Although the drug approval process in the U.S. has been perceived as too slow, the nation approves new drug treatments faster and earlier than Europe and Canada, according to researchers at Yale School of Medicine. The study, conducted by Nicholas Dow…
A systematic review of 35 years of data published online in Europe’s leading reproductive medicine journal Human Reproduction shows that intrauterine devices (IUDs), commonly known as a ‘coil’ should be routinely used as emergency contraception, given …
According to Pharmaxis, Bronchitol, a new cystic fibrosis treatment, has been granted EU approval for patients aged 18 years and older as an add-on therapy to the best standard of care in 29 European countries. Dr. Alan Robertson, CEO of Pharmaxis anno…
A woman whose menopause arrives early has nearly double the risk of suffering form osteoporosis later on, compared to other females, researchers from SkÃ¥ne University Hospital, Malmo, Sweden, reported in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics …
SMi are proud to present their 4th annual European Conference on KOL Management & MSL Best Practice in Europe, to be held on 2nd & 3rd July 2012 in Basel, Switzerland. The 2012 event will bring together senior Pharma executives and key opinion leaders …
According to Novartis, the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has confirmed a positive benefit-risk profile for their once-a-day orally administered drug Gilenya (fingolimod). In agreement with the …
There were more reported measles cases in the USA last year than in any of the previous 15 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The majority of the 222 measles cases involved either visiting foreigners, or Americans…
With more than one in eight northern European children being overweight and over 25% of children in parts of southern Europe, obesity amongst European pre-schoolers is hitting record levels. The highest levels are in Spain where 38% of young girls are …
The link between obesity and a record rise in cases of kidney cancer was widely covered by the news media today. “Bigger waistlines linked to rise in kidney cancer,” said The Independent, while the Daily Mail reported that the number of new kidney …
Profiling genetic alterations in cancer with drug sensitivity is a way to develop a tailored approach to treating patients with cancer, researchers from Europe and the USA reported in the journal Nature. In what they describe as the “largest study of i…
