Novartis drug “Jakavi” has been approved by the European Commission for the therapy of rare blood cancer, polycythemia vera. It is the first approved targeted drug for treatment of this disease and it gives hope for patients unresponsive to standard therapy with hydroxyurea....
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Clinical trials are one of the indispensable steps of drug development. They are especially crucial for the assessment of effectiveness and safety of a novel medication. The whole pharmaceutical industry, which is growing rapidly all over the world, is trying to find new regions characterized by attr...
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A French multinational company Pierre Fabre Pharmaceuticals has announced a start of Phase IIa clinical trials for a new selective antagonist of dopamine D3 receptor called F17464 in patients suffering from schizophrenia. The major aim is to determine the effectiveness and assess safety of the drug d...
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With over 3.3 billion people living in areas at risk of malaria transmission and over 3000 of them dying every day, malaria is one of the most deadly disease worldwide. Even though this mosquito-borne disease is known to strike for over 10 000 years no really efficient and safe treatment has been dev...
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