Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. today announced that Betaseron(R)* (interferon beta-1b), its treatment for relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS), will soon be available with a new 30-gauge needle, which will be the thinnest needle of any injectable disease-modifying therapy for people with MS. The new needle is as thin as the needle commonly used for [...]
Bionovo, Inc. (Nasdaq: BNVI) will present an abstract in a presentation on their new drug candidate, VG101, for the treatment of vaginal dryness, at the 19th Annual Meeting of the North American Menopause Society in Orlando, Florida on September 26, 2008. Dr. Mary Tagliaferri, president and chief medical officer [...]
Neurobiological Technologies, Inc. (NTI(R)) (Nasdaq: NTII) announced that previously found excess symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage in an earlier European trial of ancrod (now Viprinex(TM)) for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke may be minimized with avoidance of prolonged low levels of fibrinogen and use of common blood pressure entry criteria.
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Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its TAXUS(R) Express2(TM) Atom(TM) Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System. The TAXUS Express Atom Stent is a highly deliverable drug-eluting stent (DES) specifically designed for treating small coronary vessels. It [...]
DiagnoCure Inc. (TSX: CUR), a life sciences company commercializing high-value cancer diagnostic tests and delivering laboratory services, announced that its Guanylyl Cyclase C (GCC) marker for identifying colorectal cancer cells is being featured at two scientific meetings this [...]
