On September 21-23, 2015, the p-medicine consortium composed of 19 partner organisations from all over Europe and Japan came together for their final project meeting in Homburg/Saar, Germany. During the meeting, the project's final achievements were presented to representatives of the European Commission, the local government as well as interested companies, research institutions and patient/parents groups.
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Armed malaria protein found to kill cancer cells
A new type of cancer therapy based on seemingly unrelated elements of malaria and cancer is showing promise for development. Kairos Therapeutics, a Vancouver-based biotech company spun-out of The Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD), has partnered with VAR2 Pharmaceuticals to advance the technology into clinical trials.
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Teva Pharmaceuticals and IBM partner to build global e-Health solutions on the IBM Watson Health Cloud
IBM (NYSE: IBM) Watson Health and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE and TASE: TEVA) announced that Teva has been selected as its first Foundational Life Sciences Partner for the Watson Health Cloud. As part of this new strategic partnership, Teva becomes the first global pharmaceutical company to tap the power of the Watson Health Cloud to benefit patients and healthcare providers across geographies.
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has today decided to award the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with one half jointly to William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites and the other half to Youyou Tu for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria.
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Act now to improve the health of women, children and adolescents worldwide, say experts
Societies are failing women, children and adolescents, particularly in the poorest communities around the world, and urgent action is needed to save lives and improve health, say global health experts. In a special supplement published today by The BMJ, public health experts from around the globe highlight the critical actions and investments that will have the greatest impact on the health and well-being of women, children and adolescents.
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Global vaccine-development fund could save thousands of lives, billions of dollars
Ebola is a preventable disease, and yet a safe and effective vaccine has not been deployed. As with many vaccines, financial barriers persist: pharmaceutical companies see high costs with limited market potential, and government support is lacking. But there may be a solution to this vaccine crisis with the ability to save at-risk populations, according to a perspective piece written by physicians based at Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania and the Wellcome Trust.
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The BMJ's data sharing policy now applies to all clinical trials
From 1st July 2015 The BMJ requires sharing of individual patient data for all clinical trials. This means that trials will be considered for publication only if the authors agree to make the relevant anonymised patient level data available on reasonable request. The BMJ is the first general medical journal to require data sharing for all trials,
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