Revive Therapeutics (OTC:RVVTF) said today it inked a collaborative research deal with Sanyal Biotechnology looking to explore the use of cannabinoids as potential treatments for liver diseases. The collaborative deal will initially focus on the use of cannabidiol on a novel autoimmune hepatitis model, using the Diamond model which was designed and developed by Sanyal Biotechnologyspecifically […]
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Seattle Genetics wins FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation for Hodgkin lymphoma treatment
Seattle Genetics (NSDQ:SGEN) said today that the FDA granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation to its antibody-drug conjugate Adcetris in combination with chemotherapy for treating patients with advanced classical Hodgkin lymphoma. The approval was based on positive top line results from the company’s phase 3 Echelon-1 clinical trial, which were announced in June. The Bothell, Wash.-based company said […]
J&J’s Janssen wins $45m BARDA contract for Ebola vaccine dev
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) said today that its Janssen Pharmaceutical subsidiary Janssen Vaccines & Prevention B.V received a $44.7 million award and collaborative partnership from the US Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority to support its development of an investigational Ebola vaccine regimen. The deal comes with an option for BARDA to provide additional funding over 5 […]
Medtech stories we missed this week: Sept. 22, 2017
From the FDA’s clearance of Covalon’s film-drape to Bioventus launching its study, here are seven medtech stories we missed this week but thought were still worth mentioning. 1. FDA clears Covalon’s MediClear OTC surgical film-drape Covalon announced in a Sept. 21 press release that the FDA has cleared its MediClear PreOp to market in U.S. hospitals, […]
Nestle plans to slash headcount at Galderma R&D center
(Reuters) – Nestle plans to cut up to 450 jobs at a Galderma research and development center in southern France, the Swiss company said on Thursday, as it seeks to make the underperforming skin health business more efficient. Galderma, which Nestle took over from its joint venture partner L’Oreal in 2014, will cut as many as […]
Microneedle skin patch delivers fat-burning drug in mouse trial
Researchers have created a drug-filled microneedle skin patch that helps convert energy-storing fat, or white fat, into energy-burning fat, or brown fat – all the while boosting the body’s metabolism. The team of researchers at Columbia University Medical Center and the University of North Carolina reported that their patch could one day be used to burn […]
Drug-carrying particle contains multiple doses of vaccine – in one injection
Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology have invented a method to generate drug-ferrying particles that can deliver multiple doses of a vaccine over an extended length of time with just one injection. The particles, made from a biocompatible, FDA-approved polymer, look like tiny coffee cups that can be filled with a drug and sealed. The polymer […]
Study: 30% of T2D patients don’t start insulin therapy when recommended
Research from Brigham & Women’s Hospital, supported by Sanofi (NYSE:SNY), found that 30% of people with Type II diabetes don’t begin insulin therapy when it’s first recommended to them. On average, these patients are delaying treatment by two years, the researchers reported. The team’s work was published in the journal of Diabetic Medicine. “Unfortunately this isn’t uncommon, […]
KemPharm tackles pediatric ADHD using ligand-activated drug
Travis Mickle’s work developing better drugs for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is deeply personal – he has ADHD and so do his children. After receiving his PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Iowa, Mickle went on to work at New River Pharmaceuticals, where he developed the leading treatment for ADHD, Vyvanse. Now he […]
Study suggests Type II diabetes is being misdiagnosed in African-Americans
A test used to diagnose Type II diabetes and monitor blood sugar levels could be leaving hundreds of thousands of diabetic African Americans in the U.S. undiagnosed, according to a study published today in PLOS Medicine. The test uses 60 genetic variants, according to a team of scientists, and one of those genetic variants is found […]
