Soligenix Announces Publication Of Article Identifying Domains Within The Ricin Toxin A Subunit As Targets Of Protective Antibodies

Soligenix, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SNGX) (Soligenix or the Company), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company, announced the publication of an article online in Vaccine. The article describes the systematic identification of neutralizing and non-neutralizing B-cell epitopes on ricin toxin’s enzymatic A subunit (RTA)…

SaveRxCanada.com announces enhancement to online shopping system

SaveRxCanada.com, the premier Canadian pharmacy intermediary since 2004, announced an enhancement to its full online shopping system.

Study Indicates Targeted Strategies Needed To Find, Prevent And Treat Breast Cancer Among Mexican-origin Women

Specific prevention and education strategies are needed to address breast cancer in Mexican-origin women in this country, according to a study at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, which was published online in the journal Cancer…

Pharmacists On Health Care Teams Significantly Improve Patient Care

Incorporating pharmacists as members of the health care team in direct patient care roles is a viable solution to help improve U.S. health care, according to the results of a comprehensive, systematic review of the health care literature set to be published in the October 2010 edition of Medical Care. The study has been published [...]

Health Care Spending Falls; Drug And Health Care Companies Slow To Advertise Online

Bloomberg Businessweek: “Investors traditionally have viewed shares of health-care companies as havens from economic concerns. Now, many parts of the sector have drawn concern from investors amid worries the U.S. economy will slow in the second half of the year. … So far this year, U.S. patient visits to doctors’ offices fell 7…

BioTrends Research Group report provides in-depth view of kidney transplantation market

BioTrends Research Group, Inc. recently published its TreatmentTrends: Kidney Transplantation report. This report is based on online survey results from over 150 physicians (general nephrologists, transplant nephrologists and transplant surgeons). It provides an in-depth view of the kidney transplantation market, including the roles of the various specialties, promotional efforts and sales representative messaging, barriers to [...]

Sermo report highlights physician opinions about investigational oral antiplatelet treatment for ACS

Sermo, the world’s largest online community for physicians, today announced a free Sermo Report titled, “FDA Committee Recommends Approval for Ticagrelor.” The report covers physician opinions about the introduction of an investigational oral antiplatelet treatment for acute coronary syndrome.

Study Examines Movement Of Pediatric Drug Testing Outside The U.S.

“A law intended to speed up development of new drugs for U.S. kids has ended up financing clinical trials in poor countries, where the medicines might never become available,” suggest the authors of a study published online Monday in the journal Pediatrics, Reuters reports (Joelving, 8/23). The U.S…

Cost Of Prostate Cancer Care Varies With Initial Treatment Choice

A new analysis has found that short-term and long-term costs of prostate cancer care vary considerably based on which treatment strategy a man initially receives. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study finds that treatments that may be less expensive in the short-term may have higher long-term [...]

Brothers Of Prostate Cancer Patients Undergo More Diagnostic Activities

The brothers of men with prostate cancer are at an increased risk of prostate cancer diagnosis because of increased diagnostic activity and not necessarily because they carry a genetic mutation that increases risk of the disease, according to a study published online August 19 in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute…