Posts tagged: advanced
Fogarty Institute for Innovation launches advanced endovascular training fellowship
(MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.) February 6, 2012 -- The Fogarty Institute for Innovation announced today that it has launched its Advanced Endovascular Training Fellowship. This unique, year-long clinical training program for postgraduate physicians, which begins July 1, 2012, will provide Fellows with broad exposure to all aspects of endovascular patient ...
Fogarty Institute for Innovation launches advanced endovascular training fellowship
(WCG) The Fogarty Institute for Innovation announced today that it has launched its Advanced Endovascular Training Fellowship. This unique, year-long clinical training program for postgraduate physicians, which begins July 1, 2012, will provide Fellows with broad exposure to all aspects of endovascular patient care, with an emphasis on interventional ...
Dry conditions spurred advanced photosynthesis
The need to conserve water played a vital role in driving plants to evolve a specialised form of photosynthesis, scientists have shown.
Experimental Drugs Do Battle Against Advanced Prostate Cancer
By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Two new drugs, taken alone or potentially together, may boost survival for men with advanced prostate cancer, studies suggest. The results were so promising that both trials were stopped early ...
Inlyta (axitinib) Approved For Advanced Kidney Cancer, USA
The US FDA has approved Inlyta (axitinib) for the treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma, a type of kidney cancer, in patients with whom other drugs have not been effective, the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) announced today. Inlyta is made and marketed by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. Renal cell ...
FDA clears Pfizer drug for advanced kidney cancer
(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new Pfizer drug for patients with advanced kidney cancer that has spread to other parts of the body despite treatment with at least one previous drug.
Guided Therapeutics seeks CE Mark approval for LuViva Advanced Cervical Scan
Guided Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that it has submitted the application for CE Mark approval for LuViva Advanced Cervical Scan. The CE Mark is required to market LuViva in the 27 nations that comprise the European Union (EU).
A*STAR, GE Global Research join forces in integrated advanced medical imaging technologies
GE Global Research, the central technology development arm for GE Healthcare and all of GE's businesses, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Singapore's Agency of Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR). This agreement will focus on advancing current medical imaging technologies and diagnostics to enable more accurate, earlier and ...
Experimental drug helps patients with advanced colon cancer
According to results from a new clinical trial, an experimental cancer drug regorafenib appears to extend survival slightly in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. Regorafenib is a so-called multikinase inhibitor, which targets several of the ways cancer develops and grows, researchers said.
New Drug For Advanced Colorectal Cancer Shows Promise In Trial
An experimental drug for advanced colorectal cancer that available approved treatments have failed to halt has shown promise in a clinical trial, says Bayer HealthCare, the company that makes it. The results of the phase III trial show that compared to placebo, regorafenib slowed tumor growth and ...
Merrimack commences MM-151 Phase 1 trial in refractory advanced solid tumors
Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that the first patient has been dosed in a Phase 1 clinical trial of MM-151, an oligoclonal therapeutic consisting of a mixture of three fully human monoclonal antibodies designed to bind to non-overlapping epitopes of the epidermal growth factor receptor.