News tagged with drug companies

Invention could help pharmaceutical industry save money

Two Michigan State University researchers have invented a protein purifier that could help pharmaceutical companies save time and money.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 01, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New organic catalyst should enhance drug research and development

A new "organocatalyst" developed at Oregon State University is now available for commercial use. Produced by an Albany, Ore., pharmaceutical company, it should make new drug development around the world less ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Chemist discovers shortcut for processing drugs

A prolific University of Missouri chemist has discovered a quicker and easier method for pharmaceutical companies to make certain drugs.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 08, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Spiriva as good as Serevent in asthma study

(AP) -- Researchers say they've found a possible new treatment for adults with hard-to-control asthma. Their discovery, however, came at a price.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Sep 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Drug discovery, Netflix style?

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the last 10 years, the growth of the Internet has made ranking algorithms one of the hottest topics in computer science. The most famous ranking algorithm is Google's, which determines ...

Chemistry / Other

created Apr 14, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Patent challenges reduce pharmaceutical innovation and productivity, researchers say

The development of new and innovative pharmaceuticals is being stifled by a U.S. law and successful patent challenges that embolden generic competition, according to an article published in this week's issue ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Nature's medicine cabinet could yield hundreds of new drugs

There are probably at least 500 medically useful chemicals awaiting discovery in plant species whose chemical constituents have not yet been evaluated for their potential to cure or treat disease, according to a new analysis ...

Biology / Other

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2

New chemo regimen helps children with neuroblastoma

A new high-dose chemotherapy regimen has been shown to improve survival of children with high-risk neuroblastoma, a common pediatric cancer, according to a European clinical trial published Sunday.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Sanofi-Aventis to buy Genzyme for $20.1 bln cash

(AP) -- French drug maker Sanofi-Aventis SA has agreed to buy Genzyme Corp. in a sweetened all-cash $20.1 billion deal that ends months of corporate haggling and positions Sanofi at the forefront of the market ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Docs not immune to drug marketing: study

Pharmaceutical promotion may cause doctors to prescribe more expensively, less appropriately and more often, according to a new study co-authored by York University professor Joel Lexchin.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Oct 19, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cloned beef traced to Wisconsin cow

Mark Rueth's Holstein cow Paradise had just been crowned supreme champion of the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis., in 2000 when a biotechnology company salesman approached him ringside and offered a cut-rate deal to clone ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 17, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers cut years from drug development with nanoscopic bead technology

New research accepted by the Journal of Molecular Recognition confirms that a revolutionary technology developed at Wake Forest University will slash years off the time it takes to develop drugs - bringing vital new treatm ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 15, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Drug companies share data to speed brain research

(AP) -- In an unusual step, a dozen competing drug companies have agreed to share data on thousands of Alzheimer's patients in hopes that the extra information will spark new ideas for treatments.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jun 11, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Dispensing prescription drugs in 3-month supplies reduces drug costs by a third

Purchasing prescription drugs in a three-month supply rather than a one-month supply has long been regarded as a way to reduce the cost of drugs for patients and third-party payers. New research from the University ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Drug industry presses FDA to allow more online ads

(AP) -- As federal regulators take their first tentative steps toward policing the wild west of medical information online, pharmaceutical companies are pressing their case to market drugs via Google, Twitter ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1