- [PRESSWIRE] Lisbon, Portugal – 12 June, 2018 — O IV Congress of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) terá lugar no Centro de Congressos de Lisboa, em Lisboa, de 16 a 19 de junho. Este importante evento científico atrairá milhares de participantes de países europeus e não europeus.
- [PRESSWIRE] Lisbon, Portugal – 12 June, 2018 — The Fourth Congress of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) will take place at the Lisboa Congress Centre in Lisbon from 16 to 19 June. This major scientific event will attract thousands of participants from European and non-European countries.
- [PRESSWIRE] WASHINGTON, May 31, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — As part of the upcoming American Society of Clinical Oncology’s (ASCO) annual conference in Chicago, June 1st through the 4th, the Cancer Support Community (CSC), a global nonprofit, will release three new research studies.
- [PRESSWIRE] Copenhagen, Denmark – 25 May, 2018 — 4-6 million people worldwide are affected by familial cystic kidney disease, the most common inherited kidney disease – accounting for ∼10% of European patients on dialysis or living with a kidney transplant. The range of potential therapies is still limited, so other novel therapy options are urgently needed.
- [PRESSWIRE] Copenhagen, Denmark – 25 May, 2018 — A late breaking clinical study [1] at the ERA-EDTA Congress in Copenhagen showed that the phosphate binder ferric citrate improves multiple aspects of abnormal mineral metabolism and raises hemoglobin in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD), who do not have abnormal levels of blood phosphate or anemia.
- [PRESSWIRE] Copenhagen, Denmark – 25 May, 2018 — The prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is relatively high, at approximately 10% of the population, but only relatively few patients have endstage renal disease and require renal replacement therapy.
- [PRESSWIRE] Copenhagen, Denmark – 25 May, 2018 — Over a third of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients have kidney involvement (lupus nephritis), and are at risk of end-stage renal disease and premature death. Current therapies are toxic and not routinely effective, so novel therapy options are urgently needed.
- [PRESSWIRE] Copenhagen, Denmark – 25 May, 2018 — A new analysis [1], published in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation during this week’s ERA-EDTA Congress in Copenhagen, confirms that a kidney transplant before start of dialysis extends the life of both the patient and the transplanted organ. However, for patients who do not receive a preemptive transplant, the length of time they spend dialysis (dialysis vintage) no longer appears to reduce their life expectancy after transplantation.
- [PRESSWIRE] Copenhagen, Denmark – 25 May, 2018 — Development of disease is often related to the deregulation of a gene program controlled at the post-transcriptional level by microRNAs (miRNAs). A new review [1], published in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation during this week’s ERAEDTA Congress in Copenhagen, shows that miRNAs are potential innovative biomarkers, and are promising as groundbreaking drugs. “The review of Laurent Metzinger and colleagues summarizes the current state of art of the research on miRNAs in kidney disease”, explains Professor Denis Fouque, editor-in-chief of Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation (NDT).
- [PRESSWIRE] Copenhagen, Denmark – 25 May, 2018 — A review [1] published in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (NDT) during the ERA-EDTA Congress in Copenhagen highlights the importance of controlling all metabolic risk factors for cardiovascular disease in every potential kidney transplant candidate, both before and after transplantation.
- [PRESSWIRE] Copenhagen, Denmark – 25 May, 2018 — Klotho, the Greek goddess who spins the thread of life, has become popular among nephrologists, because the genes named after her encode receptors for hormones that play critical roles in the pathophysiology of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Namely, αKlotho and βKlotho function as receptors for two hormones, fibroblast growth factor-23 (FGF23) and FGF21, respectively.
- [PRESSWIRE] Copenhagen, Denmark – 25 May, 2018 — The ERA-EDTA is the leading society in Europe for physicians working in the field of care for patients with kidney disease – and is the first medical association to try and implement ‘greener’ health care as suggested by the ‘Lancet Countdown’. Technical progress, e-health, the support of home and self care schemes and sustainable healthcare education and research are ways to ‘greener’ nephrology.
- [PRESSWIRE] Copenhagen, Denmark – 24 May, 2018 — ERA-EDTA Congress 2018 sees the launch of the ADPKD Patient Route Map, an interactive resource designed to help educate and empower people affected by autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD).
- [PRESSWIRE] BENTONVILLE, Ark., May 24, 2018 — FirstLight Home Care, an award-winning provider of non-medical home care, today announced it is opening a Bentonville location in The Natural State in June.
- [PRESSWIRE] London, United Kingdom – 21 May, 2018 — Global Voice Group (GVG) a le plaisir d’annoncer la nomination de M. James Gabriel Claude au poste de Directeur général adjoint de la société. M. Claude travaille pour GVG depuis 2005, ayant occupé les postes d’Ingénieur du centre d’exploitation réseau et de Chef de projet avant d’être nommé Vice-président de la technologie en 2013. Au cours de la dernière décennie, il a été activement impliqué dans l’exécution d’importants projets GVG dans de nombreux pays.
- [PRESSWIRE] PALO ALTO, California, May 18, 2018 — ReCor Medical announced today that it will present the primary outcomes data from the SOLO study of its RADIANCE Global Clinical Trial Program of the Paradise® Ultrasound Renal Denervation System for patients with hypertension during the Late Breaker Sessions at the EuroPCR 2018 Meeting in Paris on 23 May.
- [PRESSWIRE] SAN FRANCISCO, May 18, 2018 — Dornier MedTech (Dornier), a global leader in innovative kidney stone management, today announced the launch of Dornier Delta® III SmartLitho™, the world’s first lithotripter system which uses big data in urology, at the American Urology Association (AUA) Annual Meeting 2018.
- [PRESSWIRE] MELBOURNE, Australia, May 18, 2018 — BioScience Managers, one of Australia’s leading international life sciences investment firms, has invested in a new medical device platform through their BioScience Managers Ventures Fund I.
- [PRESSWIRE] SHANGHAI, CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts and REYKJAVIK, Iceland, April 26, 2018 — WuXi NextCODE, the global standard platform for genomic data, today detailed its plans and progress in building a pioneering global network to improve the diagnosis and treatment of rare disease.
- [PRESSWIRE] GENEVA, April 19, 2018 — The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) Governance Board today announced the appointment of Charles Gore, founder and former President of the World Hepatitis Alliance, as new MPP Executive Director. Mr. Gore succeeds Greg Perry, Executive Director of the organisation from 2013-2017.
- [PRESSWIRE] RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, North Carolina, April 17, 2018 — Marken announced today their plans to develop a global home-based nursing network to supplement Marken’s existing Direct to/from Patient (DTP/DFP) services.
- [PRESSWIRE] SAN DIEGO, April 16, 2018 — Artemis Therapeutics, Inc. (OTCQB: ATMS), (“Artemis” or the “Company”), a pharmaceutical company developing new therapies for the treatment of life-threatening infectious diseases, today announced the decision by the Japanese Patent Office to allow the patent entitled “Methods and Compositions for Treating Viral Infections”.
- [PRESSWIRE] MARLBOROUGH, Mass., April 16, 2018 — Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) today announced that it has acquired nVision Medical Corporation, a privately-held company focused on women’s health.
- [PRESSWIRE] London, United Kingdom — 11 April, 2018 – To coincide with this month’s WORLD MALARIA DAY and THECOMMONWEALTH CONFERENCE which has malaria prevention high on the agenda, Vectorcide International Ltd www.vectorcide.co.uk – a private UK company – announces their breakthrough-coating product (containing a WHO approved active ingredient) to combat and kill the female mosquito: the carrier of diseases such as Malaria, Dengue, Zika, etc.
- [PRESSWIRE] REHOVOT, Israel, March 26, 2018 — Bladder EpiCheck™, a novel urine test, was presented in the annual meeting of the European Association of Urology (EAU) in Copenhagen, Denmark, which is the largest urology meeting in Europe.
- [PRESSWIRE] HERTSLIYA, Israel, March 26, 2018 — Pythagoras Medical, a cutting edge medical device company established by Rainbow Medical, Israel’s premier medical device investment group, announced today that its ConfidenHT™ System has received a European CE Mark.
- [PRESSWIRE] SHANGHAI and CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts and REYKJAVIK, Iceland, March 8, 2018 — WuXi NextCODE, the emerging global standard platform for genomic data, today announced that CEO Hannes Smarason will present at Cowen and Company’s 38th Annual Health Care Conference on Monday, March 12, at 11:30am ET. The conference is being held at the Boston Marriott Copley Place Hotel on March 12-14.
- [PRESSWIRE] London, United Kingdom – 06 March, 2018 — Laduma, the award-winning creative agency, will launch a new shared Virtual Reality experience in Las Vegas this week. CaVRn is the world’s first floor-to ceiling 360° experience and will enable large groups of people to step through a door and into a new world without needing a headset.
- [PRESSWIRE] NEW YORK, February 6, 2018 — Blue Ox Healthcare Partners, LLC, a specialized private equity firm investing growth capital in the healthcare industry, has taken a 30% stake in RX Solutions, LLC.
- [PRESSWIRE] BALTIMORE, Jan. 18, 2018 — Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researchers developed a single blood test that screens for eight common cancer types and helps identify the location of the cancer.