A team led by Gang Han, PhD, has designed a human protein-based, tumor-targeting Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) contrast that can be easily cleared by the body. The discovery holds promise for clinical application, including early stage tumor detection because of the enhanced MRI contrast, according to Dr. Han, associate professor of biochemistry & molecular pharmacology at University of Massachusetts Medical School.
Trillium Therapeutics is seeking new partners as it looks over its pipeline with an eye to the future.
British MPs say they are keen to secure a close working relationship with the European Union on drug regulation post Brexit to protect patient health and investment in the UK’s life sciences sector.
The European Commission has expanded the scope of Novartis’ Zykadia to include the first line treatment of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumours are anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive.
In a study conducted at York University, scientists came to the astonishing conclusion that beta blockers could protect against heart failure. This was one of the latest discoveries in a field with endless treatments managing symptoms though previously damage sustained to the heart can’t be revered.
Emmaus Medical recently received FDA (The U.S. Food and Drug Administration) approval for sickle cell disease therapy Endari (L-gluitamine), ending two decades of drought for treatment of the disease and giving an alternative to the only other drug on the market, hydroxyurea.
LifeArc, the UK medical research charity previously known as MRC Technology, is working alongside the government’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory and Canada’s Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD) to identify new antibacterial drug targets.
GlaxoSmithKline has kicked off a Phase III study exploring the potential of its biologic mepolizumab in patients with severe bilateral nasal polyps, a chronic inflammatory disease of the nasal passage linings or sinuses causing soft tissue growth in the upper nasal cavity.
European regulators have validated the marketing authorisation application for Shire’s experimental von Willebrand Disease therapy Veyvondi.
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