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Transgenomic to advance pancreatic cancer research with NIH grant
Transgenomic, a global biotechnology company, has won $100,000 small business technology transfer programme (STTR) Phase I grant from National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Center for pancreatic cancer research. The project aims at developing...
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US FDA approves Wockhardt hypertension drug
Wockhardt has received final approval from the US Food and Drug Administration ((FDA) to market extended-release tablets containing 2.5mg, 5mg and 10mg Felodipine, which are used to treat hypertension. Felodipine is the generic name...
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RayBiotech screening assays used to identify chemoresistance pathway
RayBiotech-developed antibody-based biomarker screening assays have been used to identify a critical pathway involved in chemotherapeutic resistance acquired by melanoma cancer cells. RayBiotech president and chief operating officer Rani Huang said the findings of...
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Elsevier integrates Reaxys with electronic laboratory notebook
PerkinElmer has integrated its electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) with Elsevier's Reaxys, a web-based workflow solution designed for chemistry researchers in drug discovery, chemicals and academic research. PerkinElmer Informatics general manager Michael Stapleton said as...
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Alnylam and Ascletis collaborate to develop ALN-VSP for liver cancers in China
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and Ascletis Pharmaceuticals have entered into a partnership to develop a systemically delivered RNAi therapeutic, ALN-VSP, for the treatment of liver cancers including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Under the agreement, Ascletis gained an...
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Takeda signs Omontys injection supply contract with Fresenius
Takeda Pharmaceuticals America (TPA) has signed a contract to supply Omontys injection to Fresenius Medical Care North America and certain of its affiliates. Omontys (peginesatide) injection is a synthetic, pegylated, peptide-based erythropoiesis-stimulating agent (ESA)...
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Boehringer, Eli Lilly to launch diabetes drug in India
Boehringer Ingelheim India and Eli Lilly India is set to launch Linagliptin (brand name trajenta) 5mg film-coated tablets, for Type 2 diabetes in adults, in India. Linagliptin, which is approved in the US, the...
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