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Semafore's PI3 Kinase Inhibitor SF1126 Is A Vascular Targeted Conjugate In Phase I Clinical Trials In Solid Tumors And Multiple Myeloma
Categorie : Blood / HematologySemafore Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced on the occasion of a poster presentation at the 2008 AACR Annual Meeting that its integrin-targeted PI3 kinase inhibitor, SF1126, was shown to cause significant tumor regression in combination with rapamycin in a renal cell carcinoma mouse model. The combinati ...
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Sat Apr 2008
Twin Findings Raise Hopes Of Improved Anemia Treatments
Categorie : Blood / HematologyA new understanding of how red blood cell production is controlled could lead to improvements in the treatment of the blood disorder anaemia, according to West Australian medical researchers. ...
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Sat Apr 2008
DVT Expert: Find Out If You're At Risk This Summer
Categorie : Blood / HematologyTravellers are being advised to find out whether they?re at increased risk of suffering a Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) before embarking on long haul flights this summer.DVT occurs when circulation is poor. Blood slows and forms a clot in a deep vein, usually in the calf. If the clot then makes its way ...
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Sat Apr 2008
A Genetic Cause For Iron Deficiency
Categorie : Blood / HematologyThe discovery of a gene for a rare form of inherited iron deficiency may provide clues to iron deficiency in the general population particularly iron deficiency that doesn't respond to iron supplements and suggests a new treatment approach. The finding was published online by the journal Nature Gene ...
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Sat Apr 2008
ZIOPHARM Presents Positive Data From Phase II Study Of Darinaparsin In Advanced Hematological Malignancies At AACR 2008 Annual Meeting
Categorie : Blood / HematologyZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZIOP) announced that it presented positive data from a phase II study of darinaparsin, the Company's novel organic arsenic compound, in advanced hematological malignancies at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting, in San Diego, CA. ...
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Sat Apr 2008
Anticoagulant Therapy Supply SOP Produced By The NPA, UK
Categorie : Blood / HematologyThe NPA has produced a resource for the supply of anticoagulant therapy comprising of a template standard operating procedure (SOP) and guidance notes. It complies with the NPSA recommendations ensuring the supply of anticoagulant medicines is carried out in a safe and efficient way.'Supplying Antic ...
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Sat Apr 2008
Global Bleeding Disorders Community Campaigns To Diagnose At-Risk Patients
Categorie : Blood / HematologyNo person should have to endure the pain and suffering caused by hemophilia, a rare bleeding disorder that causes dangerous internal bleeding. There are about 400,000 people with hemophilia worldwide, according to the World Federation of Hemophilia, but only about 30% have been diagnosed. April 17 i ...
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Sat Apr 2008
Global Blood Banking And Blood Products Market To Reach 31.7 Billion Dollars By 2010, According To New Report By Global Industry Analysts, Inc.
Categorie : Blood / HematologyA spurt in new infections surfacing the world over remains a huge concern to the blood banking and blood products industry. Though awareness amongst the consumers, and health workers helped in reducing the intensity of infection, the industry is yet to free itself of the various problems such as saf ...
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Sat Apr 2008
Cytopia Nominates JAK2 Clinical Candidate For Myeloproliferative Disorders - Clinical Study To Commence Late This Year
Categorie : Blood / HematologyCytopia Limited (ASX:CYT) has selected CYT387, a selective and potent JAK2 inhibitor, for formal preclinical development to treat myeloproliferative disorders (MPDs). This follows extensive laboratory experimentation and includes the recent demonstration of activity in an in-vivo model of myeloprol ...
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Tue Mar 2008
Blood Disease Protects Against Malaria In An Unexpected Way
Categorie : Blood / HematologyChildren with an inherited blood disorder called alpha thalassemia make unusually small red blood cells that mostly cause a mild form of anemia. Now, researchers have discovered that this disorder has a benefit it can protect children against one of the world's greatest killers, malaria, according t ...
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Tue Mar 2008
Ortho Biotech Statement On U.S. Food And Drug Administration Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee Vote
Categorie : Blood / HematologyOrtho Biotech is concerned by the Advisory Committee's recommendations to restrict access to erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) for chemotherapy induced anemia (CIA) in patients with metastatic breast and head and neck cancer, and patients treated with curative intent. The company believes th ...
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Mon Mar 2008
Failed Blood Supply Can Lead To Loose Chips In Joints
Categorie : Blood / HematologyOsteochondrosis, or so-called "joint mice", is a very common illness of Norwegian horses, although its cause is as yet unknown. A recent Ph. D. degree by veterinary surgeon Kristin Olstad of the equine clinic of the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science concluded that failure of blood supply to the ...
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Mon Mar 2008
Technology Improves Odds For Critically Ill
Categorie : Blood / HematologyLarge numbers of unnecessary deaths and avoidable medical complications in intensive care units (ICU) are attributable to the difficulties of treating high glucose levels in critically ill patients' blood. That is about to change for the better thanks to a new automated insulin delivery system devel ...
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Mon Mar 2008
Heparin Investigation Update By Baxter
Categorie : Blood / HematologyAs reported in previous updates, Baxter's sophisticated analytical procedures, including capillary electrophoresis and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, identified an unknown material in some lots of the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) for heparin, which is supplied to Baxter by Scient ...
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Mon Mar 2008
Amicus Therapeutics Presents Positive Data From Phase 2 Clinical Trial Of Plicera(TM) For Gaucher Disease
Categorie : Blood / HematologyAmicus Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company developing small-molecule, orally administered pharmacological chaperones for the treatment of human genetic diseases, announced that the Company will present positive results from a Phase 2 clinical study of Plicera(TM) (isofagomine tartrate) for Ga ...
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Mon Mar 2008
Publication Of Clinical Results Underscores VELCADE(R) (Bortezomib) For Injection Based Therapy As A Standard Of Care In Multiple Myeloma Patients
Categorie : Blood / HematologyMillennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: MLNM) announced the publication of updated results of the Phase I/II clinical trial of the combination therapy VELCADE, melphalan and prednisone (VcMP) in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients, who were ineligible for stem cell transplantation. ...
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Mon Mar 2008
New Educational Effort Launched On Genetic Testing For Dosing A Common Blood Thinner
Categorie : Blood / HematologyA new educational effort focused on improving the safety and reducing the complications of a life-saving heart drug was launched by the American Medical Association (AMA) and the Critical Path Institute (C-Path), as part of an ongoing program to support personalized medicine. ...
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Thu Mar 2008
Amgen To Discuss Romiplostim Application At FDA ODAC Meeting
Categorie : Blood / HematologyAmgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) will discuss the proposed Biologic License Application (BLA) for romiplostim, an investigational thrombopoietin mimetic peptibody, for the treatment of thrombocytopenia in adult patients with chronic immune (idiopathic) thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) at the Oncologic Drugs ...
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Thu Mar 2008
Amgen Statement On Successful Outcome Of Romiplostim Panel Meeting
Categorie : Blood / HematologyAmgen Inc. (NASDAQ:AMGN) issued the following statement on the outcome of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) meeting on romiplostim, a investigational thrombopoietin mimetic peptibody, for the treatment of thrombocytopenia in adult patients with c ...
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Thu Mar 2008
Heparin May Be Contaminated, Say German Authorities
Categorie : Blood / HematologyAfter announcing that they suspect heparin may be contaminated, the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices, Germany, has recalled the drug thinner. This follows a withdrawal in the USA where 19 deaths have been linked to the drug. Heparin in Germany is produced by RotexMedica, part of Grou ...
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Wed Mar 2008
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