Darmstadt, Germany and New York (ots/PRNewswire) - - Second Breakthrough Therapy Designation for avelumab in hard-to-treat cancer - Renal cell carcinoma, the most common form of kidney cancer, has a poor prognosis in advanced stage[1],[2] - Javelin Renal clinical development program is ongoing, including Phase III ...
Odense, Denmark, and Smiths Falls, Ontario (ots/PRNewswire) - Further to a December 5th press release announcing plans to establish a 40,000 m2 facility in the Danish city of Odense, Spectrum Cannabis Denmark has been issued a cannabis production licence by Laegemiddelstyrelsen, Denmark's Medicines Agency. Danish Health Minister, Ellen Trane Nørbye, announced the news ...
European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)
Lugano (ots) - ESMO, the leading professional organisation for medical oncology, published a position paper on supportive and palliative care, calling attention to the evolving and growing gap between the needs of cancer patients and the actual provision of patient-centred care. "New studies show that there may be a gap between what doctors think is important for patients, and what patients really need. With this position ...
Munich (ots/PRNewswire) - For EU media only - not for US journalists - Hokusai-VTE CANCER study is a phase 3b, prospective, randomised, open-label, blind end-point (PROBE) study evaluating edoxaban versus low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) dalteparin in venous thromboembolism (VTE) associated with primarily active ...
Bagsværd, Denmark (ots/PRNewswire) - - Results published in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism Newly published data from real-world European clinical practice has shown that Xultophy® (insulin degludec/liraglutide) significantly reduced blood sugar levels in people with type 2 diabetes after six months.[1] The study ...
Darmstadt, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - Not intended for U.K./U.S. based media - First treatment in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) to show sustained clinical efficacy for up to 4 years with a maximum of 20 days of oral treatment over 2 years - Updated registration follows recent approval of Mavenclad in Europe and Canada Merck, a leading science and ...
Abu Dhabi, Uae (ots/PRNewswire) - In people with type 2 diabetes who fast during Ramadan, Ryzodeg® (insulin degludec/insulin aspart) reduced the overall rate of low blood sugar (hypoglycaemia) including severe episodes by 62% and the rate of nocturnal hypoglycaemia by 74% versus biphasic insulin aspart 30 (BIAsp 30 ...
Abu Dhabi, Uae (ots/PRNewswire) - People with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes treated with Tresiba® had fewer episodes of low blood sugar (hypoglycaemia) compared with people on insulin glargine U100 regardless of whether they had achieved blood sugar targets.[1] These new post-hoc analyses from the SWITCH 1 and 2 trials were presented at the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Annual Congress in Abu Dhabi ...
London (ots/PRNewswire) - Medical Device companies operating in today's stringently regulated environment require comprehensive software systems and solutions that deliver robust functionality and support full compliance with regulatory requirements. In the area of software design for medical devices, adherence to the applicable regulations and standards is a complex and expensive process. In a recent survey conducted on ...
Abu Dhabi, Uae (ots/PRNewswire) - - Globally, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the most common cause of death in people with type 2 diabetes[1] - 1 in 3 respondents considered themselves to be at low risk of CVD[2] - 1 in 6 respondents had never discussed type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular risk with a healthcare ...
Darmstadt, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - Not intended for U.S. based media - Expanded Fertility Technology portfolio highlights Merck's commitment to improve fertility treatment outcomes for patients - U.S. commercial availability expected in first half of 2018 Merck, a leading science and technology company, today ...
Bagsværd, Denmark (ots/PRNewswire) - - Switching to Tresiba® reduced the rate of hypoglycaemia by 67% in people with controlled blood sugar levels - In people with diabetes whose blood sugar was too high, switching to Tresiba® significantly improved blood sugar levels Switching to Tresiba® from another basal ...
Aachen (ots) - The Grünenthal Group announced today that Nucynta® (tapentadol) will be commercialized in the U.S. territory by Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc., instead of Depomed, Inc., from 2018 onwards. In recent months, Depomed has been struggling to grow Nucynta®. Depomed executes its strategy to transform into a specialty pharmaceutical company with less focus ...
Copenhagen, Denmark (ots/PRNewswire) - New findings from an indirect comparison between Xultophy® and IGlarLixi published in the Journal of Medical Economics show that treatment with Xultophy® (insulin degludec/liraglutide) provides statistically significant greater reductions in blood sugar levels and body weight ...
Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - - New Research Finds Most Australians Consider So-Called 'Plain' Packaging Ineffective, with Eight out of Ten Believing the Government Would Ignore Evidence if it Contradicted its Preferred Policy - Australians Concerned Regulation May Spread to Other Categories CanvasU, commissioned by JTI ...
Haifa, Israel (ots/PRNewswire) - INSIGHTEC (http://www.insightec.com/), the leader in MR-guided Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS) therapy, announced today that the Taiwanese Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) has approved its Exablate Neuro system for the treatment of essential tremor in patients who do not respond to ...
Darmstadt, Germany and New York (ots/PRNewswire) - Not intended for UK-based media - Pivotal Phase III Javelin trial investigating avelumab as third-line treatment for patients with unresectable, recurrent or metastatic gastric cancer did not meet its pre-specified primary endpoint of superior overall survival ...
London (ots/PRNewswire) - ViiV Healthcare, the global specialist HIV company, majority owned by GlaxoSmithKline, with Pfizer Inc. and Shionogi Limited as shareholders, today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Juluca®, indicated as a complete regimen for the maintenance treatment ...
Amsterdam (ots/PRNewswire) - - Two year study* found that clinicians' use of Azurion enabled significant reductions in procedure time, in-lab patient preparation time, post-procedure lab time and enhanced staff experience - Improvements correspond to the ability to treat one additional patient per interventional lab ...
Basel, Switzerland (ots/PRNewswire) - Today, Ascensia Diabetes Care, a leading diabetes care company, is showing its support for World Diabetes Day 2017 by publishing 30 portraits of inspiring women who are making significant contributions to advancing diabetes care. The theme of World Diabetes Day is Women and Diabetes, and through this initiative, Ascensia aims to ...
Darmstadt, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - - New pen is easy-to-learn and easy-to-use, supporting the one in six couples affected by infertility in the U.S.[1] - Insights of patients, nurses and doctors helped to evolve the product Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced that the company received approval for a new version of GONAL-f® (follitropin alfa injection) prefilled pen from the U.S. Food and ...
Amsterdam (ots/PRNewswire) - myTomorrows announces that Ronald Plasterk, a renowned molecular geneticist and until recently Dutch Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, joins the company as Chief Scientific Officer, effective 1 December 2017. Plasterk will primarily focus on creating academic partnerships to address specific areas of unmet medical need, supporting myTomorrows' aim to facilitate early access to ...
Darmstadt, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - - First multiple sclerosis (MS) therapy to achieve positive NICE recommendation in the shortest possible timeframe - Mavenclad has shown sustained clinical efficacy up to four years with a maximum of 20 days of oral treatment over two years Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced that the National Institute ...
Zurich (ots/PRNewswire) - Neurimmune, a global leader in the discovery and development of human-derived monoclonal antibodies, today announced that it has entered into a collaboration with Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. focused on the development of human antibodies against a novel therapeutic target for neurodegenerative diseases. Under the terms of the collaboration ...
Stockholm (ots/PRNewswire) - OxThera AB announced today that it has recently been granted two new US patents, three new European patents and patents in Canada, China, Hong-Kong, India and Japan. OxThera now holds proprietary rights to pharmaceutical preparations and their use for treatment of hyperoxaluria in nine patent families. The newly granted US patents have ...
Beerse, Belgium (ots/PRNewswire) - FOR MEDICAL AND TRADE MEDIA ONLY - 60% of patients receiving ustekinumab showed significant reductions in lupus disease activity vs. 31% of patients receiving placebo - Ustekinumab showed significant improvements in various disease measures compared with placebo, including ...
Beerse, Belgium (ots/PRNewswire) - FOR MEDICAL AND TRADE MEDIA ONLY Longer-term results demonstrate continued efficacy of anti-interleukin 23 monoclonal antibody guselkumab in improving joint and skin symptoms associated with active psoriatic arthritis Janssen Research & Development, LLC (Janssen) announced today ...
Beerse, Belgium (ots/PRNewswire) - FOR MEDICAL AND TRADE MEDIA ONLY Longer-term results demonstrate continued efficacy of anti-interleukin 23 monoclonal antibody guselkumab in improving joint and skin symptoms associated with active psoriatic arthritis Janssen Research & Development, LLC (Janssen) announced today ...
Beerse, Belgium (ots/PRNewswire) - FOR MEDICAL AND TRADE MEDIA ONLY - 60% of patients receiving ustekinumab showed significant reductions in lupus disease activity vs. 31% of patients receiving placebo - Ustekinumab showed significant improvements in various disease measures compared with placebo, including ...