Novartis MS drug shows promising results
... II study results, Novartis is in discussions with regulatory authorities about the FTY720 Phase III program, which is expected to be launched by the end of 2005. Over two million people worldwide are estimated to suffer from multiple sclerosis, which is the leading cause of neurological disability in young ad...New blood transplant method stops fatal side effect, Stanford study finds
...scaper from Stockton, Calif., had never heard of a regulatory T cell before his doctor suggested that it could b...d shown that it could boost the relative levels of regulatory T cells in the immune system of mice - an effect that turned out to be beneficial before undergoing ...Funding for biomedical research doubles in last decade
...ent determination that compounds approvable from a regulatory standpoint are not worth bringing to the market because the intensity of competition is so high that it is not worth challenging existing drugs that are safe and effective. This highlights the need to invest in clinical areas with few effective treat...Penn researchers discover a molecular pathway that leads to recurrence of breast cancer
...the original tumors, including the transcriptional regulatory protein, Snail, which was induced ten-fold. The P...cancer cells appropriate by turning on this master regulatory gene," explains Chodosh. To prove a cause-and-effect, the researchers added Snail back to the origin...Pricey new versions of old drugs fuelling huge rise in drug spending
... newly patented drugs. Of these, 68 (5.9%) met the regulatory criterion of being a breakthrough drug (defined as the first drug to treat effectively a particular illness or which provides a substantial improvement over existing drug products). The balance of the newly patented drugs did not provide a substanti...Sports doping explored during half-day symposium, Aug. 30
...g in Washington, D.C., will discuss scientific and regulatory aspects surrounding the controversial topic of spo...ge issue of gene doping, including its scientific, regulatory and social implications. ( CHAL 27 , Tuesday, Aug. 30, 9:00 a.m.) Designer steroids pose testing c...Tungsten in the environment: National symposium, Aug. 29
...ding has alarmed public health, environmental, and regulatory agencies, who are considering the regulation of the chemical element and its compounds. The ongoing research conducted by Stevens' CES on corrosion mechanisms of tungsten alloys and tungsten composites will further elucidate the potential impact that...Tulane pioneers novel ovarian cancer treatment
...esis that Ontak improves tumor immunity by killing regulatory T cells (Tregs) in patients with advanced-stage ovarian cancer," says principal investigator Tyler Curiel, professor of medicine and chief of hematology and medical oncology at Tulane. "When a patient has cancer, some of the immune cells in the body ...Women cautioned against using herbal supplements
...cine in the future -- but for now, the lack of any regulatory oversight has set up a marketplace for herbal supp...onals, educators, activists, other scientists, the regulatory community and policy makers. The program offers more than 50 fact sheets on topics related to breast...The myth of the medical malpractice claims crisis
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...ialty pediatricians. It evaluates major policy and regulatory issues that shape the pediatric workforce, such as...ositions and responses to legislation, federal and regulatory bodies, and other organizations on physician workforce issues....European approval trial enrolment gathers momentum
...efficacious, and then use that data to achieve our regulatory milestones within the predicted timeframe," he said. "We are developing robust and repeatable treatment protocols, greatly reducing the clinical risks to patients and building confidence with the cardiologists and surgeons that recommend and use the ...Does manganese inhaled from the shower represent a public health threat?
... while limitations to their calculations do exist, regulatory agencies have not considered this potential pathway when setting drinking water standards. "Studies should be carried out among populations that have experienced high levels of manganese in their water supplies over long periods of time," Spangler sa...Assuring the supply of vaccines
...m, expansion of the Vaccines for Children program, regulatory harmonization, promotion of 'first dollar' insurance coverage for immunizations, and the assurance of adequate reimbursement for the administration of vaccines." When the IOM recommended, among other things, that insurers be required to cover immuniz...Medical whistleblowers speak out
... explained that the studies that are the basis for regulatory approval are too small and are conducted over too ...t how American medicine - clinicians, researchers, regulatory agencies, and medical journals - can disentangle itself from the influence of the pharmaceutical ind......e to support a successful application for European regulatory approval. "Rikshospitalet in Oslo, Norway is ready to enrol its first patient and we recently met with several leading German heart transplant centres which have all expressed strong interest in participating in our trial program," Dr Sutton said....Study shows Philip Morris pursued tobacco regulation to enhance its image
... tobacco use as a public health policy issue, PM's regulatory efforts focused on framing tobacco use as an individual choice by informed adults to take a risk, which allowed the company to portray itself as a reasonable and responsible manufacturer of a risky product." The plan was to divide public health grou...Federal NIH office clears Ohio State research program
...imal Care and Use Committee (ILACUC), the internal regulatory group at Ohio State responsible for safeguarding animals used in research. "Based on its assessment of this explanation, OLAW finds the ILACUC review and the described performance of the spinal cord injury study to be consistent with the provisions o...... that IDO seems to contribute to several important regulatory processes in the immune system," Dr. Munn says of findings from labs across the country. "But there has been a question in the field about how the IDO expressed in one cell can signal to neighboring T cells. Here's our first evidence of one way it ma...