Every day around 93% of the world’s children under the age of 15 years (1.8 billion children) breathe air that is so polluted it puts their health and development at serious risk. Tragically, many of them die: WHO estimates that in…
Bijuva Becomes First FDA-Approved Hormone Therapy for the Treatment of Hot Flashes
TherapeuticsMD, Inc., a women’s healthcare company, has received FDA approval for Bijuva (estradiol and progesterone) capsules, 1 mg/100 mg, the first and only FDA-approved bio-identical hormone therapy combination of estradiol and progesterone in a single, oral capsule for the treatment of moderate to severe…
A new way to prevent heart disease in Type 1 diabetes
Scientists reveal the mechanism which allows a commonly prescribed drug for Type 2 diabetes to prevent heart disease in patients with Type 1 diabetes and could lead to new treatments. Metformin is an inexpensive treatment that is often used for Type…
FDA approves new drug to treat influenza
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Xofluza (baloxavir marboxil) for a Flu treatment of acute uncomplicated influenza (flu) in patients 12 years of age and older who have been symptomatic for no more than 48 hours. “This is the…
800,000 people kill themselves every year. What can we do?
By the time you finish reading this, at least six people will have killed themselves around the world. Those six are a tiny fraction of the 800,000 people who will kill themselves this year – more than the population of Washington DC,…
AbbVie Resolves Humira Patent Disputes with Sandoz
AbbVie and Novartis’ Sandoz unit reached a global resolution of all intellectual property-related litigation over Sandoz’s proposed biosimilar Hyrimoz for the reference drug Humira (adalimumab). Under the terms of the settlement, AbbVie has granted Sandoz a non-exclusive license to intellectual property relating to Humira beginning…
Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Could Improve Flu Vaccine Manufacturing
Recent research from North Carolina State University outlines how near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy could be used to make cell-culture-based Flu Vaccine manufacturing faster and more efficient. The researchers demonstrated the use of a NIR probe to measure the concentration of influenza virus…
CRISPR Helps Produce Bigger, Healthier Tomatoes
Next-generation gene-editing techniques could help produce nutrient-rich crops that are bigger and provide higher yields. An international team of researchers has developed a new crop from a wild plant within a single generation by using the gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 to introduce…
Breakthrough in Designing a Better Salmonella Vaccine
UC Davis researchers announce in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences this week a breakthrough in understanding which cells afford optimal protection against Salmonella infection—a critical step in developing a more effective and safe vaccine against a bacterium that annually kills…