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Investment report on Idenix Pharmaceuticals

StockPreacher.com announces an investment report featuring Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc.. The report includes financial, comparative and investment analyses, and industry information you need to know to make an educated investment decision.

16 Apr 2010

eSET program produces high pregnancy rates, minimizes multiple pregnancy risks

Every year thousand of families are created with the assistance of in-vitro fertilization. Many of those newborns are twins. While some may see this as a double blessing, it is important to understand that there are many potential risks associated with multiple gestation.

16 Apr 2010

UDH to participate in Abbott's new PLEX-ID BPEP

Abbott today announced that the Utah Department of Health is one of five sites in the United States to participate in Abbott's new PLEX-ID Biopreparedness Evaluation Program, which involves Abbott, the Association of Public Health Laboratories and five state public health labs.

16 Apr 2010

Investment report on Anadys Pharmaceuticals

MicroStockProfit.com announces an investment report featuring Anadys Pharmaceuticals Inc. The report includes financial, comparative and investment analyses, and industry information you need to know to make an educated investment decision.

16 Apr 2010

Preclinical results of Avila Therapeutics' AVL-181 and AVL-192 presented at EASL Annual Meeting

Avila Therapeutics™, Inc., a biotechnology company developing targeted covalent drugs that treat diseases through protein silencing, presented results of preclinical studies on two of its Hepatitis C Virus protease inhibitors, AVL-181 and AVL-192. These inhibitors, due to their unique mechanism of action with superior selectivity and potency, have potential as best-in-class, pan-genotype HCV therapeutics.

16 Apr 2010

InterMune reports Phase 1b MAD study results of RTV-boosted danoprevir in HCV patients at 45th EASL

InterMune, Inc. today announced results of all three cohorts from a 15-day Phase 1b multiple-ascending-dose (MAD) study of low doses of danoprevir (also known as RG7227 and ITMN-191) boosted by low-dose ritonavir (RTV) in patients chronically infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype-1.

16 Apr 2010

Findings strengthen promise of SCYNEXIS' SCY-635 for HCV treatment

Drug discovery company SCYNEXIS, Inc. today presented data supporting an impressive resistance profile for SCY-635—a novel, oral cyclophilin inhibitor being studied for the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. In the study, SCYNEXIS demonstrated that the hepatitis C virus required multiple mutations across two separate proteins in order to establish resistance to SCY-635. The majority of HCV drugs on the market and in development require only one targeted viral mutation to establish resistance.

16 Apr 2010

Promising pharmacokinetic data from Idenix Pharmaceuticals' Phase I study of IDX320 for HCV

Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of drugs for the treatment of human viral diseases, today reported promising in vitro data for IDX320, an HCV protease inhibitor, demonstrating potent and selective antiviral activity in multiple genotypes, or strains, of the virus.

16 Apr 2010

Positive interim data from Idera Pharmaceuticals' Phase 1 trial of IMO-2125 TLR9 agonist presented at 45th EASL

Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that positive interim data from a Phase 1 clinical trial of IMO-2125, a Toll-like Receptor 9 (TLR9) agonist, in null responder patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection were presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL).

16 Apr 2010

Celsion announces presentation of long-term follow-up data from Phase I ThermoDox dose escalation trial

Celsion Corporation today announced that Dr. Ronnie T.P. Poon, a principal investigator of the Phase I ThermoDox® dose escalation trial, held a press conference at the University of Hong Kong to provide an update on the long-term follow-up data from patients treated at his center as well as present illustrative patient case studies. The Phase I trial was conducted in 2006.

16 Apr 2010

University Hospital of Zurich treats cancer patients with Varian Medical Systems' TrueBeam system

The University Hospital of Zurich has become the first medical center in the world to commence treating cancer patients with the revolutionary TrueBeam system from Varian Medical Systems, a new platform for image-guided radiotherapy and radiosurgery that was designed from the ground up to treat a moving target with unprecedented speed and precision.

16 Apr 2010

Results from Romark Laboratories' STEALTH C-3 clinical trial presented at EASL Annual Meeting

Romark Laboratories announced results from its STEALTH C-3 clinical trial, a phase 2 clinical study of nitazoxanide in treatment-naive patients with genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C. Study results were presented as a late breaking communication at the International Liver Congress™ 2010, the 45th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver in Vienna, Austria.

16 Apr 2010

Regulus Therapeutics' metabolic disease program data presented at Diabetes Keystone Symposium

Regulus Therapeutics Inc. today announced that new data from its metabolic disease program were presented at the "Diabetes" Keystone Symposium held April 12-17 in Whistler, British Columbia. The new pre-clinical research findings showed that therapeutic oligonucleotides targeting microRNA are able to improve insulin resistance and normalize plasma glucose in mouse models of diabetes while having no significant effect on glucose or insulin levels in normal mice.

16 Apr 2010

Vertex Pharmaceuticals announces results from Phase 1b clinical trial of VX-222

In conjunction with an oral presentation at the 45th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver in Vienna, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated today announced results from a Phase 1b clinical trial of the investigational oral hepatitis C virus polymerase inhibitor, VX-222. In the trial, treatment with VX-222 for three days was well-tolerated, with all adverse events being mild to moderate in severity.

16 Apr 2010

Kidney expert receives international award

Professor Jonathan Craig from the School of Public Health has been honoured for his contribution to the study of kidney disease. The US-based National Kidney Foundation awarded Professor Craig with its 2010 International Distinguished Medal, recognising outstanding accomplishments in the field of nephrology.

16 Apr 2010

Cancer patients continue to be affected by FN as a result of chemotherapy: Survey

Thirty percent of patients surveyed experienced an infection as a result of chemotherapy, 45 percent of which were associated with neutropenia or febrile neutropenia according to findings from a pan-European patient and nurse survey presented today at the 7th Annual European Oncology Nursing Society Spring Convention.

15 Apr 2010

Phase 1 clinical trial results of Achillion Pharmaceuticals' ACH-1625 to be presented at EASL meeting

Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today presented data from the Company's ongoing Phase 1 clinical trial of ACH-1625 to treat hepatitis C at the European Association for the Study of the Liver's International Liver Congress taking place at the Reed Messe Wien Congress Center in Vienna, Austria from April 14-18, 2010.

15 Apr 2010

AstraZeneca contributes $1M for expansion of Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

Surrounded by over 100 Nemours Associates, Rich Fante, President, AstraZeneca, U.S., presented Nemours President David J. Bailey, MD, MBA with a ceremonial check for $1 million, announcing AstraZeneca's contribution to the expansion of Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware.

15 Apr 2010

Interim results from Pharmasset's phase 2a combination study of PSI-7977 with Pegasys and Copegus for HCV

Pharmasset, Inc. announced today interim efficacy and safety results from its ongoing 28-day phase 2a study with PSI-7977 dosed once daily in combination with Pegasys® (peginterferon alfa 2a) and Copegus® (ribavirin) in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 who have not been treated previously.

15 Apr 2010

Interim data from phase IIa clinical trial of IDX184 in HCV-infected patients

Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of drugs for the treatment of human viral diseases, today announced interim data from a 14-day, phase IIa clinical trial evaluating IDX184, a novel liver-targeted nucleotide prodrug of 2'-methyl guanosine monophosphate, in HCV-infected patients.

15 Apr 2010

Hepatitis C News and Research

Latest Hepatitis C News and Research

Investment report on Idenix Pharmaceuticals

eSET program produces high pregnancy rates, minimizes multiple pregnancy risks

UDH to participate in Abbott's new PLEX-ID BPEP

Investment report on Anadys Pharmaceuticals

Preclinical results of Avila Therapeutics' AVL-181 and AVL-192 presented at EASL Annual Meeting

InterMune reports Phase 1b MAD study results of RTV-boosted danoprevir in HCV patients at 45th EASL

Findings strengthen promise of SCYNEXIS' SCY-635 for HCV treatment

Promising pharmacokinetic data from Idenix Pharmaceuticals' Phase I study of IDX320 for HCV

Positive interim data from Idera Pharmaceuticals' Phase 1 trial of IMO-2125 TLR9 agonist presented at 45th EASL

Celsion announces presentation of long-term follow-up data from Phase I ThermoDox dose escalation trial

University Hospital of Zurich treats cancer patients with Varian Medical Systems' TrueBeam system

Results from Romark Laboratories' STEALTH C-3 clinical trial presented at EASL Annual Meeting

Regulus Therapeutics' metabolic disease program data presented at Diabetes Keystone Symposium

Vertex Pharmaceuticals announces results from Phase 1b clinical trial of VX-222

Kidney expert receives international award

Cancer patients continue to be affected by FN as a result of chemotherapy: Survey

Phase 1 clinical trial results of Achillion Pharmaceuticals' ACH-1625 to be presented at EASL meeting

AstraZeneca contributes $1M for expansion of Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

Interim results from Pharmasset's phase 2a combination study of PSI-7977 with Pegasys and Copegus for HCV

Interim data from phase IIa clinical trial of IDX184 in HCV-infected patients

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