NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE Amex:NBY), a clinical stage biotechnology company developing first-in-class, anti-infective compounds for the treatment and prevention of antibiotic-resistant infections, delivered two poster presentations on its compounds at the 48th…
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Non communicable diseases will cost India USD237 billion during 2006-15
Experts Say Universal Access to Preventive and Curative Intervention is Crucial Health experts participating at a roundtable organised by India Health Progress(IHP) on economic and social impact of non-communicable diseases in India…
Beijing CDC selects Sinovac as first priority supplier of seasonal influenza vaccine
Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (Nasdaq: SVA), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, announced today that it has been selected by the Beijing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Beijing CDC) as…
New research shows flu virus with D222G mutation can cause pneumonia
A variant of last year’s pandemic influenza linked to fatal cases carried a mutation that enabled it to infect a different subset of cells lining the airway, according to new research. The…
Chimerix’s CMX001 Shows Potential For Strong Antiviral Activity In Critically-Ill Immunocompromised Transplant Patients With Adenovirus Infection
Chimerix, Inc., a pharmaceutical company developing orally-available antiviral therapeutics, will present promising clinical data for CMX001 in a late-breaker poster session at the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) 48th Annual Meeting….
Researchers find new evolution of malaria-transmitting mosquito species
Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have found that the major malaria-transmitting mosquito species, Anopheles gambiae, is evolving into two separate species with different traits, a development that could both…
Researchers analyze drugs’ efficiency on influenza A virus
Beating the flu has always been tough, but it has gotten even more difficult in recent years. Two of the four antiviral drugs used to treat a nasty case of the influenza…
TOBI reduces mortality in patients with cystic fibrosis, Pa lung infection
A new analysis of data from more than 12,000 people with cystic fibrosis (CF) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Pa) lung infection in the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s Patient Registry shows that use of TOBIĀ®…
Daiichi Sankyo launches Inavir inhalation powder for influenza in Japan
Hovione has been advised by Daiichi Sankyo Company Ltd that Inavir(R) has been launched in Japan. Inavir(R) is an inhalation powder which is delivered by the TwinCaps(R) inhaler to treat influenza. TwinCaps(R)…
Malaria deaths in India 13 times higher than who estimate, study says
“Malaria kills around 205,000 people in India each year, more than 13 times the estimate made by the World Health Organization, researchers said on Thursday,” Reuters reports (Ee Lyn, 10/20). The WHO…
Clinical research scholar receives grant to promote lifestyle changes for HIV patients
Between the demands of work, family and friends, many women find health takes a back seat. Women with HIV are no exception. “Many women with the HIV face challenges from sleepless nights…
BioCryst to present intravenous peramivir data for influenza treatment at IDSA meeting
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: BCRX) today announced the presentation of data related to intravenous (i.v.) peramivir for the treatment of influenza at the 48th Annual Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) meeting…
NIH awards $7 million grant to provide sustained care for HIV-positive inmates
The University of Illinois at Chicago has received a $7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study effective ways to seek, test, and treat inmates with HIV. The project…
Research identifies key regulators that control transmission of malaria parasite
Scientists at The University of Nottingham and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute near Cambridge have pin-pointed the 72 molecular switches that control the three key stages in the life cycle of the…
Scientists find potential Achilles Heel in JC polyomavirus
The JC polyomavirus doesn’t strike very often, but it’s a mean bug that preys on people with weakened immune systems, including people with AIDS, and almost always kills them. Now an international…