Questioning The Change In Mammography Guidelines

The methodology and evidence behind a widely publicized change in national mammography guidelines is questionable, according to a review in the Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (JDMS), published by SAGE…

Clinical results of MedImmune’s pivotal trial for motavizumab published

MedImmune today announced that clinical results of its pivotal multinational, randomized, double-masked trial for motavizumab have been published in the current issue of the peer-reviewed publication, Pediatrics: Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Perifosine holds promise as a single agent for relapsed/refractory Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia

Æterna Zentaris Inc., a late-stage drug development company specialized in oncology and endocrinology, today announced that an article entitled “Clinical and Translational Studies of a Phase II Trial of the Novel Oral Akt Inhibitor Perifosine in Relapsed or Relapsed/Refractory Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia,” reporting Phase 2 data demonstrating the single agent activity of perifosine (KRX-0401) for the [...]

Positive Phase 2 trial results of Keryx Biopharmaceuticals’ KRX-0401 announced

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) today announced that an article entitled “Clinical and Translational Studies of a Phase II Trial of the Novel Oral Akt Inhibitor Perifosine in Relapsed or Relapsed/Refractory Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia,” reporting Phase 2 data demonstrating the single agent activity of KRX-0401 (Perifosine) for the treatment of advanced Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia (”Waldenstrom’s”), will appear [...]

New guidance may help minimize risks to patient privacy in clinical trials

New guidance published in the open access journal Trials and bmj.com this week sets out how personal information from clinical trials should be shared to help minimize risks to patient privacy.

Diabetes vaccine: Diamyd Medical to file for market approval in 2011

In her comments in today’s quarterly report Elisabeth Lindner, President and CEO of Diamyd Medical, says that the Company’s objective is to file the Diamyd® diabetes vaccine for market approval in 2011 - a goal that isn’t very far off now.

Merge Healthcare deploys etrials eDiary 5.0 platform for global urology clinical trial

Merge Healthcare has successfully deployed its etrials eDiary 5.0 platform to conduct a global Phase II urology clinical trial involving 750 patients for one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Merge was awarded the project because of its eDiary technology, experience in global ePRO (electronic patient reported outcomes) trials and ability to manage [...]

BIO Welcomes President Obama’s Remarks On Advanced Biofuels

The United States can lead the world in deploying advanced biotechnology for biofuels and create thousands of new jobs by implementing policies to support the emerging industry…

BIO Debuts Livestock Biotech Summit

The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) announced today its newest conference, the Livestock Biotech Summit, scheduled for September 28-30, 2010, in Sioux Falls, S.D…

U.S. Food And Drug Administration Approves Labeling Update For PREZISTA(R) To Include 96-Week Data In HIV-1 Infected Adult Patients

Tibotec Therapeutics announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a labeling update for PREZISTA® (darunavir) tablets to include 96-week data from the ARTEMIS and TITAN studies. Both ARTEMIS and TITAN evaluated the efficacy and safety of PREZISTA with ritonavir (r) vs…