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BII Noida introduces Advance Program in Clinical Trials
2008-04-18 11:54:00 Bioinformatics Institute of India is happy to introduce 9 months weekend Advance Program in Clinical Trials. The main objective of the course is to provide students with a theoretical and practical understanding of the issues involved in the design, conduct, analysis and interpretation of clinical trials.Program MethodologyProspective participants may join the program by submitting the application form along with the necessary Fees and attachments.Lecture classes for the program would be taken by expertise facultyGuest faculty from industry and academia would also deliver the lectureStudents would be taken for Clinical site visits to various hospitals etc.Along with the regular classes students would also be provided with the practical industry oriented knowledge of the subject .e.g. ? Role of Computers in Clinical trial etc.E-learning platform via Moodle would also be provided to students Program DurationThe Program Duration is 9 months. Program EligibilityThe eligibility for the t...
Natural Hair Loss Product Proven in Clinical Trials
2008-04-13 07:00:00 A drug-free hair loss product, from a surprising source, may be the new answer to thinning hair, alopecia, and male pattern baldness. “You have no idea what it’s like,” says Joe Rice, a 60-year-old professional from Fort Wayne, Indiana. “I started losing my hair in my twenties. It’s miserable. It has a way of shaping ...
Natural Hair Loss Product Proven in Clinical Trials
2008-04-02 00:00:00 A drug-free hair loss product, from a surprising source, may be the new answer to thinning hair, alopecia, and male pattern baldness. “You have no idea what it’s like,” says Joe Rice, a 60-year-old professional from Fort Wayne, Indiana. “I started losing my hair in my twenties. It’s miserable. It has a way of shaping ...
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Clinical Trials Update: Feb. 19, 2008
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2008-02-20 01:01:00 HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch:
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Acomplia Rimonabant?s clinical trials
2008-02-06 12:26:00 A major study released Tuesday indicates Sanofi-Aventis’ weight-loss drug candidate Acomplia can help obese adults lose weight and keep it off for at least two years. But some experts warned that it may be premature to call Acomplia the next big thing in the weight-loss market. Still, the findings, which appear in the Feb. 15 issue ...
MESOTHELIOMA CLINICAL TRIALS
2008-02-06 02:32:00 Clinical trials are studies of new drugs to test their effectiveness and safety on humans. There are Clinical trials in progress for drugs for a wide range of illnesses, including mesothelioma. There are benefits and pitfalls to participating in such trails and it is vital that you understand these beforehand. For example, you may need to travel further to be treated at a larger cancer center for even just your routine tests and treatments. However, you will be treated by the best doctors who are considered experts in their field, usually at the best facilities. You should also consider the risk that whilst the drug you are using may eventually be proved to be a wonder drug it could also be proved to be less effective than the current available treatments.The criteria for eligibility for clinical trials varies. There are some trials which require that you have had no treatment prior to starting and others that will only allow participation after other treatments have failed. Your do...
Make your move: Taking Clinical Trials to the Best location
2008-01-30 12:35:00 In a recent article on the Pharma Focus Asia website, China was considered as the number one place in the world to outsource to in the pharmaceutical industry. This comes at a time when a majority of companies in the pharmaceutical industry are looking for cheaper prices and greater profit. China takes the top spot: ...
15% of World?s Clinical Trials Will Be Conducted in India by 2011
2008-01-09 10:24:00 India is fast emerging as a strong base for clinical trials in recent times. The reason? For companies eager to launch their products, the country offers a large patient pool, which can be used to recruit drug-testers more quickly than it is possible to recruit patients in the west. A new report which looks at the ...
Associate Director Clinical Trials Management
2008-01-04 07:00:00 Looking for an Associate Director, Clinical Trial Management is responsible for the oversight of the Clinical Trial. Management group including Clinical Trial Managers, Clinical Research Associates, and Clinical Trial Associates. The key task areas for this position are Standardization, Integration, Training, Operations, Quality and Personnel Management. Experience managing trials outside of US at least in CRA position. Managed trials in Europe under the EU Clinical Trials Directive (experience with requirements of IMPD and Clinical Trial Applications)Familiar with issues pertinent to Phase 1,ll,lll trials. Experience with hiring and firing. Salary commensurate with experience. Benefits and Relo package. Please send CV to nancy@srgr.com Clinical Resource Group telephone 760 597-1700 ext 105
Booming Clinical Trials Market in India
2007-12-12 10:00:00 Research report called “Booming Clinical Trials Market in India” to give first-hand information on the Indian clinical trials market. It investigates the key competitive advantages/disadvantages India has when it comes to conducting clinical trials in the country. The report also does a through study of the key factors which evaluate the country’s clinical trials, such as patient pool, patient recruitment, cost, time, government regulations, intellectual property, human resources, infrastructure and ethical issues.India, with its huge patient base, low cost advantage, completion of clinical trials on time, improving infrastructure, and with a strong government support is witnessing a double digit growth in its clinical trials market. All major pharmaceutical companies and Clinical Research Organizations (CROs) have already started conducting their clinical trials in India, and with improving infrastructure, industry friendly regulations and trained workforce, the growth is on...
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Acomplia and Clinical Trials
2007-12-04 05:35:00 Acomplia is a product of 2 years of clinical which have proven its efficacy for weight loss. Clinical trial is wished-for to validate the efficacy of an amalgam for human use. It can be administered only subsequent to satisfactory confirmation in preclinical studies. Clinical trial is crucial in determining the effectual dosage plan, probable toxicity ...
Job Oportunities at Asian Clinical Trials
2007-11-28 15:28:00 Job PostingAsian Clinical Trials (ACT) a division of Suven Life Sciences Limited is a leading CRO in the business of making difference. ACT provides opportunity to explore thought process and ideas and be part of global team working. We reward your commitment and entrepreneur skills and provide excellent opportunity for career advancement.ACT invites applications for the following positions:CLINICAL RESEARCH OPERATIONS1. PROJECT MANAGER2. CLINICAL TEAM LEADER3. CLINICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATECLINICAL DATA MANAGEMENT1. CLINICAL DATA MANAGER2. DATA VALIDATION ASSOCIATE3. PROGRAMMER Oracle Clinical 4. SENIOR BIOSTATISTICIAN Details are available at : http://www.act-india.com/jobpos-ting.htmFor career enhancement programs in emerging life science, pharma and chemical science areas visit www.bii.in/biodlp
ISRAEL - Oramed Pharmaceuticals passes Phase 1B clinical trials for pets or
2007-11-16 09:29:00 Oramed Pharmaceuticals successfully completes Animal Studies for its Oral Insulin capsule on ...
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Valacyclovir Valtrex Clinical Trials
2007-11-14 17:33:00 Herpes Zoster Two randomized double-blind clinical trials in immunocompetent adults with localized herpes zoster were conducted. VALTREX was compared to placebo in patients less than 50 years of age, and to ZOVIRAX in patients greater than 50 years of age. All patients were treated within 72 hours ...
Pharma Companies Conducting Unethical Clinical Trials
2007-11-06 13:59:00 In one of the most shocking stories in modern day India, a BBC investigation has revealed that Pharmaceutical companies have been recruiting patients without their consent for drug trials which has become a big business in India today.According to the BBC, six years ago an experimental drug from the US called M4N was injected into cancer patients in India without being properly tested on animals first. Later it was discovered that several patients had not known they were part of a clinical trial. In almost all cases the poor patients have no idea that experiments were being carried out on them. BBC's Reporter Paul Kenyon tracked down a drug trial being conducted for a major drug company in a psychiatric unit at a hospital in Gujarat to test an anti-psychotic drug developed by the drug pharmaceutical company Johnson and Johnson. But the patient said that he had no idea that he was part of a clinical trial. "I didn't know that experiments were being carried out on me. I was told tha...
Treatments and Clinical Trials for Mesothelioma
2007-10-28 11:28:00 Treatments and Clinical Trials for MesotheliomaBy Jill Kane For years, chemotherapy has been used as treatment for mesothelioma to shrink tumors. More recently, doctors have used surgery in combination with chemotherapy with more success. In addition, newer chemotherapy drugs in combination with surgery has increased survival rates of mesothelioma patients. Radiation has been used to control cancer symptoms ...
Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 25, 2007(HealthDay) (Health News)
2007-10-26 12:55:00 Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 25, 2007(HealthDay)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesyof Thomson CenterWatch: US launches school commute exercise plan(AP) AP - When Amy Lovell dropped off her son at school, she had to make sure the fifth-grader didn't dash off without his French horn. It was strapped to the back of ...
Clinical Trials Business: Extra Income for Physicians
2007-10-24 09:13:00 Pharma & Device Company's got the Ds: Drugs, Device and Dollars, while Physician's Got the Ps : Practice and Patients... Bring the two together and we got Recruits and Revenue ! - a neat extra revenue channel for the physicians - that of Clinical Trials. Apparently only 10% of Physicians in the USA participate in clinical trials, and considering that BCC Research Group Report says clinical
As conducted clinical trials of drugs?
2007-10-18 15:10:00 According to the amount spent force and the means to test new drugs company Pfizer, perhaps a record. Judge for yourselves. The product “Viagra” evaluated more than 3,000 men aged 19 to 87 years in erektilnyh dysfunction studies conducted throughout the world. The duration of the violations erektsy these patients averaged 5 years (from 6 months ...
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Rimonabant Clinical Trials| THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES TO TREATMENT OF OBESITY
2007-09-15 22:49:00 Not surprisingly, the growing prevalence of obesity has stimulated the search for drugs to treat this condition. Various therapeutic strategies have been explored, including: Serotonin and noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors (anorectic agents) Lipase inhibitors ß 3-adrenoreceptor agonists Leptin agonists Melanocortin-3 agonists Sanofi-Aventis’ approach is completely different to the above. It developed from the knowledge that cannabis smokers often experience extreme hunger pangs, ...
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Atorvastatin Clinical Trials | Collaborative Atorvastatin Diabetes Study (C
2007-09-10 22:26:00 In CARDS involving 2838 subjects with type 2 diabetes treated with LIPITOR 10 mg daily (n=1428) or placebo (n=1410), there was no difference in the overall frequency of adverse events or serious adverse events between the treatment groups during a median follow-up of 3.9 years. No cases ...
Atorvastatin Clinical Trials | Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial (A
2007-09-10 22:24:00 In ASCOT involving 10,305 participants treated with LIPITOR 10 mg daily (n=5,168) or placebo (n=5,137), the safety and tolerability profile of the group treated with LIPITOR was comparable to that of the group treated with placebo during a median of 3.3 years of follow-up.
Two New Clinical Trials of Acomplia Now Underway
2007-08-27 20:12:00 January 2006 Two new Phase III clinical trials of Acomplia — one of them by far the largest yet — are now underway as part of an effort by developer Sanofi-Aventis to assess the potential role of the drug in reducing the risk of heart attacks or strokes in patients with abdominal obesity and other risk ...
Two New Clinical Trials of Acomplia Now Underway
2007-08-23 17:38:00 Two new Phase III clinical trials of Acomplia ? one of them by far the largest yet ? are now underway as part of an effort by developer Sanofi-Aventis to assess the potential role of the drug in reducing the risk of heart attacks or strokes in patients with abdominal obesity and other risk factors. The ...
India launches Clinical Trials Registry
2007-08-19 16:33:00 Clinical trials conducted for testing efficacy of new drugs are set to become transparent with the launch of a national registry for recording such an exercise. The Clinical Trials Registry - India (CTRI), the first such initiative in Asia, was launched at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) here on Friday. Any researcher who plans to conduct drug trials on humans is expected to declare the details of the exercise in the Registry, that is jointly funded by the Department of Science and Technology, WHO and ICMR. More at http://timesofindia.indiatimes.-com/HealthScience/India_launche-s_Clinical_Trials_Registry/arti-cleshow/2221212.cms
Rimonabant clinical trials
2007-08-12 20:59:00 Donald Hensrud, M.D., editor in chief of Mayo Clinic Healthy Weight for EveryBody (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, 2005), weighs in on what really works for weight loss. rimonabant clinical trials: Q How do you motivate patients to lose weight? A People think of “diet” as a terrible, four-letter word. But most of my patients ...
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Breast cancer: sharp decline in the use of hormones
2007-08-01 15:07:00 The Journal of the National Cancer Institute published a study that stated — a sharp decline in the use of premenopausal hormones was followed by a drop in the rate of breast cancer. In the recent past, large clinical trials were conducted as part of the Women’s Health Initiative that raised concerns about the health risks ...
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Two New Clinical Trials of Acomplia Now Underway
2007-07-28 17:41:00 Two new Phase III clinical trials of Acomplia — one of them by far the largest yet — are now underway as part of an effort by developer Sanofi-Aventis to assess the potential role of the drug in reducing the risk of heart attacks or strokes in patients with abdominal obesity and other risk factors. The ...
Breast Cancer Detection: Physician?s Hand Held Device
2007-07-26 16:08:00 Sure Touch is a unique digital sensing device that assists a physician or other health care professional in screening for breast cancer during routine exams. It can increase the chance of early diagnosis of breast cancer. During the breast exam the device is placed on the breast and an image is then reflected on a computer ...
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Clever clinical trials redirect [Terra Sigillata]
2007-07-26 09:54:00 When readers are looking for clinical trials information, particularly for cancer therapies, I often refer to the NIH-operated clinicaltrials.gov: ClinicalTrials.gov provides regularly updated information about federally and privately supported clinical research in human volunteers. ClinicalTrials.gov gives you information about a trial’s purpose, who may participate, locations, and phone numbers for more details. The information provided on ClinicalTrials.gov should be used in conjunction with advice from health care professionals. Read the rest of this post… | Read the comments on this post… Original post by http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/-ScienceblogsCombinedFeed/~3/137-576961/clever_clinical_trials_r-edirec.php
GVAX - vaccine for prostate cancer
2007-07-14 06:07:00 There’s good news for prostate cancer patients who’ve had the disease spread to other parts of the body — a new treatments, currently being tried out on hundreds of patients with promising results. The drug is called GVAX and it’s referred to as a vaccine, although it doesn’t work like most vaccines in the sense ...
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Hidden world of clinical trials in Malaysia
2007-07-13 05:42:00 Some years ago, I read a John Le Carre novel, The Constant Gardener, later turned into a motion picture, about the intrigue surrounding a multinational company conducting clinical trials on unsuspecting Africans who were used as guinea pigs to test a remedy for tuberculosis. In the Afterword to his book, Le Carre observed: ?As my ...
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New promising cancer therapy used in clinical trials
2007-07-10 08:09:00 A new study identifies a combination therapy that may sensitize human cancer cells to a promising treatment currently being used in clinical trials. The research, published in the July issue of the journal Cancer Cell, published by Cell Press, provides a pharmacological method for enhancing the potency and effectiveness of a tumor necrosis factor (TNF) ...
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Fragmin - new drug for blood clots
2007-07-10 07:59:00 Venous Thromboembolism, also know as a blood clot, is something that cancer patients should be aware. There is now a medicine approved for recurrent blood clots by the Food and Drug Administration called Fragmin. Fragmin is a type of heparin, for long term prevention of blood clots. Blood clots form when red blood cells, platelets, white ...
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Cancer-fighting Virus And Clinical Trial
2007-07-08 08:01:00 A virus that has been specifically designed by scientists to be safe to normal tissue but deadly to cancer is showing early promise in a preliminary study, researchers said today at the ESMO Conference Lugano (ECLU), Switzerland. The virus, called NV1020, is a type of herpes simplex virus modified so that it selectively replicates in ...
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?Cancer on my mind? by a consultant oncologist
2007-07-03 04:21:00 Cancer on my mind is an article written by Dr. Albert Lim Kok Hooi, a consultant oncologist. He opens his article by saying: As a doctor, I am interested in how the human mind works. As an oncologist, I am interested in the lure of alternative medicine. And so I have tried to understand why, in ...
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Clinical trials approved for cancer treatment - Business in the Burbs
2007-06-27 03:06:00 Clinical trials approved for cancer treatmentBusiness in the Burbs, NY -41 minutes ago… start clinical trials of the medication known as AVR118 in patients with confirmed malignancies and who also suffer from anorexia, an eating disorder. …Health Canada Approves ADVR?s Application for Clinical INDBusiness Wire (press release)all 4 news articles More: continued here
Femara (letrozole) and ovarian cancer
2007-06-25 15:41:00 Femara (letrozole) provides both anticancer responses and disease stabilization in a significant number of patients with recurrent, estrogen receptor positive ovarian cancer. The results of the study were published in Clinical Cancer Research. Femara blocks levels of estrogen in the body, ultimately reducing or preventing growth of estrogen positive cancer cells. Femara has been demonstrated to ...
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New Alzheimer's drug begins clinical trials - HULIQ
2007-06-23 20:06:00 Science Daily (press release) New Alzheimer's drug begins clinical trialsHULIQ, NC -46 minutes agoA drug based on the design of a Purdue University researcher to treat Alzheimer's disease began the first phase of human clinical trials this week. …New Alzheimer's Drug Begins Clinical TrialsScience Daily (press release)Alzheimer's Drug Based on Purdue-designed Inhibitor Begins …PharmaLive.com (press release)all 5 news ...
Training immune system to kill nose and throat cancer
2007-06-23 18:00:00 Nasopharyngeal cancer is most prevalent in South China and kills one in every three victims. The disease is thought to be linked to diets rich in preserved foods, like salted fish. Scientists will soon test an experimental treatment for nose and throat cancer that will train the patient’s own white blood cells to fight the disease. ...
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Ex-IITian-designed Alzheimer's drug's human clinical trials begin - DailyIn
2007-06-23 13:06:00 Ex-IITian-designed Alzheimer's drug's human clinical trials beginDailyIndia.com, FL-60;-27 minutes agoWashington, June 23: Purdue University researchers have begun the first phase of human clinical trials to test the efficacy of an Alzheimer's drug designed … More: continued here
Alzheimer's Drug Based on Inhibitor Begins Clinical Trials - Newswise (pres
2007-06-23 05:06:00 Alzheimer's Drug Based on Inhibitor Begins Clinical TrialsNewswise (press release) -12 minutes agoNewswise ? A drug based on the design of a Purdue University researcher to treat Alzheimer's disease began the first phase of human clinical trials this … More: continued here
New Alzheimer's Drug Begins Clinical Trials - Science Daily (press release)
2007-06-23 02:06:00 Science Daily (press release) New Alzheimer's Drug Begins Clinical TrialsScience Daily (press release) -30 minutes agoScience Daily ? A drug based on the design of a Purdue University researcher to treat Alzheimer's disease just began the first phase of human clinical …Alzheimer's Drug Based on Purdue-designed Inhibitor Begins …PharmaLive.com (press release)all 3 news articles More: continued here ...
New Alzheimer's Drug Begins Clinical Trials - DentalPlans.com
2007-06-23 01:06:00 New Alzheimer's Drug Begins Clinical TrialsDentalPlans.com, FL&-#160;-26 minutes agoScience Daily ? A drug based on the design of a Purdue University researcher to treat Alzheimer's disease just began the first phase of human clinical … More: continued here
Cisplatin treatment for advanced lung cancer
2007-06-15 05:40:00 A report published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute has stated that cisplatin has better response rates than carboplatin in the treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer. The two main types of lung cancer, accounting for over 90 percent of all lung cancers, are non-small cell and small cell cancer. Non-small cell lung ...
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Neoadjuvant vs. adjuvant therapy for colorectal cancer
2007-06-08 14:48:00 A late breaking session at the 2007 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) says that “Patients with colorectal cancer whose cancer has spread to the liver have improved survival without cancer recurrences when they receive chemotherapy prior to and following surgery, compared to those treated with surgery only. Adjuvant chemotherapy is when ...
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Clinical trials: drug lapatinib and brain metastases
2007-06-06 17:54:00 The drug lapatinib shrank tumors and slowed progression of brain metastases in some patients with advanced breast cancer, according to results of a clinical trial being presented by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Researchers said the drug, also known as Tykerb, should undergo further testing in ...
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Rimonabant Clinical Trials
2007-05-31 01:23:00 A clinical trial is intended to authenticate the efficacy of a compound for human usage. I...
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Phase III Clinical Trials for BEMA? Fentanyl reported to be positive
2007-05-17 00:01:00 According to Drug Delivery Technology, a magazine, BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. announced positive results for BEMA? Fentanyl, a drug intended for use in cancer patients with breakthrough pain. BEMA? Fentanyl is a small polymer disc-shaped pill, which when taken, dissolves, and is absorbed through the buccal membranes. Buccal mucosa are mucous membrane located on the ...
Clinical Trials Research - World Health Organization
2007-05-08 21:27:00 One of the most challenging tasks in regards to collecting health related information is gathering data from clinical trials from specific countries. Although some countries may have their respective gateways to access information, a hub would be great to visit to search for clinical trials from around the globe. Well the request has been granted by the ... |
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