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New Meta-Analysis Confirms Safety Profile For NeoRecormon In Treating Anaemia In Cancer Patients
Categorie : Blood / HematologyData Published in the British Journal of Cancer Reports That NeoRecormon use has no Negative Impact on Overall Survival or Tumour Progression A new meta-analysis of all 12 prospective, randomised, controlled studies in 2,301 cancer patients shows that treating anaemia with NeoRecormon(R) (epoeti ...
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Thu Jun 2008
Bristol-Myers Squibb And Pfizer Initiate New Study In The Apixaban Phase 3 Clinical Trial Program
Categorie : Blood / HematologyBristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) and Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) announced the start of a new Phase 3 clinical trial to assess the effect of apixaban in patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE), a potentially fatal disease process that begins with blood clots in the leg veins or lungs. ...
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Thu Jun 2008
Many Happy Returns For National Blood Donor Week, Canada
Categorie : Blood / HematologyToday marks the beginning of the first National Blood Donor Week recognized by the Government of Canada. ...
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Thu Jun 2008
A Blood Substitute's Effectiveness And Safety Addressed In Large Clinical Trial
Categorie : Blood / HematologyA predicted shortfall of over 4 million units of blood worldwide is driving the need to develop an alternative to red blood cells.Academic and industry researchers participated in a Phase III multi-center clinical trial and found that use of a blood substitute was relatively safe in patients under 8 ...
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Thu Jun 2008
AMT Makes Important Advance In The Development Of Its Gene Therapy For Hemophilia B -Company Accesses Technology To Prevent Immune Response
Categorie : Blood / HematologyAmsterdam Molecular Therapeutics (Euronext: AMT), a leader in the field of human gene therapy, announced that it obtained a license from 'TIGET' San Raffaele Telethon Institute For Gene Therapy, Italy, to use their micro-RNA technology to prevent immune responses against gene therapy for Hemophi ...
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Thu Jun 2008
Health Economic Analysis Reports That Revlimid Is A Cost Effective Treatment For Multiple Myeloma
Categorie : Blood / HematologyCelgene International Sarl (Nasdaq:CELG) announced that data presented at the 13th Congress of the European Hematology Association (EHA) in Copenhagen, Denmark found that patients previously treated for multiple myeloma receiving REVLIMID (lenalidomide) in combination with dexamethasone experienced ...
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Thu Jun 2008
Romiplostim Data Show Potential Long-Term Efficacy And Safety In Adults With Chronic ITP
Categorie : Blood / HematologyAmgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) announced updated results from the ongoing, open-label extension study on the long-term safety and efficacy of romiplostim in adult patients with chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), a chronic and serious autoimmune disorder characterized by low platelet counts in ...
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Thu Jun 2008
New Molecular Insight Into Amboebic Dysentery
Categorie : Blood / HematologyIn the June 15th issue of G&D, Dr. Sinisa Urban (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine) and colleagues reveal a potential role for the rhomboid enzyme, EhROM1, in the pathogenesis of the enteric protozoan parasite, E. histolytica. This discovery posits EhROM1 as a prospective target in the tre ...
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Thu Jun 2008
Multiple Myeloma - Velcade(R) (bortezomib), 30% Complete Response Rate Compared To 4 Percent With Current Drug Treatment Standard Of Care
Categorie : Blood / HematologyAbstract Number: 0473 Janssen-Cilag / Ortho Biotech, the biopharmaceutical division of Janssen-Cilag, today announced unprecedented results from a registration-enabling phase III trial evaluating the VELCADE-based therapy with melphalan and prednisone (VMP) compared with melphalan and prednisone ...
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Thu Jun 2008
Risk Of Contamination From Unsafe Blood - China And United Arab Emirates Make Rapid Progress
Categorie : Blood / HematologyChina and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have made impressive strides in tackling the risk of contamination from unsafe blood by reaching close to 100% voluntary blood donation , said the World Health Organization today . Their efforts to increase their safe blood base will be promoted as models for ...
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Thu Jun 2008
Romiplostim Data Show Potential Long-Term Efficacy And Safety In Adults With Chronic Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP)
Categorie : Blood / HematologyAmgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) announced updated results from the ongoing, open-label extension study on the long-term safety and efficacy of romiplostim in adult patients with chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), a chronic and serious autoimmune disorder characterized by low platelet counts i ...
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Thu Jun 2008
New Analysis Shows That REVLIMID® Plus Dexamethasone Yielded A Mean Survival Of 5.6 Years For Patients With Multiple Myeloma
Categorie : Blood / HematologyCelgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) has announced that according to data from a pooled study presented at the 13th European Hematology Association (EHA) congress in Copenhagen, Denmark, multiple myeloma patients taking REVLIMID® (lenalidomide) plus dexamethasone significantly increased their survival ...
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Thu Jun 2008
Health Economic Analysis Reports That REVLIMID Is A Cost-Effective Treatment For Multiple Myeloma
Categorie : Blood / HematologyCelgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) announced that data presented recently at the 13th Congress of the European Hematology Association (EHA) in Copenhagen, Denmark showed that the use of REVLIMID and dexamethasone was cost-effective with the incremental cost-effectiveness threshold ranging from £20, ...
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Thu Jun 2008
Some Northern California Colleges Banning Campus Blood Drives Because Of FDA's Policy Barring MSM
Categorie : Blood / HematologySome colleges in Northern California have banned campus blood drives, saying that FDA's lifetime ban on donations from men who have had sex with men violates the schools' nondiscrimination policies, NPR's "All Things Considered" reports. ...
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Thu Jun 2008
Positive Clinical Data For PBI-1402 Presented At The Annual Congress Of The European Hematology Association
Categorie : Blood / HematologyProMetic Life Sciences Inc. (TSX:PLI) ("ProMetic") presented results on its orally-active PBI-1402 compound in clinical trial in patients with chemotherapy-induced anemia ("CIA") at the 13th Congress of the European Hematology Association held in Copenhagen, Denmark this week.Dr. Lyne Gagnon, ProMe ...
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Thu Jun 2008
China, UAE Make Big Progress In Ensuring Safe Blood Donation
Categorie : Blood / HematologyChina and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have made impressive strides in tackling the risk of contamination from unsafe blood by reaching close to 100% voluntary blood donation, said WHO today . Their efforts to increase their safe blood base will be promoted as models for other countries to follow ...
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Thu Jun 2008
Soliris® Improved Fatigue Independent Of Changes In Anemia In Patients With PNH By Controlling Hemolysis
Categorie : Blood / HematologySoliris® (eculizumab) therapy improved the often disabling fatigue experienced by patients with the rare blood disorder paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) independent of improvements in anemia, according to data presented at the European Hematology Association (EHA) 13th Congress in Copenhage ...
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Thu Jun 2008
Revolade® (Eltrombopag) Data Presented At EHA: Updated Data For Extend Plus New Data For Repeat And Delphi Studies
Categorie : Blood / HematologyGlaxoSmithKline has announced data on the long-term safety and efficacy of its investigational drug Revolade® (eltrombopag) for the treatment of chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP).1 Results from the ongoing, open label EXTEND (Eltrombopag eXTENded Dosing) (Abstract 0949) study showed ...
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Thu Jun 2008
Unsafe Blood Transfusions, Medical Practices In Central Asia Contributing To Spread Of Infectious Diseases, Including HIV, World Bank Report Says
Categorie : Blood / HematologyUnsafe blood transfusion services and medical practices in Central Asian countries are contributing to the spread of HIV and other infectious diseases in the region, according to a report recently released by the World Bank, Kazakhstan Today/Gazeta.kz reports. ...
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Thu Jun 2008
Assembly Of Molecules Critical To Protein Function Witnessed By Researchers
Categorie : Blood / HematologyA Virginia Tech research group lead by two biochemistry graduate students has isolated proteins responsible for the iron-sulfur cluster assembly process and witnessed the necessary protein interactions in vivo - within a cell. They have captured pathway intermediates and observed protein interaction ...
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Thu Jun 2008
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