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Sanofi MS drug nears EU green lightOne of the world's longest running drug development sagas may draw to a close this month as French firm Sanofi hopes for a European green light for its new multiple sclerosis medicine Lemtrada. The drug's quarter-century j More… |
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Cancer immunotherapy 'next big thing'A new wave of medicines that tap the power of the immune system to fight cancer could become the biggest drug class in history, with potential sales of $35 billion a year. &nbs More… |
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Elan buys $40m stake in Dubai pharma groupIrish drug firm Elan has agreed to pay $40 million for a 48 per cent stake in Dubai-based NewBridge Pharmaceuticals, a specialty therapeutics company, in line with its Africa and the Middle East expansion plans, said report. NewBr More… |
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Dubai's Godolphin stable hit by doping scandalA trainer for Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's horses has admitted to a "catastrophic error" in using banned steroids to dope horses at the Dubai ruler's Godolphin racing stable. Eleven horses tested posit More… |
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Drug pipeline for superbugs 'on life support'Only seven new drugs are in development for the treatment of infections caused by an especially nasty class of superbugs that include E coli and CRE, the so-called "nightmare bacteria" that the US Centers for Disease Control and Preven More… |
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Middle East ‘top transit area for narcotics’Countries in the Middle East continue to be transit areas for smuggling illicit drugs, particularly Iraq, said a (UN) United Nations report. Seizures of the drug has increased in the region in the last year, and were reported in B More… |
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Big brain projects highlight research gapsGovernments on both sides of the Atlantic are placing big new bets on the future of brain science, just as much of the pharmaceutical industry retreats from the field. Brain disorders ranging fr More… |
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Antibiotics crisis prompts rethink on risks, rewardsThirty years ago, when the world faced the terrifying prospect of an untreatable disease known as AIDS, big drugmakers scented an opportunity and raced to develop new medicines. Today, as the wo More… |
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Warning on global TB threat, funding gapDeadly strains of tuberculosis (TB) resistant to multiple drugs are spreading around the world, and authorities urgently need another $1.6 billion a year to tackle them, global health officials said on Monday. &nbs More… |
Mistreatment of Britons held in UAE deniedA police officer told a court in the UAE on Thursday that three Britons who allege they were tortured after their arrest on drug charges exhibited no injuries or signs of mistreatment. Grant Cam More… |
