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First call for Innovative Medicines Initiative a success

Wednesday, 23 July 2008
The first stage of calls for the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), which is supported by the EU with �1 billion in funding, was recently closed and is already being regarded as a success by many of those involved. From 30 April until 15 July 2008, numerous consortia of academia, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), regulatory organisations and industries not affiliated with the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) submitted their Expressions of Interest to the IMI Joint Undertaking (IMI JU) first Call for proposals.
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GlaxoSmithKline teams up with academia to develop new medicines of value

Tuesday, 22 July 2008
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is launching a ground-breaking new concept which will tap into the highest quality thinking in academia to optimise the early clinical development of new GSK medicines in a model of shared risk and reward.
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New FP7 eHealth Project - preDiCT

Monday, 21 July 2008
The preDiCT project officially launched 1 June 2008, with a mission to model, simulate, and ultimately predict the impact of pharmacological compounds on the heart's rhythm using computer models. This will require advances beyond the current state-of-the-art in: Mathematical models of individual ion channels, which control how and when cells contract; Tissue models, which encapsulate chemical processes and physical relationships at millions of separate points in the heart; and
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BASF and Transinsight agree to collaborate in exploring alternatives to animal testing

Tuesday, 15 July 2008
BASF SE and Transinsight GmbH, a provider of semantic search technologies for Web 2.0, have agreed to establish close cooperation in the area of semantic analyses to search for alternatives to animal testing. Together with the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (Bundesinstitut f�r Risikobewertung BfR), both companies will expand the first specialized semantic search engine for this research area called www.Go3R.org to become a global internet platform.
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ENCITE - European Network for Cell Imaging and Tracking Expertise

Monday, 14 July 2008
Researchers define cell therapy as the transplantation of living cells for the replacement or repair of damaged tissue and/or cells. Hot on the heels of stem cell therapy research is a group of leading cell imaging experts who are participating in ENCITE (European network for cell imaging and tracking expertise), a four-year project supported by the EU with �11 million in funding.
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EMEA recommends a new warning for epoetins for their use in cancer patients

Saturday, 12 July 2008
The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has recommended updating the product information for epoetin-containing medicines with a new warning for their use in cancer patients stating that blood transfusion should be the preferred method of correcting anaemia in patients suffering cancer.
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FDA Revises Process for Responding to Drug Applications

Friday, 11 July 2008
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it is revising the way it communicates to drug companies when a marketing application cannot be approved as submitted. Under new regulations that govern the drug approval process, FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) will no longer issue "approvable" or "not approvable" letters when a drug application is not approved.
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The Doctor is In ... Your Inbox?

Thursday, 10 July 2008
According to the latest physician study and advisory service released by Manhattan Research, approximately one-third of physicians are currently communicating with their patients online - a number which has grown over the past few years, but still lags behind consumer interest in communicating with physicians through the Internet.
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Internal body signals important for diabetes research

Tuesday, 01 July 2008
A joint research project between Sweden and the USA has uncovered a so far unknown signal network involving the cells in the pancreas. This discovery has the potential to significantly revolutionise the treatment of diabetes. Diabetes has an enormous impact on the lives of families worldwide. Its impact can be measured both in economic terms and in terms of human lives. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), diabetes is expected to have caused 3.8 million deaths worldwide in 2007.
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Summary of responses on a legislative proposal to combat counterfeit medicines for human use

Monday, 30 June 2008
In response to the public consultation on "Key ideas for better protection of patients against the risk of counterfeit medicines", the Commission received 123 contributions from stakeholders. Of these, 100 were from industry (pharmaceutical industry, distributors, suppliers of active ingredients, consultants), 15 from citizens, patient (groups), and academics, and 8 from health professionals, pharmacists and health insurers.
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