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Bristol-Myers Squibb Company announced the formation of the International Immuno-Oncology Network (II-ON), a global collaboration between industry and academia that aims to further the scientific understanding of immuno-oncology. Immuno-oncology focuses on the potential of...

H. Lundbeck A/S today announced that Lu AE58054 has met its primary endpoint in a fixed dose, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical study in 278 patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease. The investigational compound, Lu AE58054 is...

A team of scientists at McMaster University has discovered a drug, thioridazine, successfully kills cancer stem cells in the human while avoiding the toxic side-effects of conventional cancer treatments. "The unusual aspect of our...

GlaxoSmithKline and AstraZeneca welcomed the launch of a pioneering approach to antibiotic research in Europe that will see pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies working alongside public partners to tackle the rising threat from antibiotic resistance and address some of the...

Bayer HealthCare has submitted a Marketing Authorization Application to the European Medicines Agency and a New Drug Application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the oral multi-kinase inhibitor regorafenib for the treatment of patients with metastatic...

The 1 Mission 1 Million - Getting to the Heart of Stroke initiative is launching a petition to call upon the World Health Organisation, its member states and health authorities worldwide to recognise atrial fibrillation as a risk...

VIB researcher Diether Lambrechts, associated with KU Leuven, has discovered a biomarker that might potentially predict which patients will benefit more from treatment with bevacizumab (Avastin). If validated, this discovery could be an important step towards personalized medicine...