HONG KONG — An oral cholera vaccine has been shown to be safe and protective against severe disease in children and adults in urban Bangladesh where the disease is endemic, supporting its use in mass immunization programs, according to the first real-life trial of the new Shanchol vaccine.
NEW DELHI – The WHO has rapped yet another Indian clinical research organization (CRO) for "critical lapses and major deviations" during the conduct of clinical trials, bringing the spotlight back to the need for Indian pharma firms and CROs to pull up their socks over stringent adherence to trial protocols.
NEW DELHI – The Indian pharma industry is struggling with data integrity issues that repeatedly crop up during inspections by global regulators; they are tarnishing the industry's reputation while undermining global confidence in Indian products.
Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Jerusalem, signed a nonbinding letter of intent for an investment and license agreement in China with Sinopharm Capital Management Co. Ltd. and Hefei Life Science & Technology Park Investments and Development Co. Ltd.
SHANGHAI – China's stock market collapse over the past week has been on everyone's minds. Eyes have been glued to cell phone apps with greater concentration than ever before, checking minute to minute how fast and how far share prices will fall.
HONG KONG – A dramatic plummeting in the value of publicly listed shares in Mainland China over the last month has wiped out roughly $3 trillion in wealth and raised fears of a collapse in the country's stock market, a collapse that could exacerbate slowing economic growth.
HONG KONG – The mechanism by which the thalidomide derivative lenalidomide treats a type of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) has been elucidated, reported in the July 1, 2015, edition of Nature, could aid the development of new therapies for leukemias and other malignancies.
Jun Bao, senior vice president and chief business officer of Shenogen Pharma Group, begins nearly every presentation about the company with a slide that features strikingly different images. At the top is a simple photo of the ubiquitous Epimedium wushanense, commonly known as horny goat weed, a hardy perennial that grows mainly in China and has been widely used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) as an aphrodisiac and a treatment for erectile dysfunction. Shenogen's lead molecule, icaritin, is derived from the plant.
The latest Scientific American Worldview Scorecard, released at the recent BIO 2015 International Convention, which ranks the biotechnology innovation potential of 54 countries, finds that the U.S. is the leading country once again based on its performance in seven categories used in the study, with Denmark and three Asia-Pacific countries – New Zealand, Australia and Singapore – rounding out the top five.
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