No association found between trazodone and reduced risk of dementia
The antidepressant drug, trazodone, taken for anxiety and depression, has been found not to be linked to a reduced risk of dementia...
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Micromotors used for the delivery of oral vaccines
Researchers have developed a method of using micromotors to deliver oral vaccines in an attempt to break away from widely used injections...
PharmaFluidics’ new product launch steers ‘on-a-chip’ separations of complex biological samples to new heights
PharmaFluidics NV is a game-changing innovator in the field of analytical chromatography. The company has devised a fundamentally new way of performing separations by creating nano-LC columns on a silicon chip...
Interphex New York: FPS confirm their presence for 2019
FPS Food and Pharma Systems is a leading company in the pharmaceutical and fine chemical fields, developing, manufacturing and installing worldwide its own range of fine size reduction machines and containment solutions (sterile and highly toxic API)...
Vaccines and infectious diseases in the ageing population project begins
The VITAL project addresses the challenges to medicines for the ageing population, with millions in grants and sponsors going into research...
Pharmapack report predicts diversification of innovation leading to a rise in licensing and partnering
Pharmapack Europe has released a ‘European drug delivery and packaging’ report, ahead of the event’s opening which highlights, major challenges and opportunities for the industry in the year ahead...
Pricing dispute over cystic fibrosis drug Orkambi continues in the UK
Campaigners call for UK Government to intervene on pricing dispute over cystic fibrosis drug Orkambi...
Psoriasis treatment linked to improvement in heart disease
Treatments for psoriasis could help prevent heart disease in patients with the skin condition, with patients having an 8 percent reduction in their risk...
Compounded pain creams ‘no better than placebo’ for pain relief
Researchers find no evidence of effectiveness in three compounded topical pain creams specially formulated to treat localised chronic pain...
Efforts to advance the development of complex generic drugs
The FDA has issued a statement to promote the development of complex generic drugs to ensure access for patients and healthy drug competition...
Late-stage pipeline drugs could compete with only treatment for SMA
A number of drugs currently in their late stages in the development process could see competition for nusinersen, the only current SMA treatment, rise...
Computational method could reduce the risk of drug formulations
A team of researchers have developed a computational method using an algorithm to develop formulations for drugs so they function properly...
Committee demands answers on rising cost of insulin in the US
Letters have been sent to Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk and Sanofi asking them to explain the rapidly increasing cost of insulin...
Public consultation on key principles for ePI of EU medicines
The European Medicine Agency has launched a six month consultation on the principles that will form the basis of the electronic product information (ePI)...
Extended recall of ibuprofen oral suspension drops
The recall of specific batches of children's ibuprofen has been extended by the manufacture of the product as it has a greater concentration of ibuprofen...
