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Russian researchers develop test strip to diagnose heart attack

Scientists at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) MISIS in Russia have developed a new membrane test strip for quantitative immune chromatography rapid tests to rapidly and accurately detect an acute myocardial infarction by analysing blood for the presence of disease markers.
- Source: medicaldevice-network
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- January 31, 2018
immune chromatography rapid test Researches
Five Prime Therapeutics Announces $25 Million Payment by Bristol-Myers Squibb for Cabiralizumab Development Milestone

Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc. (FPRX), a biotechnology company discovering and developing innovative immuno-oncology protein therapeutics, announced that a development milestone for cabiralizumab has been achieved, triggering a $25 million payment from Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMS) (BMY) under the license and collaboration agreement between the companies established in 2015. The milestone was triggered by initiation of a multi-arm Phase 2 clinical trial (NCT03336216), sponsored by Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, evaluating cabiralizumab and Opdivo® (nivolumab) with and without chemotherapy in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer. “Effective treatment for patients with pancreatic cancer remains a significant unmet need and is a cancer for which existing immunotherapies have not been successful to date,” said Helen Collins, M.D., Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Five Prime. “We are encouraged by the preliminary data presented at SITC 2017 and are pleased to see this trial underway.” The Phase 2 trial is expected to enroll approximately 160 ...
- Source: finance.yahoo
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- January 31, 2018
Bristol-Myers Squibb cabiralizumab Opdivo
Berkshire Hathaway, Amazon, chase partner to create healthcare company

It’s no secret Jeff Bezos has been looking to crack healthcare. But no one expected him to pull in Warren Buffett and Jamie Dimon, too.
- Source: Digital Insurance
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- January 31, 2018
Company Insight healthcare
the Mayo Clinic experience

Immune checkpoint inhibitors have revolutionized the treatment of advanced malignancies. By blocking T-cell inhibition these drugs result in immune targeting of tumor cells and normal tissue. As such, their main toxicity is inducing immune-mediated tissue damage.
- Source: acrabstracts.org
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- January 30, 2018
inhibitor malignancies Researches
Sanofi snaps up Ablynx for 3.9bn euros

Sanofi will launch public offers to acquire all shares, including ADSs, warrants and convertible bonds of Ablynx. News of the deal will no doubt come as a great disappointment to Novo Nordisk, which recently stepped up its efforts to buy Ablynx with a second offer valued at around 2.6 billion euros.
- Source: Currenthollywood
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- January 30, 2018
Market Views Sanofi Ablynx
Seven medicines leap closer to EU approval

The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has put forward seven new medicines for approval in the region, including new treatment options for haemophilia A, diabetes, and a very rare genetic disorder.
- Source: pharmatimes
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- January 30, 2018
CHMP diabetes EMA haemophilia A Hemlibra polices Roche
GSK’s Shingrix Gets Positive CHMP Opinion For Prevention Of Shingles

GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK,GSK.L) said that the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use or CHMP has issued a positive opinion recommending marketing authorisation for Shingrix (RELATED: CDC backs GSK’s Shingrix over Merck & Co’s Zostavax) for the prevention of shingles, or herpes zoster, and post-herpetic neuralgia or PHN
- Source: rttnews
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- January 30, 2018
Company Insight herpes zoster PHN shingles Shingrix
North Colorado Medical Center invests nearly $2 million in new robotic surgery technology

Maurice Lyons remembers when lung surgery used to require him to make a 6-10 inch incision in a patients' skin and fracture a rib. He'd take the lung out, do what needed to be done and put it back. It would take patients about a week to recover enough just to leave the hospital, Lyons said.
- Source: The Tribune
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- January 30, 2018
Company Insight lung medical device medtech surgery
New nanomedicine could prevent progression of pancreatic cancer

A new study published in scientific journal Nature Communications distinguishes the reason for extended pancreatic cancer survival: an inverse correlation between a known oncogene, a gene that promotes the development of cancer, and the expression of an oncosuppressor microRNA.
- Source: Israel21c
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- January 30, 2018
cancer medtech pancreatic Researches
Scotland’s Synpromics expands gene therapy work with UCL deal

Edinburgh, Scotland based Synpromics has teamed up with UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health to develop novel gene therapies for diseases affecting the haematopoietic system.
- Source: drugdu
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- January 29, 2018
cell and gene therapy haematopoietic immune system novel gene-based medicines UCL

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