Medical/Pharmaceuticals

Pharmaxis Cleared To Progress To Phase 2 Bone Marrow Cancer Trial

SYDNEY, Oct. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Clinical stage drug development company Pharmaxis Ltd (ASX: PXS) today announced further positive results of data analysis from a phase 1c clinical trial (MF-101) studying its drug PXS-5505 in patients with the bone marrow cancer myelofibrosis for 28 days at t...

2021-10-05 18:00 2468

New clinical trial shows 53% reduction of ventilator-associated pneumonia with Bactiguard's endotracheal tube

STOCKHOLM, Oct. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- This week at the European Society of Intensive Care congress (ESICM), a study from Liège,Belgium on Bactiguard's endotracheal tubes was presented. The study showed a 53% reduction in ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in intensive care patients, intubate...

2021-10-05 14:38 2447

New, Unpublished Data Reveals Impact of COVID-19 in Patients With Neurological Disorders; Renowned Neuroscientist Ettore Beghi Presents Findings in "Special Lecture on Neuro COVID," Oct 4, 2021, World Congress of Neurology 2021

LONDON, Oct. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- New data for the first time reveals a connection between COVID-19 and its worsening impact on patients with existing neurological conditions. Newly released research identifying distinct profiles of COVID-19 patients with neurological conditions and manifestat...

2021-10-05 14:27 1751

Dr Joshua Loh Shares New and Advanced Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) Techniques in 2021 to Treat Coronary Heart Disease - a Major Cause of Death in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Oct. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the Ministry of Health Singapore , coronary heart disease accounted for 20.5% of all deaths inSingapore in 2020. In this article,Dr Joshua Loh

2021-10-05 10:00 2320

Zuellig Pharma Receives EcoVadis Platinum Medal in 2021 For Sustainability

SINGAPORE, Oct. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Zuellig Pharma, a leading healthcare services provider inAsia, has been awarded the Platinum Medal 2021 by sustainability ratings specialistEcoVadis . The award is the highest accolade to be awarded to a company for its sustainability...

2021-10-05 09:00 5581

Himalaya Therapeutics Announces Submission in Mainland China of IND Applications for its CAB-AXL-ADC to treat sarcomas and NSCLC, its CAB-ROR2-ADC to treat melanoma and NSCLC

SHANGHAI and SAN DIEGO, Oct. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Himalaya Therapeutics  ("Himalaya"), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on development and commercialization inGreater China, of a novel class of investigational antibody therapeutics for the treatment of solid tumor cancer, whi...

2021-10-05 01:08 2124

RedHill Biopharma Reports Further Analysis of Phase 2/3 Data Including a 62% Reduction in Mortality with Oral Opaganib in Moderately Severe COVID-19 Patients

TEL AVIV, Israel and RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- RedHill Biopharma Ltd. (Nasdaq: RDHL) ("RedHill" or the "Company"), a specialty biopharmaceutical company, today reported new data from the opaganib global Phase 2/3 study in hospitalized patien...

2021-10-04 21:24 12243

Kintor Pharma Announces First Patient Dosing in Phase III Clinical Trial of Proxalutamide for the Treatment of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients in US

SUZHOU, China, Oct. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Kintor Pharmaceutical Limited ("Kintor Pharma", HKEX: 9939), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing innovative small molecule and biological therapeutics, announced today that onOctober 1 its phase III clinical trial of proxalutamide for the ...

2021-10-04 16:30 10615

Debiopharm Encourages Breakthrough Cancer Research in Japan Through its Competitive JCA Mauvernay Award

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Oct. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Debiopharm ( www.debiopharm.com ), a Swiss-based global biopharmaceutical company, today announced the two winners of the 17th annual JCA Mauvernay Award for breakthrough Japanese oncology research projects in 2 categ...

2021-10-04 15:00 2133

New Research in Kosovo Highlights Connection Between Children's Poor Vision and Learning and Development

Study underscores link between uncorrected poor vision and children's potential DALLAS, Oct. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study, a collaboration of  the Vision Impact Institute, EdGuard Institute, and ESSILOR's Vision for Life™ social impact fund, offers new insight into the correlation between ...

2021-10-04 12:30 3028

Chiranya Prachaseri recognized as Asia's Most Inspiring Executives

BANGKOK, Oct. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- "As recognized by the ACES Awards 2021 for theAsia's Most Inspiring Executives award, it is such a great honor not only me but also everyone in Cryoviva for being a team player and builder together", said Chiranya Prachaseri, Chief Executive Officer of Cryovi...

2021-10-04 10:30 3638

Brii Bio Presents Positive Phase 3 Data on BRII-196/BRII-198, the Company's SARS-CoV-2 Monoclonal Neutralizing Antibody Combination Therapy, in an Oral Late-Breaker Presentation at IDWeek 2021

DURHAM, N.C.and BEIJING, Oct. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Brii Biosciences  Limited ("Brii Bio" or the "Company", stock code: 2137.HK) a multi-national company developing innovative therapies for diseases with significant unmet medical needs and large public health ...

2021-10-04 08:00 4785

Colorectal cancer diagnoses dropped over 40% during COVID-19 pandemic, new study shows

VIENNA, Oct. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The number of colorectal cancer (CRC) cases diagnosed fell dramatically by 40% in a year during the COVID-19 pandemic, new research presented today at UEG Week Virtual 2021 has shown. The research, which was conducted across multiple hospitals in Spain, compa...

2021-10-04 06:00 2834

In Lead-up to Breast Cancer Awareness Month, New Hologic Global Women's Health Index Finds Globally Most Women Were Not Checked for Any Cancer in Past Year

Worldwide, 88% of women said in 2020 that they had not been tested for any type of cancer in the past 12 months. Most women believe checkups help improve health, but 40% haven't talked to a healthcare professional in the past 12 months. WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In the lead-up to ...

2021-10-02 12:18 3929

World's Leading Neuroscientists Unveil Research on COVID-19's Impact on the Brain, Understanding Migraine Pathophysiology, Solving the Mystery of Sleep, Biomarkers in Traumatic Brain Injury and More at 25th Biennial World Congress of Neurology from October 3-7

LONDON, Oct. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The impact COVID-19 has on the brain, understanding migraine pathophysiology, solving the mystery of sleep by "Lighting Up the Brain," blood biomarkers for traumatic brain injury and more groundbreaking research will be unveiled by the world's leading neurosci...

2021-10-02 12:10 4934

CStone presents ARROW study data for GAVRETO® (pralsetinib) in Chinese patients with RET-mutant medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) for the first time in a late breaking oral abstract session at the 90th Annual Meeting of the American Thyroid Association 2021

* Primary efficacy results showed GAVRETO had robust and durable anti-tumor activity in the Chinese patients with advanced or metastatic RET-mutant medullary thyroid cancer (MTC), with a confirmed objective response rate (ORR) of 73.1%. And the 9-month duration of response (DOR) rate was 100% ...

2021-10-02 08:30 10478

Joint Commission International Publishes Second Edition of International Accreditation Standards for Home Care

Standards and requirements in latest edition become effective 1 April 2022 OAK BROOK, Ill., Oct. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Joint Commission International (JCI) today publishedJoint Commission International Accreditation Standards for Home Care, Second Edition. The manual provides home care organiza...

2021-10-01 20:00 3121

I-Mab Announces Upcoming Participation at October Conferences

SHANGHAI and GAITHERSBURG, Md., Oct. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- I-Mab (the "Company") (Nasdaq: IMAB), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company committed to the discovery, development and commercialization of novel biologics, today announced its participation in the following conferences in October...

2021-10-01 20:00 14982

Medidata Veterans Rama Kondru and Sastry Chilukuri Named co-CEOs

SINGAPORE and SYDNEY, Oct. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Medidata, a Dassault Systèmes company, recently namedRama Kondru and Sastry Chilukuri co-CEOs. Both are Medidata veteran...

2021-10-01 09:00 4108

Binhai sets ambitious biomedical goals with support of key companies

TIANJIN, China, Sept. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report by chinadaily.com.cn: The Binhai New Area in North China's port city of Tianjin has gathered together more than 1,500 biomedical companies that have made great scientific achievements in key areas, such as recombinant proteins and stem...

2021-10-01 01:08 2053

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