AstraZeneca and Merck enter licence agreement for investigational oral WEE1 kinase inhibitor therapy for cancer
AstraZeneca announced that MedImmune, its global biologics research and development arm, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Amplimmune, a privately-held, Maryland, US-based...
Statins being overprescribed for growing number of kidney disease patients
A new analysis concludes that large numbers of patients in advanced stages of kidney disease are inappropriately being prescribed statins to lower their cholesterol...
SAVOR-TIMI 53 sets new standard for cardiovascular outcome trials in diabetes
Uncertainty persists regarding whether drugs that lower sugar reduce the risk of heart attack, with some concerns that diabetes drugs may actually raise the...
FDA approves new drug to treat HIV infection
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Tivicay (dolutegravir), a new drug to treat HIV-1 infection. Tivicay is an integrase strand transfer inhibitor...
Scientists discover potential new way to treat anxiety
Chemically modified inhibitors of the COX-2 enzyme relieve anxiety behaviors in mice by activating natural "endocannabinoids" without gastrointestinal side effects, Vanderbilt University scientists will...
Researchers target HER1 receptor for peptide cancer vaccine, therapeutic agents
Small proteins called peptides that consist of 10 to 50 amino acids are being studied as cancer vaccines and as possibly safer, more effective...
Studies suggest new key to ‘switching off’ hypertension
A team of University of California, San Diego researchers has designed new compounds that mimic those naturally used by the body to regulate blood...
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