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Regulatory minds meet in Philly

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

Â The City of Brotherly Love is the site of this week's Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society'sÂ 2009 Annual Conference & Exhibition. With much change afoot these days at FDA and healthcare reform dominating the American consciousness (more on that later), it's no surprise the theme for this year's event is "Succeed in ...

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Researchers dig ‘hedgehog’ data

Friday, September 4th, 2009

Next month, R&D Directions will feature the magazineâ€™s 9th annual report on the top 10 areas of research. But first, of course, we must do our own research on what exactly it is researchers are researching these days. That requires, for yours truly, a fair amount of news digging and brain ...

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These little piggies going to market?

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

The future of diabetes treatment isn't going to the dogs, but it may be coming from the pigs. Living Cell Technologies (LCT) recently started implanting cells from newborn pigs into humans hoping to postpone blindness, premature coronary illness, and limb amputation resulting from poor blood circulation from type 1 diabetes. ...

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The race is on for swine flu vaccine

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

With the announcement of the first U.S. death from the swine flu and its spread into Germany, researchers are working hard to make a vaccine. The Associated Press reported that U.S. scientists hope to have a reference strain for the swine flu by May to ship to manufacturers to begin their ...

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The unstandardized mouse

Friday, April 10th, 2009

Scientists may want to treat their lab rats more as individuals. According toÂ a study, laboratory mice treated as individuals in testing cuts down on inaccurate results, which may result in reduced drug development costs. The practice of limiting environmental variation in laboratory studies increases the chance of faulty results. The study ...

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Old MacDonald’s Pharma: Part 3

Friday, March 6th, 2009

Goats, llamas, and now chickens According to FierceBiotech, Symphogen and Origen Therapeutics are teaming up to develop a transgenic chicken that can produce recombinant human antibodies against cancer, infectious diseases, and autoimmune diseases. The chickens will be used as a live breeding ground for more complex antibody development, which is believed ...

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Old MacDonald’s Pharma: Part 2

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Goats are not the only animals being used to develop new drugs. As The Wall Street JournalÂ reported on Tuesday, llamas are being used to discover treatments for diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, cancer, and Alzheimerâ€™s disease. These pack animals and their relatives- camels and alpacas, naturally create very small antibodies ...

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Old MacDonaldâ€™s Pharma

Monday, February 9th, 2009

The ads say milk does a body good, but what about goats milk? It does if you have a history of blood clots. In a scientific first, GTC Biotherapeutics has changed the genes of goats to produce milk rich in antithrombin, a protein that acts as a natural blood thinner in ...

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