The experimental lupus treatment being developed by Argos Therapeutics is showing promise in early stage clinical trials, but the questions remain whether it’s enough progress to attract interest from a ...
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GlaxoSmithKline‘s (NYSE:GSK) $2.6 billion offer to buy Human Genome Sciences (NASDAQ:HGSI) has enticed holders of 474,029 shares of the Maryland biotechnology company to tender their stock for the sale.The remaining ...
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Drug developers typically turn to investors to finance clinical work on drug candidates. Chelsea Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CHTP) executives and directors are slashing their own paychecks to help pay for that work ...
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Ocular Systems Inc. is working to bring medical innovation to an eye surgery that has not changed all that much in 100 years.CEO Jerry Barker founded OSI to prepare corneal ...
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GlaxoSmithKline‘s (NYSE:GSK) restless leg syndrome drug Horizant has received U.S. approval for the new indication of treating pain following shingles.The condition, called postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), is a nerve pain syndrome ...
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Social media should allow you, the patient, to ultimately have access to the same information that your doctor does.That’s how David E. Williams sees things. The co-founder of biopharmaceutical and ...
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Vice President Joe Biden stood today where R.J. Reynolds Tobacco shop workers once labored and evoked the image of that past economy as a bridge to a new one.Biden visited ...
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Wound and surgical sealant company HyperBranch Medical Technology, moving to commercialize a new sealant technology in Europe and secure regulatory clearance in the United States, has raised $1.7 million in ...
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It’s no secret pharmaceutical companies are outsourcing more and more work to clinical research organizations. But when it comes to recruiting doctors to run the studies, they’re not happy at ...
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Clinical research organization Inclinix is merging with PMG Research in the latest merger and acquisition deal to hit the CRO space.Inclinix provides clinical trial recruitment services for pharmaceutical, biotechnology and ...
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Some newborns are testing positive for marijuana exposure and the reason why could surprise you.Soap and hand wash products, including products commonly used in hospital nurseries, can interfere with urine ...
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Targacept (NASDAQ:TRGT), already in the midst of a corporate restructuring, must now also search for a new CEO.Don deBethizy is resigning from his positions as CEO and chairman of the ...
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LabCorp (NYSE:LH) is set to acquire toxicology testing company MEDTOX Scientific (NASDAQ:MTOX) for $241 million as the laboratory testing and diagnostics firm builds out its specialty testing offerings.The definitive merger ...
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MelanomaGlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK) is readying regulatory submissions for two melanoma treatments based on successful phase 3 clinical trial results of the experimental cancer drugs.GSK is presenting the clinical trial results for ...
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