SINGAPORE/NEW DELHI: Malaysian state investor Khazanah trumped India s Fortis Healthcare in a takeover battle for Singapore s Parkway with an offer that values Asia s biggest listed hospital operator at $3.3 billion.The deal pitted a state investor and private enterprise in a rare asset tussle and ended two months of sometimes hostile wrangling over [...]
FLORHAM PARK, N.J., July 29 /PRNewswire/ Shionogi Inc., a U.S.-based group company of Shionogi & Co., Ltd., today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of CUVPOSA? (glycopyrrolate), the first liquid treatment for patients ages 3-16 who suffer from chronic severe drooling associated with neurologic conditions such as cerebral palsy. CUVPOSA? was designated [...]
According to recent research published in the journal Desalination and Water Treatment, "Permeable microporous foams and membranes of biodegradable polyesters are currently used in the area of tissue engineering and drug delivery systems. Their mechanical properties are useful in the medical applications.""The foams should mechanically fit to the tissues where the foams were implanted. In [...]
Scientists discuss in ‘Evaluation of the need to discontinue antiplatelet and anticoagulant medications before cataract surgery’ new findings in cataracts. In this recent article published in the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, scientists in Shimonoseki, Japan conducted a study "To assess the risk for intraoperative and postoperative bleeding associated with antiplatelet and/or anticoagulant treatment [...]
"Although labial adhesion is usually a benign disorder in childhood, it may occasionally be misdiagnosed as a severe disorder, causing parental anxiety. The present study was undertaken to analyze the clinical features, treatments employed and their effectiveness in pediatric patients with labial adhesion, with special emphasis on manual separation," investigators in Tochigi, Japan report (see [...]
Investigators publish new data in the report ‘Pilot study of a combination of S-1 and paclitaxel for patients with peritoneal metastasis from gastric cancer.’ According to recent research from Hyogo, Japan, "This pilot study was carried out to evaluate the efficacy of chemotherapy for patients with peritoneal dissemination from gastric cancer or positive lavage cytology [...]
New research, ‘A phase II study directed by a clinical pathway for carboplatin and weekly paclitaxel in previously untreated patients with unresectable non-small cell lung cancer,’ is the subject of a report. "The objective of this phase II study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of carboplatin and weekly paclitaxel in previously untreated patients [...]
According to recent research from Brisbane, Australia, "Central pulse pressure and measures of arterial stiffness (augmentation index (AIx) and aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV)) predict morbidity and mortality in patients with stage 2-4 chronic kidney disease (CKD). Although statin therapy may be of vascular benefit in patients with CKD, the long-term effect of statins on [...]
Current study results from the report, ‘Association between HCV amino acid substitutions and outcome of peginterferon and ribavirin combination therapy in HCV genotype 1b and high viral load,’ have been published. According to recent research from Ogaki, Japan, "We prospectively compared the sensitivity to interferon (IFN) and the efficacy of antiviral combination therapy with peginterferon [...]
Investigators publish new data in the report ‘ADAMTS5 is a biomarker for prediction of response to infliximab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.’ "To identify a biomarker for prediction of the response to infliximab (IFX) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), we focused on a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs 5 (ADAMTS5) that seems to [...]
