Aging drivers--when it is time to take away the keys
...nd works to educate physicians, family members and licensing boards on identifying deficiencies that lead to an increased risk of traffic crashes. On a per-person basis, older drivers have low crash rates, partly because they spend less time on the road. However, their crash rate per number of kilometres driv...For determining protein structures, a new method boosts precision and speed in high-dimensional NMR
...t has been filed on the method and UB is exploring licensing opportunities. "Our method allows researchers to get the information from their NMR experiments faster, while at the same time increasing accuracy," explained Thomas Szyperski, Ph.D., UB associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry and principa...Pharmaceutical industry still failing health needs of less-developed countries
...ed drugs could be enhanced by widespread voluntary licensing arrangements with the growing number of pharmaceutical companies in developing countries and freer trade between countries with varying amounts of manufacturing capacity, by removing export restrictions on some generic drugs. The knowledge and techni...NIST 'pins' down imaging system for the blind
...ve. Today, the current Braille reader is ready for licensing by the company or companies that can bring this low-cost, powerful tool to the marketplace....Distortion and lack of openness - Information provision from the pharmaceutical industry
...opment of medicines, and is also needed to satisfy licensing requirements, protect patents, promote sales, and advise patients, prescribers, and dispensers. Such information is of great commercial value, and most of it is confidential, protected by regulations about intellectual property rights. Joe Collier c...SNM collaboration yields diagnostic nuclear medicine guide for compliance with NRC regulations
...e October 24, 2002, and govern the medical use and licensing of byproduct materials across the spectrum of diagnostic practice. The revised rule is intended to be less prescriptive than the current rule. The most significant change, according to Siegel, is "a new emphasis on risk-informed, performance-based ap...OHSU chemoprotectant technology licensed for biotechnology development
...niversity (OHSU) has announced the completion of a licensing agreement with Oxiquant, Inc., a private bio-pharm...t to the market by 2005 - 2006." "We believe this licensing agreement is just one example of how promising medical research breakthroughs can result in strong b...The Lancet Oncology press release
...emoprevention, including the trial that led to the licensing of tamoxifen in the USA. The review concludes with a discussion other agents and interventions that could be used in the future to improve the efficacy and tolerability of breast-cancer risk reduction. OTHER REVIEWS : Neoadjuvant and adjuvant therap...New drug boost for asbestos-related lung cancer sufferers
... with funding from Cancer Research, leading to the licensing of a drug called raltitrexed (Tomudex). Because the interval between exposure to asbestos and developing Mesothelioma can be 30 40 years, the incidence of the disease is still on the rise, as a result of industrial exposure to asbestos in the 70s ...Baxter introduces Baxject needleless transfer device at International Haemophilia Congress
...ng their own condition. Baxter acquired worldwide licensing rights for the use of the BAXJECT device in haemophilia patients in September 2001, a strategic move to further broaden the companys haemophilia franchise. The BAXJECT device is compatible for use only with Baxter hemophilia therapies and will be in...Columbia University receives $2.75 million for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease research
...has a strong background in technology transfer and licensing opportunities ranking first among U.S. universities for the past three years, says Ofra Weinberger, director of Science and Technology Ventures, Columbias technology transfer division. Marubenis interest in supporting our research and technology deve...UNC researchers show passengers boost risk of young driver accidents
...Hill study showed that the states graduated driver licensing (GDL) system, which delays full driving privileges...ds in cars. The three-stage N.C. graduated driver licensing system for beginning drivers was implemented on Dec. 1, 1997, and became the second such system in t...Medical education lacks emphasis on adverse drug reactions, Georgetown research finds
...ot included as an independent topic in the medical licensing examinations that all American physicians must pass, nor is it included in the specialty certification examinations for internists. And despite results of studies revealing that involving clinical pharmacists as part of the health care team results i...New medical school model sets out to create more competent, caring doctors
...iscussed at federal agencies, medical schools, and licensing boards interested in reducing medical errors and improving the quality of care. Another endorsement of the program came from the Department of Education's Foundation for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE). FIPSE rarely awards grants ......halosporin antibiotic and recently signed a global licensing agreement with Wakunaga Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., of Osaka, Japan, to develop and market two investigational anti-infective compounds. Abbott's commitment continues today with extensive research to discover and develop new compounds in this area....License agreement signed to commercialize intelligent hearing aid
...niversity of Illinois recently signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Phonak Inc., a leading manufacturer of technologically advanced hearing aids, to commercialize an intelligent hearing aid system. The new hearing-aid technology will be able to spatially separate sounds and process them in a way much ......ents, such as chiropractic, for many years, though licensing and other government oversight does not examine the effectiveness of the therapy. As more states begin to license alternative providers such as naturopaths and acupuncturists, Medicaid plans surveyed by Steyer said they planned to consider adding ...University of Rochester awarded patent for class of drugs known as cox-2 inhibitors
...ions with both companies in an effort to negotiate licensing agreements," said Terrance O'Grady, an attorney for the University. Over the 17-year life of the patent, royalty payments could yield the University royalties in the billions of dollars, making it the most lucrative pharmaceutical patent in hist...Study: passengers with young drivers boost accidents, graduated licensing might cut toll
...ghway safety expert say the results show graduated licensing systems are a good idea for young drivers. Dr. Li... Twenty-four states have enacted graduated driver licensing and despite their newness, studies already have shown declines of crashes among beginning drivers ra...Novel neurotransmitter overturns laws of biology, offers potential for stroke treatment
... and Vada Stanley Foundation. Under the terms of a licensing agreement between the Johns Hopkins University and Guilford Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Dr. Snyder is entitled to a share of royalty received by the University on sales of products related to the technology described in this release. The University owns ...