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Edible QR code could be the medicine of the future
In a new study, researchers have developed a new method for producing medicine on a white edible material containing a QR code that contains the medical drug...
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Interactive app provides disease management tool for diabetes
Scientists have developed an online interactive app to help motivate patients to be more active in managing their disease...
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Researchers discover new targets for approved cancer drug ceritinib
New study shows ALK inhibitor ceritinib may have the ability to be used for more than ALK-rearranged non-small cell lung cancer...
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Metformin may help in Parkinson’s disease
Researchers have found that a diabetes drug may help in certain types of Parkinson’s disease...
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Life sciences moves to unify clinical operations to improve study quality
Veeva's Rik Van Mol explains how streamlining the clinical process will not only improve the speed but also the quality of the data...
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Personalised medicine, batch size of ONE, the new challenge to fill-finish?
Wenzel Novak PhD gives some considerations on container, environment, process and automation for small batch sizes in the downstream process of fill-finish…
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Precision NanoSystems at the BIO International Convention 2017
A key session opens up the challenges of delivering personalized genetic medicines...
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Study finds genetic basis for drug response in childhood absence epilepsy
13 April 2017 | By Niamh Marriott, Junior Editor
A new childhood absence epilepsy study has identified genes that show individual reactions and could be used as a precision medicine approach...
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Improving healthcare professional engagement: Why quality customer data is key
10 April 2017 | By Guillaume Roussel, Director of Strategy, Veeva OpenData, Europe, Veeva Systems
Veeva's Guillaume Roussel explains how customer data can create personalised multichannel communication with healthcare professionals in the industry...
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Researchers develop technology for printed personalised medicine
Researchers from the National University of Singapore have found a way to make personalised medicine cheaper and easier.
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Personalised peptide vaccine increased bladder cancer survival in study
18 November 2015 | By Victoria White
The median overall survival for patients assigned personalised peptide vaccine and best-supportive care was almost twice as long as that for patients assigned best-supportive care...
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Cyber security in pharmaceuticals
22 October 2015 | By Caroline Rivett and Dr Cornelius Namiluko at KPMG
Dr Cornelius Namiluko and Caroline Rivett discuss cyber security in the pharmaceutical industry and the approaches companies can take to address the risk of a cyber attack...
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Biomarkers for cancer treatment
22 October 2013 | By Amancio Carnero, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
There is an urgent need to predict which treatment will report the most benefit to a patient with cancer. To that end, scientists are exploring any possible biomolecule in the organism that can mark each individual for its adequate treatment. If achieved, it will open a personalised medicine era.
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The role of proteomics in the development of personalised cancer medicine
18 April 2013 | By Pedro R. Cutillas, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London
Not all cancer patients, even those with the same tumour type, respond to therapy equally well. An understanding of this heterogeneity at the molecular level is crucial for further advances in the development of cancer therapies. Discerning the mechanisms of cancer heterogeneity will lead to a better selection of the…
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Can personalised medicine save the pharma sector?
17 March 2011 | By GDS International
Personalised medicine is making a comeback – but will it stick this time?...
