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The pharmaceutical and biotech Industry continues to evolve and change on a seemingly daily basis. Depending on their size and strategy, pharma companies may conduct extensive research in-house, or they may seek to license promising drugs from academia, other pharma firms or biotechnology companies. Biotechnology seeks to duplicate or change the function of a living cell so it will work in a more predictable and controllable way. The biotechnology industry uses advances in genetics research to develop products for human diseases and conditions. This section includes news on pharmaceutical companies, mergers and acquisitions, drug development, export and import of drugs, legislation, advertising and influence.
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Multiple sclerosis: Are we close to a cure?
Discoveries and breakthroughs in multiple sclerosis research are building momentum, but just how close are we to finding a cure? We investigate.
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Neuroprosthetics: Recovering from injury using the power of your mind
Medical News Today take a look at five neuroprosthetic devices that help people with sensory or motor disabilities to regain control over their lives.
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Could fungi be a vast, untapped source of new antibiotics?
In scanning genomes of many fungal species, scientists find over 1,000 molecular pathways that might yield a large variety of antibiotics and other drugs.
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Nanoparticle nasal spray may offer rapid and safe delivery of drugs to the brain
A nasal spray containing nanoparticles could be a safe, effective way to deliver drugs to the brain, say scientists, after testing the method in locusts.
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Komodo dragon blood may lead to new antibiotics
A new peptide inspired by the blood of Komodo dragons killed two strains of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and hastened wound-healing in a new mouse study.
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Could new 'helper drugs' restore antibiotic susceptibility in superbugs?
New research suggests it may be possible to restore susceptibility to antibiotics in superbugs by locating and inactivating genes that promote resistance.
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Molecule discovery may lead to new drugs for brain and spinal cord injury
The discovery that a small molecule from fungi stimulates axon regeneration could lead to much needed new drugs to repair central nervous system damage.
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Tuberculosis: Soil bacteria compound may yield potent new drug
Synthetic versions of a compound found in soil bacteria show promise as new drug candidates to fight TB, which is increasingly resisting current therapies.
Further reading in this category
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- 'Accelerated approval' drugs: How well are they studied?
- A new Botulinum Neurotoxin discovered - has the potential to treat a number of medical conditions
- Scientists stumble across new method of making antibiotics
- Study reveals how sex 'blindspot' could misdirect medical research
- Characterising the mouse genome reveals new gene functions and their role in human disease
- Drug costs vary by more than 600% in study of 10 high-income countries
- New antibiotic packs a punch against bacterial resistance
- Making biological drugs with spider silk protein
- Experimental technology monitors and maintains drug levels in the body
- Nearly 1 in 3 drugs found to have safety concerns after FDA approval
- Restricting pharmaceutical reps' marketing tactics changes physician prescribing behavior
- Fungi have enormous potential for new antibiotics
- Homing system delivers drugs to specific neurons
- Scientists discover new category of analgesic drugs that may treat neuropathic pain
- New drug strategy: Target the ribosome to halt protein production
- Caution needed for drugs in development for most common malignant pediatric brain tumor
- Scientists show cognitive enhancing drugs can improve chess play
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WHO prioritize 12 treatment-resistant bacteria for drug development
- Encouraging signs for potential new antibiotic
- New antibiotic from bacteria found on Kenyan ant could help beat MRSA
- Unearthing immune responses to common drugs
- Bacterium from coal mine fire could aid drug targeting
- Scientists aim to reduce animals killed in drug testing
- Scientists step closer to developing new drug in fight against antimicrobial resistance
- Delays in access to new cancer medicines and unjustifiable price rises for old ones disadvantage patients unnecessarily
- Scientists determine a molecular mechanism of action for their anti-cancer therapeutic candidate
- Spanish scientists create a 3D bioprinter to print human skin
- Financial ties between researchers and drug industry linked to positive trial results
- New tsri method could turbocharge drug discovery, protein research
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White fat converted to 'good' brown fat with anticancer drug
- Bacterial protein structure could aid development of new antibiotics
- 'We could make that!' - Chance meeting leads to creation of antibiotic spider silk
- New insight for developing more effective drugs to combat inflammatory bowel disease
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Could a narcolepsy drug help combat food addiction?
- Bioinformatics brings to light new combinations of drugs to fight breast cancer
- Scripps Florida scientists discover new natural source of potent anti-cancer drugs
- New oral therapy VENCLYXTO (venetoclax) receives marketing authorisation for patients with difficult-to-treat, chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
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New Parkinson's drug heralded as breakthrough
- Map of drugs reveals uncharted waters in search for new treatments
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Alzheimer's: Are we on the right path to new drugs?
- Survey of New York City soil uncovers medicine-making microbes
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