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Mar 19, 2020

Sage Therapeutics seeking out to save flunked depression drug  Sage Therapeutics has strategized on how to come back from the phase 3 failure of SAGE-217 in major depressive disorder. The plan focuses on three short-term studies Sage contemplates that may enable it to bring the GABA receptor positive allost...

Mar 18, 2020

The novel coronavirus since its outbreak in China November last year has now spread internationally. As per the latest updates, the Coronavirus (CoVID-19) has spread across 159 countries, with the death toll of 7,529 and confirmed cases reaching to 184,975 as on March 18. Several health organizations such as the WH...

Mar 17, 2020

Moderna announces dozing of first patient with its mRNA1273 vaccine The pharmaceutical company, Moderna, has been developing a vaccine for the treatment of COVID-19. The vaccine is an mRNA-1273 is developed by scientist at NAID, in collaboration with Moderna, and the manufacturing of the vaccine for Phase I clin...

Mar 16, 2020

The dream of the UAE government to place its capital city among the best cities in the world has led to the introduction of ‘Dubai plan 2021’, focused on transforming into a smart city through an investment of more than USD 7 Billion. Dubai’s smart city strategy includes over 100 initiatives, which aims at fosterin...

Mar 13, 2020

What is a Coronavirus? Coronavirus are a large group of viruses that are known for causing respiratory infections or diseases ranging from as normal as the common cold to life-threading epidemics like SARS, and MERS. What is COVID-19? COVID-19 is a novel infection caused by novel Coronavirus now termed as...

Mar 12, 2020

The U.S. FDA has granted Janssen Pharmaceutical’s drug JNJ-6372, a Breakthrough Therapy designation for the treatment of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)  The drug has been recommended for its use in NSCLC patients with epidermal growth factor (EGFR) Exon 20 insertion mutations, categorized wit...

Mar 11, 2020

Boehringer Ingelheim’s Ofev (nintedanib) has received FDA recommendation for the treatment of chronic fibrosing interstitial lung diseases (ILD) with a progressive phenotype Interstitial Lung Disease - ILD – a group of a large number of lung disorders resulting in scarring or fibrosis of lungs, caused by conditi...

Mar 10, 2020

Soft tissue sarcoma- a rare tumor – accounting for less than 1% of all cancers – has the major unmet need in the form of limited treatment options for patients. Cytotoxic chemotherapy has been the mainstay of therapy for decades. Active drugs such as doxorubicin, ifosfamide, gemcitabine, taxanes, and several othe...

Mar 09, 2020

William Blake, an English poet, painter, and printmaker, way back in 1803, said: "What is now proved was once only imagined.". The quote stays fit in today's highly innovative and technologically sophisticated society. Innovation has brought many life-saving products and services that have significantly improved th...

Mar 06, 2020

What does a yellow ribbon signify? It symbolizes support for Sarcoma patients. Sarcoma – an umbrella term for several forms of cancer that occur in muscles or bones – is a rare form of cancer. There exist more than 70 types of sarcomas – mostly considered rare – classified on the basis of the type of tissue they af...