Cancer, a word that strikes a chord of fear in many, is a fighting word. At $47.7bn, cancer is one of the largest, fastest growing markets in the pharmaceutical industry, and while it is a match we have yet to win, researchers and scientists have on their boxing gloves and are staying in the fight.
Advanced Life Sciences Announces Two New Achievements
Advanced Life Sciences (OTC BB: ADLS) took two steps this week toward advancing its lead drug candidate, Restanza.
GE Healthcare to Acquire Diagnostics Company Clarient
General Electric announced Friday that its healthcare unit will acquire molecular diagnostics company Clarient in a deal worth approximately $580 million.
Pressure BioSciences Presents Symposium On Applications of PCT Technology
On May 21, 2010 Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (NasdaqCM: PBIO) sponsored a symposium at Harvard Medical School on the “Applications of Ultra-High Pressure in Technology.”
It’s a Tanning Spray. No, It’s a Surgical Glue.
A compound found in sunless tanning spray may help heal post-surgical wounds.
Inhalable Drugs Let Patients Take a Breather from Needles
Earlier this month, a team of researchers led by the University of Colorado at Boulder announced that the inhalable measles vaccine they developed could lead to vaccines for other diseases.
Translating Data Into Better Healthcare
Strategic Medicine (SMI) specializes in patient and disease stratification with the end goals of providing better healthcare and identifying unmet clinical needs.
IMUC: Immunotherapy On Multiple Fronts
In a study of 19 patients with glioblastoma, progression-free survival increased from 6 months to 19 months.
