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Novel antibacterial compounds created to battle antibiotic resistance development
Researchers from the University of Eastern Finland have created novel antibacterial compounds to combat antibiotic resistance development.
Focusing on the role of LsrK kinase, the...
Assessing the environmental risk of pharmaceuticals
AstraZeneca’s Jason Snape, outlined his company’s approach to the environmental risk assessment of human medicinal products and what more needs to be in place...
Challenges and opportunities in cancer drug development
Managing director Professor Heinz Zwierzina of the Cancer Drug Development Forum talks Health Europa through the challenges in the search for new cancer drugs.
The...
New targeted methotrexate underway for rheumatoid arthritis
ROS Therapeutics APS has developed a targeted methotrexate prodrug to mitigate the side effects experienced by many rheumatoid arthritis patients.
Danish start-up company ROS Therapeutics...
What do you know about the Danish medical cannabis pilot programme?
Minister of Health, Ellen Trane Nørby, provides insight into the recently introduced Danish medical cannabis pilot programme and its implications.
What does the Danish medical...
A new drug target for hepatocellular carcinoma
Health Europa explores how an international team of scientists have developed a novel peptide drug that could one day lead to more effective treatments...
CAR T-cell therapies in Europe
Health Europa reflects on the first two CAR T-cell therapies to have been recommended for approval in the European Union.
In June, the European Medicines...
The changing face of medical cannabis in Denmark
Cannabis Danmark CEO Rikke Jakobsen reflects on what the new medical cannabis pilot and development programmes mean for patients, growers and healthcare professionals in...
Johnson & Johnson: collaboration advancing novel vaccine development for MERS
Johnson & Johnson announced today a new collaboration that will support novel vaccine development against Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV).
Janssen Vaccines & Prevention...
Platome Biotechnology – advancing cellular therapies
Icelandic company Platome Biotechnology is reinventing cell culture to help speed up the development of approved cellular therapies.
Regenerative medicine will play a key role...
Orion Corporation to provide better personalised treatments through ecosystem development
Orion Corporation has come together with selected university research groups and companies to develop better personalised treatments using a New Modalities Ecosystem.
Funded by Business...
Lab experiment eliminates malaria virus carried in mosquitoes
For the first time, research has been able to completely block the reproductive capacity of the malaria virus using a designer molecular approach.
Researchers from...
Could pancreatic cancer be blocked?
Researchers have developed a new drug that has the ability to prevent pancreatic cancer growth and potentially block the cancer cells from growing.
The study,...
KRAS protein mutations have varied effects on protein functions
A new study suggests that the effects of the KRAS protein mutations that underlie many different types of cancer are more diverse than previously...
UCLA discovers 8,000 surprisingly effective combinations of antibiotics
Biologists at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have uncovered thousands of four- and five-drug combinations of antibiotics that are surprisingly effective.
The discovery...
Cannabis could be used to treat inflammatory bowel diseases
New findings suggest an ingredient in marijuana could mimic the body’s inflammation off-switch, potentially leading to a new drug targeting different types of bowel...
Infection and inflammation, is there medication for the future?
A new study has mapped how the body’s own peptides act to reduce infection and inflammation by deactivating the toxic substances formed in the...
The potential of advanced therapy medicinal products in Europe
Together, the European Commission and the European Medicines Agency are working to bring game-changing advanced therapy medicinal products to the patients who need them.
So-called...
What sets Italy apart in cell and gene therapies?
Dr Luigi Naldini, the director of the San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, outlines Italy’s enormous success in the field of cell and...
Dementia patients at risk of bone fractures when taking Z-drugs
Patients with dementia taking Z-drugs to improve sleep are at an increased risk of bone fractures, according to new research from the University of...