July 29In the wake of health reform’s passage into law, Hospira Inc. will begin testing a cheaper version of a popular anemia biotech treatment in the first phase of a U.S. clinical trial.Lake Forest-based Hospira said it will begin the first phase of trials for a "biosimilar," or a biogeneric, version of brand-name Epogen in [...]
Pharmaceutical company Bionovo Inc (Nasdaq:BNVI) announced today the receipt of final guidance from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in order to advance Menerba, the company’s lead drug candidate for menopausal symptoms, to Phase 3 clinical trials in Europe.This guidance reportedly defines the clinical and regulatory pathway to a European marketing authorisation for Menerba.The company plans [...]
SIMI VALLEY, Calif., July 29, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Simi Valley Hospital (SVH) has received a generous gift from two doctors who specialize in kidney disease. Dr. Kant Tucker and his wife Dr. Irma Harriman Thakkar have pledged one million dollars to Simi Valley Hospital. Hospital officials say this is the first million-dollar donation ever [...]
NATICK, Mass., July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of two spinal cord stimulation (SCS) leads for use with its Precision Plus? Spinal Cord Stimulator System, the world's first rechargeable SCS device for the management of chronic pain of the trunk and/or limbs. The Linear? [...]
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of two spinal cord stimulation (SCS) leads for use with its Precision Plus? Spinal Cord Stimulator System, the world’s first rechargeable SCS device for the management of chronic pain of the trunk and/or limbs. The Linear? 3-4 and Linear? 3-6 Percutaneous [...]
New research, ‘Performance and training standards for endovascular ischemic stroke treatment,’ is the subject of a report. "Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the USA, Canada, Europe, and Japan. According to the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association, there are now 750,000 new strokes that occur each year, resulting in [...]
LEXINGTON, Mass.(BUSINESS WIRE) AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAG), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of a therapeutic iron compound to treat iron deficiency anemia and novel imaging agents to aid in the [...]
The number of men checking into Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) with cancer of the prostrate is on the rise, with many of those seeking treatment knocking at the hospital when it is too late.Statistics from the hospital shows the number of men admitted annually with prostate cancer to have increased by 75 per cent from [...]
CHICAGO, July 27 /PRNewswire/ Eric D. Hargan, a former Deputy Secretary and Regulatory Policy Officer with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has joined the 135-attorney Chicago office of international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP. Hargan, now a shareholder in the firm's Health and FDA Business Practice, was a partner with [...]
MALVERN, Pa. Orthovita Inc. said Monday it received regulatory approval for a facility where it will process collagen used in Vitagel, a product used to control bleeding during surgery.The company said the Food and Drug Administration cleared a supplement for the new facility, which is located in Malvern, Pa. Orthovita said the facility will [...]
