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Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation marks World AIDS Day by awarding $1.47 million in new grants to strengthen HIV-related services in five sub-Saharan countries

2 December 2014 | By The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation

The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation marked World AIDS Day by announcing 12 new grants totaling $1.47 million that focus on strengthening community-based services in sub-Saharan Africa for adolescents and the elderly who are living with HIV and for HIV patients with comorbid female cancers or tuberculosis...

Application submitted to the EMA to expand the therapeutic indication for IMBRUVICA® (ibrutinib) to include treatment of Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia

1 December 2014 | By Janssen-Cilag International

Janssen-Cilag International NV (Janssen) announced today the submission of a Type II variation application to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to vary the marketing authorisation for IMBRUVICA® (ibrutinib), to include a new therapeutic indication, the treatment of adult patients with Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia (WM). If approved, this latest regulatory submission will…

Arthurian brings leading US medtech firm to Wales

1 December 2014 | By Arthurian Life Sciences

Arthurian Life Sciences, the specialist fund management company led by Professor Sir Chris Evans, announced it has formed a partnership with one of the leading medtech firms in the US, Interrad Medical Inc...

Futura Medical plc update on pain relief clinical programme

1 December 2014 | By Futura Medical

Futura Medical plc, the innovative healthcare company focused on advanced transdermal technology, is pleased to announce that it will shortly be making a submission to UK regulators for approval to begin a clinical study to assess the efficacy and safety of its three topical pain relief products, which have already…

First monthly flu vaccination figures released

28 November 2014 | By Public Health England

Almost two months since the launch of the seasonal flu vaccine campaign, the first monthly uptake figures show an encouraging start, but Public Health England (PHE) is urging all at risk people not to ‘put off’ getting the vaccination until flu is circulating more widely...

Action required to tackle EU alcohol consumption

27 November 2014 | By European Alcohol Policy Alliance

Today over 300 representatives from Health Ministries, the European Institutions, public health experts and concerned stakeholders have gathered in Brussels to call on the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and his team to take actions to prevent and reduce the burden of alcohol on European societies...