Human skin wound dressings to treat cutaneous ulcers
Researchers from Université Laval's Faculty of Medicine and CHU de Québec have shown that it is possible to treat venous ulcers unresponsive to conventional...
Malaria No More and Novartis launch Power of One, a global digital fundraising campaign to help eliminate malaria deaths
Novartis and Malaria No More announced today the debut of the Power of One campaign, encouraging people around the world to help end child...
GSK signs a multi-year agreement with BARDA to supply the US government with anthrax treatment
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) plc has announced a new four year contract with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the US Department...
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...
Novartis holds annual healthcare entrepreneur competition
Novartis has invited 60 selected students from leading international universities in 21 countries to its headquarters in Switzerland for the International Biotechnology Leadership Camp...
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