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Dec 26, 2016

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive life-threatening lung disease which leads to airflow limitation and interferes with normal breathing. According to World Health Organization, approximately 64 million people are affected by COPD worldwide. World Health Organization estimates Chronic Obstr...

Dec 23, 2016

Dec 22, 2016

The only word that described 2016’s pharma M&A market was “slow.” Some do predict that new year—and administration—could revive energy in the deal making arena, the changes might not happen that fast. The reasons are aplenty, as shares have been sagging under the weight of investor fears of drug-pricing reform. ...

Dec 21, 2016

For Inflectra launch, Pfizer uses 'hybrid model' to home in on HCPs Pfizer hit the market with Inflectra, a biosimilar of Johnson & Johnson's Remicade. And with the launch came not only the beginning of a new class of copycats, but a new way to go to market. Each biosimilar, even versions of the same biologic—wh...

Dec 20, 2016

US drug approvals are on track to drop by more than half in 2016 compared to 2015. The agency had approved 19 new drugs this year as of 9 December, putting it on track for its lowest yearly tally since 2007. The decline is made more dramatic by 2015’s bumper crop of approvals. The FDA approved 45 new drugs last year...

Dec 19, 2016

In United States, Ovarian Cancer has become the leading cause of death in women. Each year approximately 22,280 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and out of those 14,240 die. Women with strong family history of breast cancer or ovarian cancer or who have tested positive for inherited mutation in BRCA1 or BRCA...

Dec 16, 2016

Cancer, a highly morbid disease, has one of the worst incidence and mortality statistics across the globe. As reported by the American Cancer Society, the estimated annual incidence for 2016 has crossed 40,000 cases or more in USA alone. In the statistics, the most common type of cancer is breast cancer, with around...

Dec 15, 2016

CDC study reveals Zika virus replicates in foetal brain and placentas Study conducted by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revealed that the Zika virus replicates in the brain tissues of infants with microcephaly and persists in foetal brains and placentas of women who suffered pregnancy lo...

Dec 14, 2016

A former peer reviewer for the Annals of Internal Medicine has admitted to taking a paper rejected from that journal, changing the author names and title, and publishing it as his own in another journal.  The true author of the study, Michael Dansinger, MD, from Tufts Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, publish...

Dec 13, 2016

Anterior uveitis is a set of conditions defined by intraocular inflammation and is believed to be the cause of up to 10% of legal blindness in the United States, or approximately 30,000 new cases of blindness per year. Anterior uveitis is an intraocular inflammation of the uveal structures. The uvea is situated ante...