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Hologic opens new facility in Hong Kong

Hologic, Inc., a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of premium diagnostics, medical imaging systems and surgical products dedicated to serving the healthcare needs of women, today announced the opening of its new Asia Pacific regional offices and the Hologic Asia Pacific Center for Health Sciences Education in Hong Kong.

From Hologic, Inc. 19 Oct 2009

Amgen receives Complete Response Letter for the Biologic License Applications for Prolia from FDA

Amgen Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Complete Response Letter for the Biologic License Applications (BLA) for Prolia(TM) (denosumab) in the treatment and prevention of postmenopausal osteoporosis.

19 Oct 2009

Oral salmon calcitonin using absorption-enhancing Eligen Technology holds promise for osteoarthritis

Emisphere Technologies, Inc. announced study results in which twice-daily oral salmon calcitonin using Emisphere’s proprietary Eligen® Drug Delivery Technology significantly suppressed markers of cartilage and bone degradation versus placebo in men and women with osteoarthritis, the most common form of arthritis.

19 Oct 2009

Genentech reports results of ACTEMRA Phase III study for rheumatoid arthritis

Genentech, Inc., a wholly-owned member of the Roche Group, today announced two-year results from a Phase III study, which showed that people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who received either a 4 mg/kg or 8 mg/kg dose of ACTEMRA® (tocilizumab), in combination with methotrexate, had no progression of joint damage, (75 and 83 percent, respectively, as assessed by radiograph) compared with people who received methotrexate alone (66 percent).

19 Oct 2009

$FRAX online tool to help clinicians to better identify women and men at high risk of fracture$

FRAX online tool to help clinicians to better identify women and men at high risk of fracture

The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) will issue a new 16-page report on FRAX- to mark World Osteoporosis Day on October 20, 2009. The report is available at http://www.iofbonehealth.org/publications/frax.html

19 Oct 2009

Enzo Biochem to release a new catalog dealing with epigenetics and chromatin modification

Enzo Biochem, Inc. today said that its Life Sciences subsidiary will release a new catalog dealing with “Epigenetics & Chromatin Modification” at the Society for Neuroscience’s, Neuroscience 2009 conference, beginning October 17, 2009, in Chicago, Illinois.

15 Oct 2009

Vegetable lamb plant: New treatment for osteoporosis

The "vegetable lamb" plant - once believed to bear fruit that ripened into a living baby sheep - produces substances that show promise in laboratory experiments as new treatments for osteoporosis, the bone-thinning disease. That's the conclusion of a new study in ACS' monthly Journal of Natural Products.

15 Oct 2009

Policymakers urged to preserve access to advanced imaging in final health care reform legislation

Survivors and patients with cancers and heart disease, along with patient advocate organizations and physicians, today urged policymakers to enhance early diagnosis of deadly diseases by preserving access to advanced imaging, such as MRI and CT scans, in final health care reform legislation.

15 Oct 2009

Case Western Reserve University researchers step up to National Institutes of Health challenge

Futuristic plans to grow replacement organs, bones or muscles for soldiers maimed on the battlefield or patients suffering from debilitating disease or injury won't be anything but science fiction unless new blood vessels can grow into that tissue

14 Oct 2009

Interleukin Genetics to present new genetic findings on obesity and osteoporosis

Interleukin Genetics, Inc. (NYSE Amex: ILI) announced today it will present new genetic findings in the fields of obesity and osteoporosis at medical meetings later this month.

13 Oct 2009

9% of Québec adults report being diagnosed with a thyroid disease

New research reveals 9 percent of Québec adults report being diagnosed with a thyroid disease. The thyroid gland produces the hormones that regulate our growth, maturation, speed of metabolism and sensitivity to other hormones.

13 Oct 2009

Gluten-free diet leads to complete recovery of bone mineralization in CD affected children

Celiac disease (CD) is an inherited intestinal disorder characterized by life-long intolerance to the ingestion of gluten, a protein found in wheat, rye, and barley. Although CD can be diagnosed at any age, it commonly occurs during early childhood (between 9 and 24 months). Reduced bone mineral density is often found in individuals with CD.

9 Oct 2009

Kaiser Permanente launches osteoporosis prevention campaign

Encouraging everyone to “Embrace Your Inner Strength,” Kaiser Permanente has launched a campaign throughout Southern California aimed at getting teenagers, seniors and everyone in between to get serious about building up their skeletons and preventing osteoporosis.

8 Oct 2009

New cancer drugs boost drug spending

Cancer treatments are on track to become the biggest driver of specialty pharmacy spending as its contribution to overall drug spending hit five percent for the first time in the first half of 2009, according to Medco Health Solutions, Inc.

8 Oct 2009

New mechanism of bone formation may help fight osteoporosis

The natural cycle of building bone to maintain skeletal strength and then breaking it down for the body's calcium needs is delicately balanced, but diseases like osteoporosis break down too much bone without adequate bone replacement, leading to bone fractures.

8 Oct 2009

Global pharmaceutical market to grow by 4 - 6 percent: IMS Health

IMS Health reported today that the value of the global pharmaceutical market in 2010 is expected to grow 4 - 6 percent on a constant-dollar basis, exceeding $825 billion, driven by stronger near-term growth in the U.S. market.

8 Oct 2009

Coeliac disease patients at risk of osteoporosis

People with coeliac disease may develop osteoporosis because their immune system attacks their bone tissue, a new study has shown.

8 Oct 2009

New apoptosis detection kit for monitoring chromatin condensation

Enzo Biochem, Inc.’s Enzo Life Sciences division today announced the addition of a new apoptosis detection kit for monitoring chromatin condensation to its rapidly expanding CELLestial™ product line for live cell analysis.

7 Oct 2009

Zelos Therapeutics commences patient dosing of ZT-034 for treating osteoporosis

Zelos Therapeutics, Inc. has initiated patient dosing in a single dose study of three proprietary subcutaneous formulations of ZT-034 (hPTH (1-34), teriparatide). ZT-034 is being developed to compete with Eli Lilly and Company’s Forteo (teriparatide [rDNA origin]) in its existing market of approximately $800M in annual sales in 2008 for the treatment of osteoporosis.

7 Oct 2009

NIH awards NeoStem a GO grant to investigate the potential of stem cells in regenerating bone

NeoStem, Inc. (NYSE Amex: NBS), which is pioneering the pre-disease collection, processing and long-term storage of adult stem cells for future medical need and holder of the exclusive, worldwide license to VSEL(TM) Technology that uses very small embryonic-like stem cells isolated from peripheral blood, announced today that it has been awarded a grant of $108,746 for the repair of bone defects by human stem cells under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (RRA) of 2009 from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease (NIAMS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

7 Oct 2009

Osteoporosis News and Research

Latest Osteoporosis News and Research

Hologic opens new facility in Hong Kong

Amgen receives Complete Response Letter for the Biologic License Applications for Prolia from FDA

Oral salmon calcitonin using absorption-enhancing Eligen Technology holds promise for osteoarthritis

Genentech reports results of ACTEMRA Phase III study for rheumatoid arthritis

FRAX online tool to help clinicians to better identify women and men at high risk of fracture

Enzo Biochem to release a new catalog dealing with epigenetics and chromatin modification

Vegetable lamb plant: New treatment for osteoporosis

Policymakers urged to preserve access to advanced imaging in final health care reform legislation

Case Western Reserve University researchers step up to National Institutes of Health challenge

Interleukin Genetics to present new genetic findings on obesity and osteoporosis

9% of Québec adults report being diagnosed with a thyroid disease

Gluten-free diet leads to complete recovery of bone mineralization in CD affected children

Kaiser Permanente launches osteoporosis prevention campaign

New cancer drugs boost drug spending

New mechanism of bone formation may help fight osteoporosis

Global pharmaceutical market to grow by 4 - 6 percent: IMS Health

Coeliac disease patients at risk of osteoporosis

New apoptosis detection kit for monitoring chromatin condensation

Zelos Therapeutics commences patient dosing of ZT-034 for treating osteoporosis

NIH awards NeoStem a GO grant to investigate the potential of stem cells in regenerating bone

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