The European Commission has adopted a Communication detailing actions to be taken to avoid the proliferation of pharmaceutical substances into the environment. The Strategic Approach to Pharmaceuticals in the Environment report covers every stage of the “pharmaceutical life cycle” in both human and veterinary medicine, from design to production to disposal procedures; and advocates a sustainable approach from every sector of the pharmaceutical industry. The text highlights the hazard...
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Washington DC: Urine drug testing can be a useful tool to treat patients with opioid use disorder in a primary care setting, suggests a new study. A urine drug test, also known as a urine drug screen or a UDS, is the analysis of an individual's urine for the presence of certain illegal drugs and prescription medications. The study, which was conducted by researchers at the Boston University School of Medicine, revealed that patients are less likely to disclose drug use earlier in treatment, ...
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A simple blood test reliably detects signs of brain damage in people on the path to developing Alzheimer's disease even before they show signs of confusion and memory loss, according to a new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases in Germany. The findings published Jan. 21 in Nature Medicine, may one day be applied to quickly and inexpensively identify brain damage in people with not just Alzheimer's disease b...
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NovioSense has demonstrated the measurement of tear glucose in diabetic patients and a close correlation to blood glucose with clinically relevant accuracy. A second, 24-patient study, to validate the use of the new glucose sensor in type 1 diabetic patients is already commencing. NovioSense BV, a company based in The Netherlands, announced positive data from its Phase 2 tear glucose sensor study. The NovioSense Glucose Sensor is a device that, when placed in the lower eyelid, continuously measu...
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Researchers at Hokkaido University have developed a micro-patterned cell culture platform to study the behavior of pancreatic cancer cells. The new cell culture substrate revealed previously unknown and clinically relevant pancreatic cell behaviors that could help researchers to develop new therapies.
“Cancer studies so far either use cell cultures in which cancer cells don’t necessarily behave naturally or tissue samples that don’t allow live observation,” said Yu...
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The main hall of the Sheraton Hotel was filled to capacity with men of timber and calibre in the Pharmaceutical Industry, as the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) Lagos State branch, held its 2019 Annual Luncheon and Welcome Reception for Newly Inducted Fellows of PSN. The three-in-one event, also featured the N50 million fund raising exercise, for the completion of on-going secretariat building, as well as for the purchase of a 120KVA brand new generator, for the secretariat use.
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