Health
-
Takeda to partner with altos therapeutics to develop promising compound for the treatment of gastroparesis
Jul 12, 2016News Hour: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited and Altos Therapeutics LLC jointly announced the companies have entered into a definitive agreement to further the development of Altos’s proprietary compound ATC-1906. Additionally, the agreement includes an exclusive option... -
Takeda submits a new drug application for novel, oral proteasome inhibitor ixazomib in Japan
Jul 12, 2016News Hour: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited announced that it has submitted a New Drug Application (“NDA”) to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in Japan for ixazomib, the first oral proteasome inhibitor for the treatment... -
Takeda and Tigenix enter into licensing agreement for ex-U.S. rights to cx601 for the treatment of complex perianal fistulas
Jul 12, 2016News Hour: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (“Takeda”) and TiGenix NV (Euronext Brussels: TIG) (“TiGenix”) announced that the companies have entered into an exclusive ex-U.S. license, development and commercialization agreement for Cx601, a suspension of allogeneic adipose-derived... -
Takeda receives European commission approval of adcetris® for consolidation treatment in post-transplant hodgkin lymphoma
Jul 12, 2016News Hour: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited announced that the European Commission (EC) has extended the current conditional marketing authorization of ADCETRIS® (brentuximab vedotin) and approved ADCETRIS for the treatment of adult patients with CD30+ Hodgkin lymphoma... -
New campaign urges Bangladeshis to support smoke-free laws
Jul 12, 2016A powerful national mass media campaign and an info-sign campaign to urge Bangladeshis to support and comply with the country’s smoke-free laws were launched....Read More -
IAS releases new strategy to guide global HIV cure research
Jul 12, 2016A comprehensive new strategy presents key priorities for research to develop what experts consider to be one of the most important global health goals of our time – a cure for HIV....Read More -
Wagging tails for Taiwan’s first veterinary blood bank
Jul 11, 2016News Hour: Han-han, a former stray, has helped the lives of many other dogs by regularly donating at Taiwan’s first veterinary blood bank. The five-year-old mixed breed was rewarded with steak by her owner after her... -
Japan’s Eisai weighs legal action in UK cancer drug row
Jul 10, 2016News Hour: Japan’s Eisai said on Friday it would consider all options, including possible legal action, to fight delays in Britain’s healthcare system that prevent patients from accessing one of its drugs to treat a rare... -
U.S. Democrats pressure Republicans for bipartisan Zika funding
Jul 10, 2016News Hour: The White House and congressional Democrats pressured Republicans on Thursday for bipartisan Zika-funding legislation, saying the public health battle against the mosquito-borne virus is being undercut by efforts to ram through a bill with... -
Reverse image search often yields wrong diagnosis for skin disease
Jul 10, 2016News Hour: Google’s reverse image search tool isn’t designed to diagnose skin conditions, researchers say, and people who try to use it this way are likely to get a wrong result. But in a test using...
