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![Lonafarnib, a hope for progeria treatment]()
Lonafarnib, a hope for progeria treatment
Lonafarnib has emerged as a potential treatment for progeria and progeroid laminopathies, an ultra-rare condition for which no approved treatment exists. Having successfully demonstrated survival benefits in progeria patients, lonafarnib...
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![Diabetes Week: investigating the immune basis of type 1 diabetes]()
Diabetes Week: investigating the immune basis of type 1 diabetes
Diabetes UK use its annual Diabetes Week to raise awareness, as well as funds for, among other things, crucial research into new treatments for diabetes. One largely neglected therapeutic approach...
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![Medidata: moving towards virtualised, patient-centric trials]()
Medidata: moving towards virtualised, patient-centric trials
At its London NEXT conference, Medidata representatives discussed how technology will transform the future of clinical trials. One of the ways that the company sees clinical development advancing in the...
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![Propack: Liquid processing machines]()
Propack: Liquid processing machines
A leading manufacturer of processing systems, Propack offers solutions for the biotech, cosmetic, food processing and pharmaceutical sectors. In North American, the company is represented by DJA.
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![May’s top news stories]()
May’s top news stories
Takeda Pharmaceutical has signed an agreement to sell its Xiidra 5% drug to Novartis for a total consideration of up to $5.3bn, and The UK’s NHS has signed a managed...
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![How simplification and behaviour change can optimise a pharmaceutical operation]()
How simplification and behaviour change can optimise a pharmaceutical operation
A focused simplification strategy will offer game-changing results in pharma operations. Regulation is inherently complex, and the bar seems to get higher with each passing year or with the issuing...
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![Antimicrobial resistance: sewage samples reveal bad sanitation as a key driver]()
Antimicrobial resistance: sewage samples reveal bad sanitation as a key driver
Sequencing genes from DNA found in sewage has led to the conclusion that AMR prevalence is related to sanitation and general health outcomes, rather than use of antibiotics. How can...
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![World MS Day: applying disease-modifying drugs to PPMS]()
World MS Day: applying disease-modifying drugs to PPMS
Ocrevus was the first disease modifying drugs approved for primary progressive MS, as well as relapsed forms of MS. After an initial hiccup with UK health regulators, Roche lowered the...
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![Could a pregnancy protein hold promise for new drugs?]()
Could a pregnancy protein hold promise for new drugs?
Australian scientists have identified a remarkable adaptation of pregnancy in which pregnancy zone protein can stabilise the misfolding of proteins, a cause of a range of age-related and other serious...
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![Tapasya: Machines for granulation, milling, blending and drying]()
Tapasya: Machines for granulation, milling, blending and drying
Offering a range of specialist industrial machines, Tapasya customises granulation, drying, milling and blending systems to meet specific production needs for pharmaceutical, food, chemicals and cosmetics industries.
