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BPAC agrees with FDA on issues related to plasma
BPAC agrees with FDA on issues related to plasma for further manufacturing and written Statement of understanding for whole blood donors The FDA's Blood Products Advisory Committee and the AABB Plasma Task Force, supported by the...[more]
U.K. health agency reports increase in dengue cases
U.K.'s Health Protection Agency has reported that the number of dengue cases in the country rose from 166 in 2009 to 406 in 2010. The agency said 21% of cases can be associated with travel to India and 15% to Thailand....[more]
Researchers use iPS cells to treat mice with cirrhosis
U.S. researchers said induced pluripotent stem cells developed from human liver, bone marrow and skin cells injected into a mouse with humanlike cirrhosis engrafted with efficiency of up to 15%. The iPS cells also functioned like...[more]
Merck gains FDA approval of hepatitis C drug Victrelis
The FDA approved Merck & Co.'s hepatitis C drug Victrelis, or boceprevir. The drug works by blocking an enzyme, protease, that the virus utilizes for replication. Vertex Pharmaceuticals also is expected to get FDA approval...[more]
Researchers develop test for vCJD
Researchers from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, together with Prionics scientists, have developed a test for identifying variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease in blood plasma. The test, called enhanced...[more]
NIH grants Spring Bank $3.9M to develop hepatitis B drug
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases awarded Spring Bank Pharmaceuticals a five-year grant worth $3.9 million to advance development of SB 9200, an investigational oral drug for hepatitis B. This is the...[more]
New study did not find XMRV in blood of CFS patients
Researchers at the University of Utah did not find XMRV or other viruses in the same class, nor antibodies, in blood samples from 100 patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and 200 healthy participants. "We basically did...[more]
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