The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) has been awarded two individual $2 million grants from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to support clinical studies of ofatumumab (Arzerra®, GlaxoSmithKline) in the treatment of hematologic malignancies and pazopanib (Votrient®, GlaxoSmithKline) in the...
Ahmed H. Zewail, Ph.D., 1999 Chemistry Nobel Laureate and Linus Pauling Professor of Chemistry & Professor of Physics at the California Institute of Technology, has been named winner of the 2011 Priestley Medal by the American Chemical Society (ACS). The award recognizes Zewail's revolutionary...
prIME Oncology has been awarded Provisional Accreditation to provide continuing medical education for physicians by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) in the US. Provisional Accreditation is the standard status for initial, or first-time, applicants. "This is an...
The National Cancer Institute has awarded Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University $4.1 million to test the microbicide Carraguard® against the human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer. The research will evaluate the efficacy of Carraguard®, a clear gel made from...
Physical therapist and member of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) Megan Brock, PT, DPT, of Decatur, Georgia, received the APTA Mary McMillan Scholarship Award. She was honored during an awards ceremony at PT 2010: APTA's Annual Conference and Exposition, held in Boston, MA, June...
J. Eric Bubbers, PhD, of the Saban Research Institute at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, has received a $410,000 grant from Phase One Foundation. The award will fund a "first in childhood leukemia" multi-site study in children with relapsed or refractory acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) or acute...
Siemens is proud to announce that its syngo® iFlow has been honored with a 2010 R&D 100 Award by the editors of R&D Magazine. syngo iFlow - Dynamic Flow Evaluation won in the Bioscience category. The annual awards event - now in its 48th year - salutes the 100 most technologically significant...
PolyMedix, Inc. (OTC BB: PYMX), an emerging biotechnology company focused on developing new therapeutic drugs to treat acute cardiovascular disorders and infectious diseases, has received a grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH) to support the development of defensin-mimetic...
Representatives from Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and childhood cancer patients will together take part in the Hope on Wheels (TM) Handprint Ceremony. They will dip their hands in fingerpaint and apply colorful handprints to a white Hyundai Santa Fe. The car, which is covered in children's...
MorphoSys AG (FSE: MOR; Prime Standard Segment, TecDAX) announced that it has been awarded a grant by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, BMBF. The funding of approximately EUR 1 million supports MorphoSys in accelerating the development of its HuCAL-based cancer program...
Tonia Moore-Davis, a certified nurse-midwife (CNM®) of Tennessee, received the Kitty Ernst award-one of the most prestigious honors given by the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM). Moore-Davis accepted the Kitty Award on Sunday, June 13, during the College's 55th Annual Meeting &...
Sharon Schindler Rising, CNM, MSN, is this year's recipient of the Hattie Hemschemeyer Award, the highest honor bestowed by the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM). Rising received the "Hattie" Sunday, June 13, during the College's 55th Annual Meeting...
Cerapedics, Inc., a medical device company focused on developing and commercializing novel osteobiologic products, announced that it received the CE Mark for its i-FACTOR™ Flex bone graft product line. i-FACTOR Flex is the company's second product in the i-FACTOR product platform based on its...
Akash Patnaik, MD, PhD, a physician-scientist in the Hematology/Oncology Divison at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and Instructor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School has received a Young Investigator Award from The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF). The three-year $225,000 award...
The European Research Council (ERC) was created to encourage excellent research in Europe. ERC starting grants give young talented researchers the opportunity to develop a research group. At present, there are still too few opportunities in Europe for young scientists to initiate and lead their...
Vitae Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an integrated discovery and development company, today announced that it has earned a $14 million clinical milestone payment from Boehringer Ingelheim, one of the world's 20 leading pharmaceutical companies. Vitae's 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (HSD)-1 is...
EVO 4G owners are seeing update 1.47.651.1 appear on their phones, which we heard about last week. It's not a biggie by the sounds of it, instead rumored to contain 802.11n Wi-Fi support and fix a couple of bugs. More »
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Physicist David William Townsend will be honoured with the prestigious 2010 IEEEMedal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology for the design, commercial development and clinical implementation of the PET/CT scanner. Prof Townsend will receive the medal jointly with his co-inventor, engineer...
Dr. Jim Cain, III, founder and medical director of Innovative Aesthetics a cosmetic and medical aesthetics practice in Houston, Texas, has recently completed a two-year Aesthetics Medicine Fellowship with Dr. Sharon McQuillon of the Ageless Aesthetic Institute. The Fellowship Certification in...
Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. ("Taro," the "Company," Pink Sheets: TAROF) reported this week that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") for its Abbreviated New Drug Application for Granisetron Hydrochloride Tablets USP, 1 mg (base) ("granisetron...