Latest Drug development biotechnology articles and news on biotech industry leaders, emerging biotech companies in Spain

AB-Biotics acquires a patent for predicting antipsychotic-induced extrapyramidal symptoms

by AB-BIOTICS

11 years ago

The method will be incorporated into Neurofarmagen, a genetic test which helps doctors identify the most appropriate treatment for each neuropsychiatric patient

IDIFARMA Extends Its GMP Clinical Manufacturing Services To New Dosage Forms

by Idifarma

11 years ago
drug development

IDIFARMA, a leading Spanish Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization, has recently obtained an extension of its authorization as GMP clinical manufacturer by the Spanish Medicines Agency...

Discover the Novartis Malaria Initiative’s treatment journey, told in video

by Professional Newco

11 years ago
malaria treatment

A state-of-the-art production process has transformed an herbal remedy used for centuries in traditional Chinese medicine into a modern medicine used by millions of patients in malaria-endemic countri...

The transmission of information via proteins could revolutionize drug discovery

by Professional Newco

11 years ago
proteins, drug discovery

A study by the scientists Xavier Salvatella and Modesto Orozco at IRB Barcelona reveals the existence of information highways that connect and correlate distant sites within a single protein. Publishe...

La UAB investigará el diagnóstico precoz del Párkinson

by Professional Newco

11 years ago
parkinson

Investigadores de la Universidad y del Instituto de Biotecnología y Biomedicina forman parte del proyecto europeo Neuromed, para desarrollar moléculas y detectar biomarcadores de esta patología ant...

Expertos británicos desarrollan una prueba de sangre que anticipa el alzheimer

by Professional Newco

11 years ago
alzheimer

Científicos británicos han desarrollado una prueba de sangre que puede predecir con bastante precisión el comienzo del alzheimer, lo que abre el camino para elaborar fármacos que ayuden a tratar e...

Logran modificar células para combatir la diabetes

by Professional Newco

11 years ago
diabetes

La diabetes tipo 1, que afecta principalmente a chicos y adolescentes, es el resultado de un “autoataque” del sistema de defensas del organismo contra las células que se encargan de producir la h...

New therapeutic combination to slow resistant sarcomas

by Professional Newco

11 years ago
sarcomas, cancer

Researchers at sarcomas research group at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) and the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO) have been tested in 19 patients a new therapeutic combinatio...

Encuentran una vía para eliminar el parásito del paludismo

by Professional Newco

11 years ago
malaria

Un equipo de investigadores de la Universidad de Washington (EEUU) ha publicado en Nature que es posible encerrar el parásito del paludismo en una ‘prisión' creada por sí mismo. Cuando el par

Boehringer Ingelheim’s investigational therapy nintedanib* receives the first FDA breakthrough therapy designation in IPF

by Professional Newco

11 years ago
lung cancer

Boehringer Ingelheim announced that for the first time the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Therapy designation for a treatment in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a ...

Cancer Cocktails Come of Age : Novartis teams test combinations of targeted therapeutic agents to combat drug resistance in tumors

by Professional Newco

11 years ago
cancer

The oncology world experienced a revolution about 10 years ago as the first targeted therapies came on the scene. Researchers feverishly designed treatments that would spare healthy tissue, tackling t...

Collaborating to unravel clues about neuropsychiatric diseases

by Professional Newco

11 years ago
neuropsychiatry, neuroscience

After decades in the doldrums, drug discovery in neuropsychiatry could soon experience a renaissance. At long last, scientists have clues about the molecular underpinnings of genetically-complex disea...