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Diabetes drug shows 1st protection from heart complications
2015-08-21 00:52:29| Biotech - Topix.net
For the first time, there's evidence that a diabetes medication, Jardiance, reduces risk of the complications that are the top killer of diabetics: heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular damage. Preventing those is a long-elusive goal for the millions of diabetes patients and their doctors, and one analyst who's also a trained physician even called Thursday's news of a possible groundbreaking advance a "holy grail."
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GSK hopes big clinical trial can breathe new life into lung drug
2015-08-13 20:06:52| Biotech - Topix.net
GlaxoSmithKline is banking on a major clinical trial to revive its flagging respiratory medicine business, with billions of dollars of sales riding on a positive result. Data from the so-called SUMMIT study, designed to show GSK's Breo can prolong lives of patients with chronic lung disease, are expected as early as next month, nine years after a similar study with GSK's older drug Advair failed by a whisker.
MannKind's loss narrows; pursues new drug candidates
2015-08-11 09:35:05| Biotech - Topix.net
Shares of MannKind rose on Monday after the drugmaker surpassed Wall Street's estimates for second quarter earnings and indicated several new drugs are in the company's development pipeline. Hakan S. Edstrom , president and CEO of the California-based drug company that has its manufacturing facility and pharmaceutical development operations in Danbury, said during a conference call with investors Monday that feasibility studies are being conducted on at least two new drug candidates including treatments for pain and pulmonary hypertension, a type of high blood pressure that affects arteries in the lungs and heart.
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Certara Launches Its Simcyp In Vitro (Data) Analysis Toolkit To Improve Drug Discovery And Development Study Results
2015-08-05 08:01:41| drugdiscoveryonline Home Page
Certara, the global biosimulation technology-enabled drug development company, recently announced the launch of its Simcyp In Vitro (Data) Analysis (SIVA) Toolkit, version 1.0
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Michigan-Focused Academic Drug Discovery, Development Symposium Presented By MichBio And The University Research Corridor
2015-08-05 07:49:41| drugdiscoveryonline Home Page
Michigan’s first event to showcase the state’s academic drug R&D activities will be held on September 9-10, 2015 and hosted by Michigan State University
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