Press Releases
12 December 2022
As a part of the Aster Green Choices program, Aster CMI Hospital hosted a tree planting drive on Saturday in collaboration with REVA University, Bengaluru. Taking control measures is essential given the kind of environmental risks the city faces. By absorbing harmful gases and producing oxygen, trees help to clean the air. As a result, Aster CMI Hospital, in partnership with REVA University, where hundreds of students, physicians, business leaders, and teachers came together to promote a clea
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Abra Heath’s Children's Ambulatory Surgery Center of New Jersey is pleased to announce that it has been awarded accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Surgery Centers (AAAHC).The AAAHC is a recognized leader in the accreditation of ambulatory surgery centers, and its accreditation demonstrates the Children's Ambulatory Surgery Center's commitment to providing high-quality, patient-centered care. The center underwent a thorough on-site review to earn
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RevBio, Inc. announced that an experiment to observe Tetranite, the company's bone regenerative adhesive biomaterial, has been successfully launched aboard the International Space Station (ISS). On Saturday, November 26, 2022, the study materials were launched to the space station on SpaceX 's 26th Commercial Resupply Services mission sponsored by the ISS National Laboratory. This in vivo study, which will be conducted over the next two months on the ISS, will examine the ability of t
Read more...Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. the leading RNAi therapeutics company, today announced the submission of its supplemental New Drug Application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for patisiran, an investigational RNAi therapeutic in development for the treatment of transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy. Patisiran is the established name for ONPATTRO, which is currently approved by the U.S. FDA for the treatment of the polyneuropathy of hereditary ATTR amyloidosis in adults
Read more...Pinnacle Treatment Centers, a leading provider of community-based drug and alcohol addiction treatment services, announced today it has acquired MBA Wellness Center in Stockbridge, Georgia.Founded in 2010, MBA Wellness Center is a privately-owned, outpatient opioid addiction treatment program located approximately 20 miles south of Atlanta in Eagle’s Point Professional Building at 1233 Eagles Landing Parkway. The center serves more than 130 patients daily. “MBA Wellness
Read more...8 December 2022
Puma Biotechnology, Inc. a biopharmaceutical company, presented updated findings from the Translational Breast Cancer Research Consortium Trial 022 at the ongoing 2022 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium in San Antonio, Texas. The poster (PD7-03), entitled “Neratinib and ado-Trastuzumab-Emtansine for HER2+ Breast Cancer Brain Metastases Translational Breast Cancer Research Consortium Trial 022,” was presented by Rachel A Freedman, MD, MPH, Breast Oncology Center, Susan F. Smith Ce
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Kite Pharma, Inc., a Gilead Company,and Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. today jointly announced the revision of their 2017 partnership agreement, which gave Daiichi Sankyo exclusive rights to develop, manufacture and commercialize Yescarta (axicabtagene ciloleucel) in Japan. Kite was acquired by Gilead Sciences, Inc. later in 2017 after the Daiichi Sankyo partnership agreement. Daiichi Sankyo and Kite have now agreed that the Marketing Authorization for Yescarta will be transferred to Gilead Science
Read more...7 December 2022
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is disappointed that the U.S. Trade Representative has slowed down international negotiations aimed at expanding access to COVID-19 diagnostics and treatments by lifting patent protection in developing countries. The World Trade Organization (WTO) was supposed to make a decision on the patent exemption until December 17, but now the USTR says the US government will not support the initiative until it has time to study its impact. The announcement
Read more...After years of searching for answers and numerous doctor consultations, 59-year-old Kathleen Kaler finally found relief from the severe ankle pain and instability that had plagued her for years. At Hospital for Special Surgery Constantine Demetracopoulos, MD, performed successful ankle replacement surgery. Kaler, who is from Long Island, says the surgery changed her life. She can now engage in activities most people take for granted – walking normally without pain, wearing sho
Read more...Delaware Imaging Network, a division of RadNet, Inc. today announced that it has started implementation of its new Enhanced Breast Cancer Detection service which works in concert with a patient's annual breast screening regimen. For an additional fee, patients can receive an advanced screening mammography offering including (i) the application of Saige-Dx, an FDA-cleared artificial intelligence (AI) technology powered by DeepHealth; (ii) an additional AI-driven review ("Accord&
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