FDA granted special use of Bexsero for nearly 20,000 UCSB students and staff in response to outbreak; the vaccine is licensed in Europe, Australia and Canada Novartis is pursuing a US license that would allow immediate public health response to … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Switzerland
Tagged Andrin Oswald, bacterial infection, Bexsero®, Investigational New Drug (IND) designation, licensed broad coverage vaccine, Lynn Bozof, MenB, MenB outbreaks, meningococcal disease, Meningococcal Group B Vaccine, meningococcal serogroup B (MenB) vaccine, Novartis, Novartis Vaccines, protect against MenB, serogroup B, University of California Santa Barbara, US license for Bexsero, vaccination program
VANCOUVER, Canada, 25-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV /AIDS at St. Paul’s Hospital is pioneering new technology from PHEMI Health Systems and SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) to accelerate the treatment and improve the outcome for patients diagnosed with … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Germany, Healthcare, Technology
Tagged Bob Elliott, Dr. Julio Montaner, Dr. Paul Terry, healthcare data warehouse, HIV/AIDS, patients diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, personalized medicine, PHEMI Health Systems, powerful Big Data technology, SAP AG, SAP Canada, SAP HANA® platform, St. Paul's Hospital, The British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV /AIDS
Amazing new angulated screw channel concept and tooling must be experienced to be believed New cost-effective NobelProcera® Hybrid is ideal restoration for edentulous patients Nobel Biocare extends ‘open access’ to 3Shape® users with NobelProcera® zirconia copings Dental laboratories will gain more business opportunities … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Healthcare, Management, Pharma & Biotech, Switzerland
Tagged 149th Chicago Dental Society “Midwinter Meeting” Richard Laube, 3Shape®, dental industry, Dental laboratories, implant-based CAD/CAM products and solutions, implant-based dental restorations, Jim Mack, Nobel Biocare, NobelProcera 2G System, NobelProcera®, Süha Demokan
Norwich, UK, 19-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — New research has revealed that exposure to common family problems during childhood and early adolescence affects brain development, which could lead to mental health issues in later life. The study led by Dr Nicholas Walsh, lecturer in developmental … Read the full press release
For the first time in Germany, a new study evaluates the concept of “advance care planning”, a regional approach that helps individuals to develop, articulate and document wishes regarding the limits of medical treatment in future medical situations when they … Read the full press release
LONDON, 13-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — GPs and other doctors will be equipped with a new, online information system to help diagnose and treat a range of balance disorders, thanks to €3.5m European Union funding for EMBalance. This three-year project will be coordinated by … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, European Union, Healthcare, Investment, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged Antwerp University Research Center for Equilibrium and Aerospace, balance disorders, BioIRC Ltd, City University London, Dr Bamiou, Dr Doris-Eva Bamiou, EMBalance, Engineering Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A., EU funded project, improving diagnosis of balance disorders, Institute of Communication and Computer Systems, Ménière's Disease, migraine-related dizziness, Technische Universiteit Delft, The National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Universitaetsklinikum Freiburg, Universiteit Twente, University College London, vertigo
Liverpool, UK, 13-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — A public health expert from the University of Liverpool has published a study analysing the impacts of Margaret Thatcher’s government policies on the health of Britain. Dr Alex Scott-Samuel and colleagues from the Universities of Durham, … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Government, Healthcare, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged damaging housing policies, Dr Alex Scott-Samuel, economic catastrophe, health of Britain, loss of well-being, study on Margaret Thatcher’s government policies, UK poverty, University of Liverpool, unjust premature death, unnecessary unemployment, welfare cuts
Following robust pilots, new sites implement seamless solution offering relevant and varied imaging data in one platform Mortsel, Belgium, 13-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Recently launched, IMPAX Agility is already bringing quality outcomes to over 125 hospitals around to world. – Modern IT … Read the full press release
Micro-invasive refractive surgery becomes an established laser vision procedure for the correction of myopia. Clinical trial in the USA expanded. Two years after its international launch, the SMILE procedure developed by ZEISS has become the third generation of laser vision … Read the full press release
Posted in Electronics & Machinery, Germany, Healthcare, Science, Technology
Tagged Detlev R.H. Breyer MD, Dr. Ludwin Monz, eyes, Jann Gerrit Ohlendorf, Laser vision correction, Micro-invasive refractive surgery, myopia, Prof. Dan Z. Reinstein, refractive surgery, Sebastian Frericks, SMILE procedure, ZEISS
National award for new University of Leicester research into preventing heart disease in dialysis patients Leicester, UK, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — A podcast recording of Dr James Burton explaining his new research project is available to embed and download at: http://soundcloud.com/university-of-leicester/james-burton … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Education, Healthcare, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged Chronic kidney disease, dialysis patients, Dr James Burton, heart disease, kidney disease patients, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinician Scientist Award, preventing heart disease in dialysis patients, Professor David Wynford-Thomas, University of Leicester, University of Leicester research
Wiener Neudorf, Österreich, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Über einen Monat konnte die BILLA Facebookcommunity die virtuelle Mutperlen-Kette auffädeln. Letzte Woche übergab BILLA Vorstand Josef Siess schließlich eine Spende in Höhe von EUR 15.000. Denn für jeden Meter Länge virtuelle Mutperlen-Kette spendete BILLA EUR 50,- an … Read the full press release
Stockholm, Sweden, 7-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — In collaboration with an international team, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed an antibody, 3F7, which blocks a protein that is active in the coagulation system factor XII. Inhibition of factor XII makes it possible to … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Sweden
Tagged Andrew D. Nash, Anne Jämsä, antibody 3F7, coagulation system factor XII, Con Panousis, Gerhard Dickneite, Ingo Pragst, Jenny Björkqvist, Katrin F. Nickel, Magnus Larsson, Marion Fries, Matthew P. Hardy, Michael Broomé, Michael J. Wilson, Msarc W. Nolte, Patricia Hedenqvist, prevents thrombosis, risk of bleeding, Stefan Schmidbauer, Thomas Renné, Veronika Rayzman
A new branch of mathematics has been established to create a better drug control system to cure cancer. Bristol, UK, 6-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Scientists, including Professor Tanniemola Liverpool from the University of Bristol’s School of Mathematics, claim that by understanding how an artificial ‘synthetic … Read the full press release
Birmingham, UK, 5-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — A team of researchers has found that British people travelling abroad for medical treatment are often unaware of the potential health and financial consequences they could face. The researchers say this can, in some cases, have … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Science, Society, Travel, United Kingdom
Tagged British medical tourists, Dr Neil Lunt, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, medical tourism, medical tourism risks, Professor Mark Exworthy, Royal Holloway University, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK study, University of Birmingham, University of York
Both parties have reached a negotiated solution given the situation of the pharmaceutical market and the moment that the company is facing in Spain. Barcelona, Spain, 5-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Almirall and the representatives of the employees have signed an agreement which … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Healthcare, Management, Pharma & Biotech, Spain
Tagged AGREEMENT, Almiral, restructuring plan
Zurich, Switzerland, 3-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Researchers at the University Children’s Hospital Zurich and the University of Zurich have engineered skin cells for the very first time containing blood and lymphatic capillaries. They succeeded in isolating all the necessary types of skin … Read the full press release
Holzkirchen, Germany, 31-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Sandoz announced today it has received Romanian marketing authorization for AirFluSal® Forspiro®, an innovative new inhaler for patients with asthma and COPD. The product was first approved in Denmark on December 18th, 2013. The new product … Read the full press release
Second Major Report by the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) Published Dublin, Ireland, 31-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Key findings demonstrate serious health challenges faced by older adults in Ireland such as obesity, cardiovascular disease, arthritis and problematic drinking. The over 50s … Read the full press release
Paris, France, 31-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Sanofi (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY) announced today that it filed a patent infringement suit against Eli Lilly and Company ( “Lilly”) on January 30, 2014 in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. In … Read the full press release
Posted in France, Healthcare, Law, Pharma & Biotech
Tagged Eli Lilly, Lantus®, Lantus® SoloStar®, patent infringement suit, Sanofi
Paris, France, 30-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Sanofi (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY) announced today that RobecoSAM, which measures the performance of companies in terms of corporate social responsibility (CSR), has included Sanofi for the seventh consecutive year in the 2014 Sustainability Yearbook published this month. … Read the full press release
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