| Hepatitis remains an uncontrolled disease in Pakistan Daily Times Sun, 28 Aug 2005 3:34 PM PDT ISLAMABAD: One out of every 10 Pakistanis suffers from either Hepatitis B or C. Almost 15 million patients infected with the disease have waited for several years for a campaign against the deadly disease. |
| China To Impose Compulsory Batch Inspection On Vaccine Products Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News Sun, 28 Aug 2005 8:51 PM PDT China will impose compulsory inspection and examination on every batch of ex-factory and imported attenuated live vaccine of encephalitis B, inactivated vaccine of encephalitis B, and A-group and A plus C group meningococcal polysaccharose vaccine products starting from October 1 this year, according to a circular issued recently by the State Food and Drug Administration. |
| Roche Opens World's Largest PCR Manufacturing Site RedNova Mon, 29 Aug 2005 2:22 AM PDT Roche Diagnostics, one of the world's leading researchfocused healthcare groups in the fields of pharmaceuticals and diagnostics, recently dedicated its new, state-of-the-art Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Manufacturing Center in Branchburg. |
| Metabasis Inks New Deal for Diabetes Drug RedNova Mon, 29 Aug 2005 2:26 AM PDT San Diego-based biotech company Metabasis Therapeutics Inc. and New Jerseybased pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. Inc. announced late last month that they signed another research agreement targeting diabetes drugs. |
| Peregrine Pharmaceuticals and New Approaches to Brain Tumor Therapy (NABTT) Consortium Initiate Cotara(R) Brain Cancer PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance Mon, 29 Aug 2005 4:00 AM PDT Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and the New Approaches to Brain Tumor Therapy Consortium today announced the initiation of a clinical trial designed to confirm the dosing, safety and efficacy of a single intratumoral infusion of Cotara® in the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme , a common and deadly form of brain cancer. |
| New protein vital for immune response is found in surprise location Medical News Today Sun, 28 Aug 2005 4:04 PM PDT A newly discovered protein not only is vital to the immune system's ability to fight off viral infections but also has been found in an unexpected location within the cell, causing researchers to rethink previous notions about the workings of the human immune system. |
| Cellular power plants also fend off viruses Medical News Today Sun, 28 Aug 2005 4:03 PM PDT Howard Hughes Medical Institute esearchers have discovered a surprise lurking inside mitochondria, the power plants that are present in every cell. It turns out that these powerhouses also contain a protein that triggers the immune system to attack viral invaders. |
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