Keywords: Pharmaceuticals

04/11/2013

German Cancer Research Center to broaden strategic alliance with Bayer HealthCare

The German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Bayer HealthCare (Bayer) will extend their successful strategic research alliance in search of novel cancer therapeutics by focusing …

04/02/2013

Epigenetic drugs

‘All human body cells contain the same DNA, but every type of cell – for example a muscle cell compared to that of a nerve – has a different gene expression pattern’, said …

02/20/2013

More sleep can reduce delirium in intensive care patients

A hospital is not the best place to get a good night’s sleep, especially in a noisy intensive care unit. …

01/17/2013

The German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research (DKTK)

A dynamic new consortium was launched in October during the recent Innovation in Oncology event organised by the German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ) with Heidelberg University …

12/05/2012

Neue Immunverstärker-Plattform Defensomen

Die Pevion Biotech AG gab heute den Beginn eines neuen, Defensomen genannten Programms bekannt, einer Plattform für Breitband-Immunverstärkung mittels Mechanismen des …

08/30/2012

Hospital Pharmacists will meet in Paris

The European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP) announced that online registration for its annual congress to take place next year from 13-15 March 2013 in Palais des …

08/22/2012

Knowing the Enemy

Modern wars will be fought in the cyber zone, targeting an enemy's communications technology to cause critical damage; a Tel Aviv University researcher suggests to employ similar …

08/21/2012

Gene Therapy in the EU

For the first time, a EU agency recommends a gene therapy drug for commercial release in Europe. The European Medicine's Agency announced in late July 2012 that its Committee for …

07/11/2012

A new MRSA test

Alere introduced its new PBP2a test, a rapid, lateralflow assay that detects the PBP2a protein found in MRSA directly from Staphylococcus aureus isolates. It is a costeffective, …

07/10/2012

The UK pharma industry

In the lead up to further talks on medicine pricing, Stephen Whitehead, Chief Executive of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) has accused the UK …

05/02/2012

Oral vaccination against pancreatic tumours

The world’s first gene cancer therapy study of an innovative oral vaccine is underway at the Surgical Clinic of Heidelberg University Hospital. …

04/12/2012

Risks and benefits of first line diabetes treatment

Although the drug metformin is considered the gold standard in the management of type 2 diabetes, a study by a group of French researchers published in this week's PLoS Medicine …

10/20/2011

Organisation and technology as factors of success in A&E

Point of care technologies (POCT) have an important, quality enhancing, risk-reducing and cost-impacting role within the extremely time-critical medical decision structures of a …

09/15/2011

GE Healthcare to Invest $1 Billion in New Oncology Solutions

GE Healthcare announced today its plans to dedicate $1 billion of its total R&D budget over the next five years to expand its advanced cancer diagnostic and molecular imaging …

06/20/2011

Germany to limit test strips prescriptions

Since the German Federal Ministry of Health did not oppose the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) decision to eliminate reimbursement for urine and blood sugar test strips for Type 2 …

06/20/2011

Cardiac conundrum

France – Re-opening clogged arteries with metal stents has proved a life-saver for a majority of patients with coronary disease. Yet the high rates of complications and …

06/20/2011

Human error – or a fault in the system?

Medication errors sit among the top ten causes of harm to patients. They can, of course, occur in any department, but it’s still a surprise that they happen as frequently in …

06/15/2011

Several methods for early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease developed by European scientists

PredictAD is an EU-funded research project that develops objective and efficient methods for enabling earlier diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. Diagnosis requires a holistic view …

06/15/2011

Positron emission mammography is coming to Europe

Every medical congress is an opportunity for the manufacturers to showcase their products. This year’s congress of the German Röntgen Society was no exception -- and one …

05/12/2011

Laboratory challenges in disasters and world tragedies

This May, IFCC WorldLab Berlin with its manifold scientific programme gives clinical lab physicians the opportunity to see over the rim of the tea cup of their working field. …