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Nusinersen enables infants with SMA to regain motor function
Infants with SMA are more likely to show gains in motor function and survive without assisted support when treated with nusinersen...
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Topical valsartan found to be effective in accelerating chronic wound healing
A topical gel made from a class of common blood pressure medications has been found to accelerate the healing process of chronic skin wounds...
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Plastic nanoparticles could improve cancer drug delivery
Scientists have developed self-assembling polymer molecules - an advance that could improve the delivery of toxic drugs to tumours...
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Smart artificial beta cells could lead to new diabetes treatment
Researchers have designed synthetic beta cells that secrete insulin in response to high blood sugar...
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New treatments help those with mild, moderate and severe eczema
Crisaborole and dupilumab approved for atopic dermatitis…
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Researchers identify ineffectiveness of Alzheimer’s drug semagacestat
Scientists have found that some potential γ-secretase inhibitors such as semagacestat, do not function as true inhibitors as originally expected...
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Tarloxitinib puts tumour-seeking tail on anti-EGFR drug to target lung cancer
Researchers have proposed a unique way to reach the concentration of anti-EGFR drug needed to fight exon 20 insertions without harming healthy tissues...
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Albendazole-antibiotic combination shortens therapy for parasitic diseases
Researchers have found a way of reducing the treatment required for lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis from several weeks to seven days...
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Ingredients In-Depth Focus 2017
In this issue Dave Elder discusses issues around the manufacture of film coatings and Adeyinka Aina and colleagues consider the potential medicinal uses and efficacy of the flavonoids epigallocatechin and epicatechin, which can be extracted from the Spondias mombin plant.
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Ketamine may help treat migraine pain unresponsive to other therapies
Ketamine, a medication commonly used for pain relief and increasingly used for depression, may help alleviate migraine pain...
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New vaccine offers hope for pneumonia
Scientists are developing a vaccine by targeting strains of S. pneumoniae...
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Functionalizing liposomes could pave the way to personalised medicine
Researchers have shown a method to functionalize liposomes for specific targeting, potentially paving the way for personalised medicine...
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Revolade shows long-term disease control for immune thrombocytopenia
Novartis has announced long-term study results supporting the positive safety and efficacy of Revolade in adults with chronic/persistent immune thrombocytopenia...
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Guide to Outsourcing
Welcome to European Pharmaceutical Review’s Guide to Outsourcing, the fourth in our series of ‘Guide to…’ supplements. In this edition, five leading companies that provide outsourcing services explain how their portfolio meets current industry needs.
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DOACs used as a alternative to warfarin to treat venous thromboembolism
A study has found that a new group of drugs used to treat patients with serious blood clots are not associated with a higher risk of major bleeding compared with warfarin...
