10Mar
Diamyd Medical (STO:DIAMB)(Pink Sheets:DMYDY) announces today that one hundred study participants have been included in the ongoing US Phase III study, DiaPrevent. The global Phase III program with the company’s lead drug candidate Diamyd® has thereby enrolled more than 430 children newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in Europe and the USA. One hundred patients are now enrolled in the company’s US Phase III study called DiaPrevent at 33 diabetes centers throughout the USA and more sites will be added…
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Tags: children, Diabetes, Drug, Europe, Health
09Mar
The European Parliament has voted 618 votes to 17 for an extension to the transitional arrangements contained within the regulation on the non-commercial movement of pet animals (Reg. 998/2003) which afford the UK additional protection against rabies, ticks and tapeworms. The British Veterinary Association (BVA) and British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA) have been lobbying MEPs to support the extension and have strongly welcomed this decision…
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Tags: Europe, Health, Rabies, Veterinary
05Mar
One of the most important challenges facing hospitals and practices is the optimization of their workflows. An ever increasing amount of data from various modalities must be evaluated in less and less time. Moreover, the quality of patient care should improve and the costs for healthcare should at the same time be cut. Under the motto “Images, my way” Siemens Healthcare is presenting at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) 2010 its latest innovations for imaging and diagnosis designed to meet these requirements. Here are several examples: Syngo…
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Tags: Europe, Health, Hospital
01Mar
Four in ten junior doctors are now working on understaffed rotas as UK hospitals struggle to cope with the introduction of the European Working Time Directive (EWTD), according to a new BMA survey of over 1,500 junior doctors. The BMA survey, is the most extensive analysis of junior doctors working arrangements in the six months following the introduction of the EWTD in August 2009…
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Tags: Doctor, Europe, Health, Hospital
01Mar
Many cancer patients in Europe are being denied access to adequate pain relief because of over-zealous regulations restricting the availability and accessibility of opioid-based drugs such as morphine. Authors of the Europe-wide study say that restricting access to pain-killing drugs in this way is a breach of patients’ human rights, and they conclude that “there is an ethical and public health imperative to address these issues vigorously and urgently”…
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Tags: Cancer, Drug, Europe, Health
22Feb
Health 2.0 Europe is a conference dedicated to how Web 2.0 and Social Media are transforming healthcare systems in Europe. It will be held, for the first time, on April 6-7, 2010 at the Cite Universitaire in Paris, France. Organized by e-health specialists “Health 2.0″ of San Francisco and Basil Strategies of Paris, the two-day event will assemble attendees from the converging industries of healthcare, the internet, mobile applications and social media, to network and brainstorm about technologies that are revolutionizing healthcare delivery and treatment…
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Tags: Europe, Health, Treatment
19Feb
Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd. (SIX: BSLN) announces that the European Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) adopted a negative opinion on the Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for ceftobiprole for the treatment of complicated skin and soft tissue infections (cSSTI). The sponsor Janssen-Cilag International NV (Janssen-Cilag), a Johnson & Johnson company, has been notified that the CHMP adopted a negative opinion on the MAA for ceftobiprole for the treatment of cSSTI. The MAA for ceftobiprole for the treatment of cSSTI was filed by Janssen-Cilag in June 2007…
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Tags: Europe, Health, Treatment
13Feb
An oral allergy treatment administered in drops under the tongue is a safe and effective alternative to injections for adults who are allergic to ragweed pollen, according to a study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology by allergic disease specialist at Allegheny General Hospital. Widely used in Europe, but not yet approved by the U.S…
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Tags: Europe, Gene, Health, Hospital, Treatment, U.S.
13Feb
Biodel, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIOD) announced today that its chief executive officer, Dr. Sol Steiner, will present results from the company’s two Phase 3 studies with VIAject® ultra-rapid-acting recombinant human insulin in a platform presentation at the 3rd International Conference on Advanced Technologies and Treatments for Diabetes in Basel, Switzerland, on Friday, February 12, 2010, at 1pm central European time…
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Tags: Diabetes, Europe, Health, Treatment
12Feb
Through Laboratory soil cleanup methods, residents of Bikini, Enjebi and Rongelap Islands – where nuclear tests were conducted on the atolls and in the ocean surrounding them in the 1950s – could have lower radioactive levels than the average background dose for residents in the United States and Europe. The National Nuclear Security Administration’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists Bill Robison and Terry Hamilton calculated the radiation doses for people resettling Bikini, Enjebi, Rongelap and Utrok Islands…
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Tags: Europe, Health, Research
10Feb
St. Jude Medical, Inc. today announced European CE Mark approval of its USB cellular adaptor for the Merlin@home™ transmitter, a system that allows important patient data from an implantable cardiac device to be wirelessly downloaded and securely transmitted via telephone for review by a physician.
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Tags: Europe, Physician
05Feb
Gentium S.p.A. today announced that the abstract titled, “Defibrotide prevents hepatic VOD and reduces significantly VOD-associated complications in children at high risk: final results of a prospective phase II/III multicentre study,” has been awarded the Van Bekkum Award for the best abstract submitted to the physician’s program for the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation’s (EBMT) 36th Annual Meeting, to be held in Vienna, March 21-24, 2010.
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Tags: children, Europe, Physician
04Feb
Factory Reimbursement announced today that it launched a new low-cost research and reporting service for medical device companies that wish to market and sell products in Europe. Manufacturers of medical devices and importers can now purchase customized reports that explain the intricacies of obtaining insurance reimbursement for their particular product, specific to the markets in which they hope to sell. These reports are in addition to Factory’s broader reimbursement reports and database…
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Tags: Europe, Health, Research
01Feb
Diminishing market access has become one of the central challenges for the pharmaceutical industry. Whereas regulatory agency approval used to be the final hurdle in drug development, now pharmaceutical companies must negotiate an obstacle course of reimbursement dossiers, cost-effectiveness studies, decentralized health authorities, and post-launch observational research. To do so effectively, pharmaceutical companies must reconsider or introduce new market access strategies that anticipate these challenges during drug development…
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Tags: Drug, Europe, Health, Research
30Jan
WHO spokesman, Gregory Hartl, said in a new briefing that the H1N1 flu pandemic (swine flu) continues to spread in parts of eastern and southeastern Europe, parts of Asia, and North Africa. However, he added that globally it is generally declining. The H1N1 pandemic virus continues to be the main influenza virus circulating globally. WHO (World Health Organization) said the virus is a health risk to people with underlying conditions, such as asthma, as well as pregnant women. Hartl said that activity in general is decreasing…
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Tags: Africa, Asia, Asthma, Europe, Flu, Gene, Health, Pregnant, Virus
29Jan
Continuing on a path of international growth, Diaverum, the largest independent provider of renal health care service in Europe, has surpassed the 200 clinic mark with the acquisition of a new center near Barcelona, Spain.
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Tags: Europe, Health, Health Care
26Jan
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) announced that on 20 January 2010, the European Commission approved ORENCIA® (abatacept) in combination with methotrexate for the treatment of moderate to severe active polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (pJIA) in paediatric patients six years of age and older who have had an insufficient response to other DMARDS, including at least one TNF inhibitor.1 Disease-modifying treatment options for children with pJIA have been extremely limited to date…
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Tags: Arthritis, children, Europe, Health, Treatment
22Jan
The Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) recommended the granting of a conditional marketing authorisation for a fourth pandemic vaccine, Arepanrix from GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals. This recommendation was made using an emergency procedure which fast-tracks evaluation of new vaccines developed during a pandemic. Information on Arepanrix was evaluated in an accelerated timeframe using a rolling review which started with the submission of the first available data on 17 July 2009…
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Tags: Europe, Flu, Health
22Jan
The Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has given its first opinion on the compassionate use of a medicine. Compassionate use programmes are intended to give patients with a life-threatening, long-lasting or seriously disabling disease, who have no available treatment options, access to treatments that are still under development and that have not yet been authorised. A CHMP opinion on a medicine intended for compassionate use provides recommendations to all European Union (EU) Member States…
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Tags: Europe, Health, Treatment
20Jan
The 7th European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC-7) will be held in Barcelona, Spain (Centre Convencions Internacional (CCIB – FORUM), Rambla Prim 1-17, ES-08019) from Wednesday 24 – Saturday 27 March 2010. The most exciting breast cancer conference in Europe, it is the only one that involves all the major players in breast cancer…
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Tags: Breast Cancer, Cancer, Europe, Health
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