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Diabetes and obesity: treatment and trials update
European Pharmaceutical Review reports on some of the latest developments in treatments for type 2 diabetes and obesity.
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Increasing dose of statins could save more lives
A study has shown that thousands of heart attacks and deaths caused by cardiovascular disease could be prevented through the use of statins...
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Leicester to support chronic lung disease sufferers globally
“We will work with health care professionals and patients to develop a form of rehabilitation that will be acceptable to all those involved."
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£54 million funding to transform health through data science
Health Data Research UK is awarding £30 million funding to six sites across the UK to address challenging healthcare issues through the use of data science...
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Project Hercules to lead way in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Pharmaceutical companies are sponsoring a project to generate, align and share disease-level data across an entire condition for health technology assessments...
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Oral semaglutide shows promise for type 2 diabetes
Researchers have identified that the drug semaglutide resulted in better glycemic control than placebo for patients with type 2 diabetes...
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Multi-million funding for cryo-EM to boost structural biology revolution
US science minister announce new multi-million-pound commitment to boost the burgeoning field of cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) in the UK.
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EPSRC commits £15 million for formulation manufacturing research
New research projects that aim to improve the complex formulation processes used to manufacture products such as toothpastes, inhalers, films that coat solar cells and pharmaceuticals are to receive significant funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
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GSK teams up with University of Leicester in search of cancer treatments
21 July 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer
global pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline has been established to discover and develop novel medicines to treat aggressive forms of blood cancer...
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Study identifies a safer treatment of acute stroke
10 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Researchers have shown a modified dosage rtPA can reduce serious bleeding in the brain and improve survival rates in patients with acute stroke...
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Blood cancer drug trial reveals life-changing results
11 November 2015 | By Victoria White
The clinical trial, a first-in-man study, looked at the efficacy of ONO/GS-4059 in the treatment of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia and Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma patients...
