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Latest Health research news from the around the globe http://www.healthnewswire.net/files.php?file= http://www.healthnewswire.net/ STELARA™ (Ustekinumab) Receives FDA Approval For Treatment Of Moderate To Severe Plaque Psoriasis With Four-Times-A-Year Maintenance Dosing http://www.healthnewswire.net/pharma_biotech/1116.html Pharma and Biotech Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:20:00 +0000 First-in-Class Anti-IL-12/23 Biologic Targets Proteins Believed to Play a Role in Psoriasis Vical Presents Positive Preclinical Results with Vaxfectin(R)-Formulated, Peptide-based Cancer Vaccine http://www.healthnewswire.net/pharma_biotech/1114.html Pharma and Biotech Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:18:00 +0000 BOSTON, Sept. 24, 2009 -- Vical Incorporated (Nasdaq:VICL) announced today the presentation of encouraging results from animal studies of a peptide-based cancer vaccine formulated with the company's Vaxfectin(R) adjuvant. Sean M. Sullivan, Ph.D., Vical's Executive Director of Pharmaceutical Sciences, is presenting data at the IIRUSA Vaccines Development Forum (Boston - September 23-25) demonstrating the adjuvant's ability to enhance immune responses of cancer antigen-based vaccines in addition to a broad variety of DNA- and protein-based vaccines against infectious diseases. Initial COIN Study Results Presented at European Oncology Congress http://www.healthnewswire.net/pharma_biotech/1105.html Pharma and Biotech Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:23:00 +0000 * Results inconsistent with data from all Erbitux pivotal studies * Further analyses planned by the Medical Research Council that conducted the independent COIN study Survival Benefit Maintained in Long Term Follow-up of IES with Pfizer’s AROMASIN® (Exemestane Tablets) http://www.healthnewswire.net/pharma_biotech/1090.html Pharma and Biotech Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:59:00 +0000 91-Month Follow-up of the Intergroup Exemestane Study (IES) Demonstrated a Significant Disease-Free Survival Benefit in Favor of Switching to AROMASIN After 2 to 3 Years of Tamoxifen Compared to Continuing on Tamoxifen for 5 Years in Oestrogen-Receptor Positive/Unknown Postmenopausal Early Breast Cancer Patients Drug Discovery Process More Accurate, Less Expensive Using Novel Application http://www.healthnewswire.net/pharma_biotech/1084.html Pharma and Biotech Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:43:00 +0000 Cincinnati—Cancer and cell biology experts at the University of Cincinnati (UC) have developed a new mass spectrometry-based tool they say provides more precise, cost-effective data collection for drug discovery efforts. Abbott's XIENCE V® Continues to Outperform TAXUS with Sustained Clinical Advantages and Impressive Long-Term Safety Results in SPIRIT III Trial http://www.healthnewswire.net/pharma_biotech/1078.html Pharma and Biotech Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:11:00 +0000 — Market-Leading XIENCE V Demonstrates Single-Digit Rate of Major Adverse Cardiac Events (MACE) at Three Years and a 43 Percent Reduction vs. TAXUS — No Additional Stent Thrombosis between Two and Three Years, and Impressive Low Rate of Very Late Stent Thrombosis for XIENCE V Novartis receives FDA approval for Valturna®, a single-pill combination of valsartan and aliskiren, to treat high blood pressure http://www.healthnewswire.net/pharma_biotech/1066.html Pharma and Biotech Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:33:00 +0000 - Valturna combines in a single pill valsartan, an angiotensin receptor blocker, with aliskiren, the only approved direct renin inhibitor - Valturna is the first therapy to target two points within the renin angiotensin aldosterone system (RAAS), which plays a key role in regulating blood pressure - Valturna offers significantly greater blood pressure reduction than either valsartan or aliskiren alone[1] Positive Phase IIb Results for GSK1838262 (XP13512) Reported for Neuropathic Pain Associated with Post-Herpetic Neuralgia http://www.healthnewswire.net/pharma_biotech/1064.html Pharma and Biotech Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:59:00 +0000 RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. & SANTA CLARA, Calif.-- GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK) and XenoPort, Inc. (Nasdaq:XNPT) today announced top-line results from a Phase IIb clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of GSK1838262/XP13512 (gabapentin enacarbil) for neuropathic pain associated with post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN) in adults. Phase III Study Showed Patients Lived Longer Without Low-Grade Lymphoma Progressing When Rituxan Was Used First-Line for Maintenance http://www.healthnewswire.net/pharma_biotech/1061.html Pharma and Biotech Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:51:00 +0000 South San Francisco, Calif. and Cambridge, Mass. -- Genentech, Inc., a wholly-owned member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) and Biogen Idec (Nasdaq: BIIB), today announced that a Phase III study (PRIMA) showed that patients with follicular lymphoma who continued receiving Rituxan (rituximab) alone after responding to Rituxan and chemotherapy lived longer without their disease worsening (progression-free survival or PFS) than those who did not continue to receive Rituxan. Wyeth Presents Data from Five-Year Vertebral Fracture Prevention Study with Bazedoxifene http://www.healthnewswire.net/pharma_biotech/1052.html Pharma and Biotech Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:23:00 +0000 Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (NYSE: WYE), announces findings from a placebo-controlled Phase 3 study of bazedoxifene 20 mg extended to five years, which indicated a significant reduction versus placebo in new vertebral fractures in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. Latest Health research news from the around the globe