment for those with …
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‘Smart bandages’ could offer real-time wound feedback

April 18, 2017 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Swansea University, smart bandage

The problem with bandages is that often we do not know how well a wound has healed under them until …
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Rebiotix delivers a gut bug PUNCH in C. diff trial

April 13, 2017 Research and Development C diff, C. diff, Rebiotix, microbiome

Rebiotix is one a new breed of companies that aims to use the human body’s microbiome to treat illnesses and …
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