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Doctors & Dentists Urged To Learn On The Net

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27 March 2008
Belfast company launches video based e-learning site for healthcare professionals in partnership with leading UK professional bodies. An innovative video based website that can help doctors, dentists and pharmacists polish up on their professional skills whenever and wherever they want has been launched by Northern Ireland based company, StreamOn.
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New EU project to focus on membrane proteins with the aim of finding new treatments

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25 March 2008
A new, EU-funded project will investigate membrane proteins with the aim of finding new treatments for a range of diseases. Membrane proteins are responsible for transporting chemicals and messages between the inside and outside of cells, and they are vital for every process in the human body. Defective membrane proteins have been implicated in a range of human diseases, including diabetes, heart disease, epilepsy, depression, osteoporosis, stomach ulcers and cataracts.
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Integrating sex and gender differences in health research

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19 March 2008
The EU-funded project GenderBasic has developed a number of recommendations for the improved integration of sex and gender differences in health-related research. Scientists must be aware of these differences at all stages of their studies, from the research content itself to the processes and methods employed in clinical trials, says project coordinator, Dr Ineke Klinge of the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands.
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Public consultation in preparation of a legal proposal to combat counterfeit medicines for human use

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18 March 2008
EUCounterfeiting of medicinal products has become an increasing threat for patients, healthcare professionals and industry and a concern for EU and national policy-makers. The Directorate-General Enterprise and Industry is consulting all stakeholders and interested parties on key ideas for amending the regulatory framework for medicinal products in an effort to combat the counterfeiting of medicinal products.
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FDA Takes Next Step in Establishing Overseas Presence

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18 March 2008
U.S. Food and Drug AdministrationIn an important development, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has received approval from the U.S. State Department to establish eight full time permanent FDA positions at U.S. diplomatic posts in the People's Republic of China, pending authorization from the Chinese government.
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ALERT project looks to ICT for drug safety

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10 March 2008
A new EU-funded information and communication technology (ICT) project is tackling issues of safety in newly developed drugs. Over the next three and a half years, the ALERT ('Early detection of adverse drug events by integrative mining of clinical records and biomedical knowledge') project partners will work on an innovative computer system for a better and faster detection of adverse drug reactions (ADRs).
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Tattooing is a more effective way of administering DNA vaccines than direct injection

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04 March 2008
Tattooing is a more effective way of administering DNA vaccines than direct injection into muscle tissue, according to new research by German and Czech scientists. In DNA vaccination, a gene from a pathogen is injected directly into the host, which then produces the corresponding pathogen protein inside its own cells. This triggers a response from the host's immune system. Advantages of DNA vaccination include the fact that the vectors can be constructed quickly, and rapid and large scale vaccine production is much cheaper than for traditional vaccines.
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Business & Industry

  • GSK completes acquisition of Sierra Oncology
  • Pfizer and BioNTech announce new agreement with U.S. government to provide additional doses of COVID-19 vaccine
  • Bayer opens new Research & Innovation Center in Boston-Cambridge demonstrating its commitment to precision oncology
  • New Novartis extension phase data show nearly 80% of RMS patients treated with Kesimpta® (ofatumumab) had no evidence of disease activity (NEDA-3)
  • Pfizer and BioNTech announce Omicron-adapted COVID-19 vaccine candidates demonstrate high immune response against Omicron

Research & Development

  • Researchers discover new leukemia-killing compounds
  • Oral antiviral drug effective against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) identified by researchers
  • Biomarkers found that could be drug targets against a deadly form of brain cancer
  • COVID-19 rebound after taking Paxlovid likely due to insufficient drug exposure
  • Novel drug combo activates natural killer cell immunity to destroy cancer cells
  • Broadly neutralizing antibodies could provide immunity against SARS-CoV-2 variants
  • A new technology offers treatment for HIV infection through a single injection

Conferences & Events

  • New approach to treatment of deadly kidney cancer
  • SAE Media Group proudly presents the 2nd Annual Aseptic Processing Conference
  • Pharma join together to achieve new standards in digital and patient innovation for clinical transformation
  • SMi's 22nd Annual Pain Therapeutics Conference
  • SMi Group Introduces the 4th Annual Injectable Drug Delivery Conference 2022
  • SMi's 5th Annual Pharmaceutical Microbiology East Coast Conference
  • SMi's 3rd Annual AI in Drug Discovery Conference

Regulatory Affairs

  • FDA approves first systemic treatment for alopecia areata
  • FDA urges drug manufacturers to develop risk management plans to promote a dtronger, resilient drug supply chain
  • FDA limits use of Janssen COVID-19 vaccine to certain individuals
  • EMA establishes Cancer Medicines Forum with academia to optimise cancer treatments in clinical practice
  • FDA approves first generic of Symbicort to treat asthma and COPD
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