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Can-Fite: CF101 May Be Effective For The Treatment Of Crohn's Disease
Categorie : Crohn'sCan-Fite BioPharma (TASE:CFBI), a biotechnology company traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, reports today that its CF101 drug may also be used to treat Crohn's disease, a serious gastrointestinal disorder. Can-Fite will present these findings at the annual meeting of the American College of Rheum ...
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Wed Dec 2007
Bowel Surgery Should Not Be Last Resort, UK Study
Categorie : Crohn'sThe threshold for deciding elective surgery for inflammatory bowel diseases such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease is too high says a new UK report. The result is that surgery is treated as a last resort resulting in too many emergency operations with poorer survival rates than if earlier e ...
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Wed Dec 2007
New CIMZIA(R) Data Demonstrates Efficacy For Up To 18 Months In Patients With Crohn's Disease, With No Dose Escalation
Categorie : Crohn'sCIMZIA(R) (certolizumab pegol), the first and only PEGylated anti-TNF therapy, has been shown to maintain remission for up to 18 months in patients with Crohn's disease, according to new data presented at the 15th United European Gastroenterology Week (UEGW). The data also showed that some patients ...
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Wed Dec 2007
Cytokine Announces Oral Efficacy Of Anti Cytokine Semapimod
Categorie : Crohn'sCytokine PharmaSciences, Inc. (CPSI) announced development of an orally active form of semapimod, its synthetic anti cytokine compound. Semapimod is a potential treatment for inflammatory and autoimmune diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's and psoriasis. The compound has previously been ...
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Wed Dec 2007
Elan And Biogen Idec Announce That Fda Will Extend Regulatory Review Period For TysabriŽ For Crohn's Disease
Categorie : Crohn'sElan Corporation, plc (NYSE: ELN) and Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) informed the companies that the Agency will extend its regulatory review of TYSABRIŽ (natalizumab) as a treatment for Crohn's disease by up to 3 months.The companies have been ...
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Wed Dec 2007
CHMP Adopts Negative Opinion On Appeal On European Application For Natalizumab For The Treatment Of Crohn's Disease
Categorie : Crohn'sElan Corporation, plc (NYSE: ELN) and Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), the scientific committee of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA), has adopted a negative opinion on the marketing authorization for natalizumab as a treatment fo ...
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Wed Dec 2007
Abbott Launches Humira (Adalimumab) For Crohn's Disease
Categorie : Crohn'sAbbott launches HUMIRA® (adalimumab) as a treatment for severe, active Crohn's disease. Adalimumab is the first fully-human tumour necrosis factor antagonist (anti-TNF) to receive a licence for Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract that impairs th ...
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Sun Oct 2007
Remicade® Receives EU Approval As First And Only Biologic Treatment For Paediatric Crohn's Disease
Categorie : Crohn'sThe European Commission (EC) has approved a new indication for Remicade® (infliximab) allowing for the treatment of severe, active Crohn's disease (CD) in paediatric patients aged 6 to 17 years, who have not responded to conventional therapy including a corticosteroid, an immunomodulator and pr ...
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Sun Oct 2007
Protein C Signaling Impacts Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Categorie : Crohn'sInflammatory bowel disease, which includes Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, involves both immune and nonimmune cells. Previous studies have established that the vasculature of the gut mucosa is an important nonimmune component of intestinal inflammation and that the protein C (PC) signaling p ...
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Sun Oct 2007
First-Step Test For Patients With Crohn's Disease Should Be PET/CT
Categorie : Crohn'sThe molecular imaging power of PET/CT is invaluable in noninvasively monitoring Crohn's disease - a chronic inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract that mainly affects young people, according to a study released by Belgian scientists at the 54th Annual Meeting of SNM, the world's larg ...
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Sun Oct 2007
Abbott's HUMIRA® (Adalimumab) Approved In The European Union For The Treatment Of Crohn's Disease
Categorie : Crohn'sAbbott announced today that it has received marketing authorization from the European Commission for the use of HUMIRA® (adalimumab) as a treatment for severe Crohn's disease. HUMIRA is the first self-administered biologic for the treatment of Crohn's disease and offers an effective and co ...
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Sun Oct 2007
Elan And Biogen Idec Preparing To Appeal Ruling On European Application For Natalizumab For The Treatment Of Crohn's Disease
Categorie : Crohn'sElan Corporation, plc (NYSE: ELN) and Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) announced today that they have been informed by the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has adopted a negative opinion on the marketing application for the use of natalizumab ...
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Sun Oct 2007
Certolizumab Pego Found To Be Effective New Therapy For Patients With Crohn's Disease
Categorie : Crohn'sMayo Clinic researchers have found that Certolizumab pegol is an effective treatment for adults with Crohn's disease, according to two new studies. These findings were published in today's issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Certolizumab pegol blocks tumor necrosis factor, an important cau ...
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Sun Oct 2007
Pivotal CIMZIA™ Data In Crohn's Disease Published In New England Journal Of Medicine
Categorie : Crohn'sTwo pivotal Phase III clinical trials demonstrating the safety and sustained efficacy of CIMZIA™ (certolizumab pegol) in moderate-to-severe Crohn's disease (CD) were published in two articles in the July 19 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). [click link for full arti ...
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Sun Oct 2007
Gene Identified For Crohn's Disease In Children
Categorie : Crohn'sPediatrics researchers have identified a gene variant that raises a child's risk of Crohn's disease, a chronic and painful condition attributed to inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. The research reinforces previous results by German researchers, who found the same gene variant associated w ...
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Sun Oct 2007
First-time Link Between Food Intolerance And Illness
Categorie : Crohn'sResearchers from University College London have found compelling evidence for the first time to link food intolerances and serious illness.A six-month programme has shown potential links with foodstuffs and Crohn's Disease, and ulcerative colitis.The discovery could prompt an entire rethink in t ...
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Sun Oct 2007
Kids With Crohn's Disease Find Comfort, Leading-edge Treatment At Pediatric Infusion Center
Categorie : Crohn'sSeventeen-year-old Eliot Drieband explains what it's like to have Crohn's disease a type of inflammatory bowel disease in the same matter-of-fact way she describes preparing for an advanced placement exam, working on the school newspaper, starting an organ donor awareness club for te ...
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Sun Oct 2007
Ocera Therapeutics, Inc. Completes Enrollment In FHAST1, A Pivotal Phase 3 Clinical Trial In Fistulizing Crohn's Disease
Categorie : Crohn'sOcera Therapeutics, Inc., a privately-held biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of proprietary compounds to treat gastrointestinal and liver diseases announced today that it has completed the patient enrollment of its Phase 3 study in fistulizing Crohn's di ...
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Sun Oct 2007
Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease More Likely To Die From Clostridium Difficile Infection
Categorie : Crohn'sA patient with inflammatory bowel disease is four times as likely to die from Clostridium difficile infection compared to a person who does not have the disease, according to an article published ahead of print in the journal Gut (BMJ).The number of new cases of C difficile infection has been steadi ...
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Sun Oct 2007
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Change For Crohn's Disease
Categorie : Crohn'sA change to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) from 1 October 2007 will provide subsidised access to adults and children of Remicade® (infliximab) for the treatment of Crohn's disease.Crohn's disease is an inflammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal tract. It can have a profound impact ...
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Sun Oct 2007
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