Category: Pharmaceuticals
Chiasma’s new drug for growth disorder treatment rejected by US FDA
Chiasma, Inc., a late-stage biopharmaceutical company that is focused on improving the lives of patients with rare and serious chronic diseases, announced on April 15 that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Complete Response Letter […]
Anti-ageing pill that could see humans living up to a decade longer moves a step closer following discovery
An anti-ageing pill that could help us live up to a decade longer has moved a step closer with the discovery of a key component of the ageing process. Protein molecules – known as GSK-3 – are responsible for shortening […]
Redesigned epilepsy drug more potent, has less side effects
A redesigned version of an epilepsy drug is more potent and has fewer side effects, according to a study published on March 22 in Molecular Pharmacology. “[Current epilepsy drugs] don’t work well in nearly a third of patients and there […]
Pill may help treat women with stress urinary incontinence
Urologists at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan are seeking postmenopausal women with stress urinary incontinence, or SUI, for a research study of a compound that may strengthen pelvic floor muscle and reduce the leakage of urine. Beaumont doctors are […]
Scientists inch closer to universal flu vaccine
University of Georgia and Sanofi Pasteur developed a vaccine that protects against multiple strains of both seasonal and pandemic H1N1 influenza in mouse models. The development brings them a step closer to a universal flu vaccine. “One of the problems […]
AIDS vaccine to go under clinical trials
An emerging vaccine strategy involves immunizing people with a series of different engineered HIV proteins as immunogens to teach the immune system to produce broadly neutralizing antibodies against HIV. This strategy depends on the ability of the first immunogen to […]
Injectable protects against HIV transmission
In an effort to minimize obstacles to adherence and prevent vaginal HIV transmission, researchers from the division of infectious diseases at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and collaborators from Merck demonstrated the effectiveness of a new long-acting […]
Dengue vaccine trial delivers promising results
In a clinical trial, all volunteers who received an experimental dengue vaccine were protected from infection. “The findings from this trial are very encouraging to those of us who have spent many years working on vaccine candidates to protect against […]
Two kidney cancer drugs can’t stop recurrence
Two widely drugs for treating kidney cancer — sorafenib and sunitinib — are no more effective than a placebo in preventing return of the disease to increase life spans of patients suffering from advanced kidney cancer after surgery, according to […]
Combination drug improves glucose control for diabetics
Injection of a long-acting insulin combined with another drug improves glucose control in patients with Type 2 diabetes and is associated with weight loss. The trial compared glucose control of participants receiving daily injections of either basal insulin glargine or […]
