First UK medical cannabis clinic launched by specialist doctors
The clinic will offer access to medicinal cannabis for all conditions acknowledged to benefit from it.
24th July 2019
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UPDATE: Animal testing hits lowest figures since 2007
New Home Office statistics show a decrease of 7% on last year, and the lowest number of procedures since 2007.
24th July 2019
Same-day pharmacy consultations could ‘help relieve GP pressures’
The service will offer local pharmacy appointments to anyone calling NHS 111 about the minor conditions, such as earache or a sore throat.
23rd July 2019
Flow raises $1.5m for depression treatments
The treatment combines clinical psychology, neuroscience and innovative technology including machine learning.
23rd July 2019
AI used to help diagnose and treat birdshot uveitis
The Fight for Sight funded project uses AI to extract ‘hidden’ information from retinal images of patients with the rare eye condition.
23rd July 2019
New gene test could single out cancer patients eligible for ‘targeted nuclear medicine’
Testing men for faults in DNA repair genes in their tumours could identify those most likely to respond to the new type of treatment.
23rd July 2019
‘Ground-breaking’ service to help treat AF patients at risk of stroke
The Oberoi SPAF & Case Finding Service ensures high-risk AF patients receive oral anti-coagulants, helping prevent strokes.
23rd July 2019
Finalists give their thoughts on the Medical & Scientific Excellence Awards
The PharmaTimes Medical & Scientific Excellence Awards have been praised by last year’s finalists on it’s great learning and development process.
23rd July 2019
Mallinckrodt, Silence Theraputics to commercialise RNAi therapeutics
The agreement provides Mallinckrodt with an exclusive worldwide license for C3 (SLN500) - a preclinical asset that targets a specific protein in the complement pathway.
22nd July 2019
MHRA gives Bavencio, Inlyta combo Early Access to Medicines status
The opinion is for the indication of RCC, the most common kind of kidney cancer found in adults.
22nd July 2019
AMR Centre, Shionogi team up for superbug therapy
The therapy has already produced encouraging results in pre-clinical studies and regulatory toxicology tests in preparation for first-in-human clinical trials.
22nd July 2019
Government to invest £16m in 'life-saving' medical advances
The funding is available as part of the Government’s modern Industrial Strategy.
22nd July 2019
UK prescribed ‘unnecessarily long courses’ of antibiotics
NICE reviewed a BMJ study and determined that the findings suggest that guidance on antibiotic use is not being implemented as well as it could be in all areas which may lead to antibiotic overuse.
22nd July 2019
Bayer, BMS, Ono team up to investigate Stivarga, Opdivo combo
Encouraging early data have been seen with the studied combination, as in a Phase Ib investigator sponsored trial from Japan called REGONIVO
19th July 2019
Robots to help produce new class of antibiotics
The antibiotics, known as class II polyketides, are also naturally produced by soil bacteria and have antimicrobial properties.
19th July 2019
