Category: Media

Pfizer And Merck Go For An Even Longer Throw Of The Javelin

Pfizer and Merck KGaA’s tweaks to the Javelin Lung 100 study of their PD-L1 antibody avelumab, which will delay its readout by almost two years, look like a painful but necessary adjustment to commercial realities in this competitive cancer indication. The changes will more than double the size of the study, in first-line non-small cell lung cancer, and push data out to mid-2019.

Do sex stimulating foods work?

With romance on many minds this Valentine’s Day, you might be wondering what really puts someone in the mood. Sure, it’s been said that foods like oysters and pomegranates may enahnce the mood.

FODMAPPED Foods Introduces Expo West 2017 Attendees to the…

Launched in Australia in 2014, FODMAPPED’s range of certified FODMAP-friendly foods have been an exciting innovation for sufferers of Irritable Bowel Syndrome and those following a low-FODMAP diet. Now with direct supply into the USA, Americans on a low FODMAP diet are gaining access to FODMAPPED products via Amazon.com, with in-store placement in USA supermarkets, grocers and health stores a high priority for the business.

Hugo Chavez returns to life in TV show criticized by allies

The life of Hugo Chavez, who mesmerized Venezuela’s impoverished masses before dying of cancer in 2013, is being dramatized in a Spanish-language TV series that is generating a backlash even before it airs. Produced by Sony Pictures Television, “El Comandante” premieres this week throughout Latin America and in the spring will be broadcast in the U.S. by the Telemundo network.

Hugo Chavez returns to life in TV show criticized by allies

In this Jan. 25, 2017 photo, Colombia’s actor Andres Parra plays the role of Venezuela’s former President Hugo Chavez during the filming of “El Comandante” in Bogota, Colombia. The life of Chavez, who mesmerized Venezuela’s impoverished masses before dying of cancer in 2013, is being dramatized in a Spanish-language TV series that is generating a backlash even before it airs.

MediciNova Announces Publication of Positive Findings on MN-166 (ibudilast) in Alcohol Dependence

MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market and the JASDAQ Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange , today announced that the medical journal Neuropsychopharmacology has published a new article on MN-166 written by Dr. Lara Ray and colleagues at the University of California, Los Angeles.  The article reports that MN-166 was associated with mood improvements on the stress- and alcohol-cue exposures, as well as reductions in overall craving, depression and anxiety for alcohol in subjects diagnosed with alcohol use disorder .  Moreover, in the subjects that had higher depressive symptomatology, MN-166 reduced the stimulant and mood-altering effects of alcohol compared to placebo.

Three Montego Bay schools to benefit from visit of – US-based organisation

Three schools in Montego Bay will benefit from a working visit by US-based The Links, Incorporated from January 24 – 28. Carrying art supplies, technology equipment, oral health-care kits, and a mission to transform communities, a 120-member strong delegation from the friendship and service organisation of African-American women is heading to western Jamaica on what they say is a “four-day quest to build lasting partnerships that will enhance the health, welfare, and future of the island’s schools and medical communities”. The visit is The Links’ second trip to Jamaica and part of a three-pronged Global Linkage Initiative slated for completion in 2018.

Bristol-Myers Squibb stock sinks 7.2% after it says it won’t pursue…

The company said the decision was made “based on a review of the data available at this time,” and said it would say no more “in order to protect the integrity of ongoing registrational studies.” Leerink analyst Seamus Fernandez said the development was a “clear setback for BMY,” especially given a fall approval by rival drugmaker Merck in first-line lung cancer.

Historic Black School Teaches Effective Parental Involvement &…

A coalition, formed to strengthen the community, school connection and improve Black students’ academic achievement, is helping Booker T. Washington take the next step. On Jan. 15, coalition representatives, community leaders, and the school’s principal will gather at Douglas Memorial Community Church in Baltimore to announce the launch of the Strengthening Families Program and teacher development plan at Booker T. Washington.

Dick Clark Productions rejects Mariah Carey’s sabotage claim

Dick Clark Productions is hitting back against Mariah Carey’s claim it sabotaged her live performance on its “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” special. Carey’s disaster during the annual New Year’s Eve special in Times Square made international headlines: The superstar vocally stumbled through her short set, failing to sing for most of it despite a pre-recorded track of her songs playing in the background.

North Coast Rep Heralds New Year with Critically Acclaimed Hit,…

North Coast Repertory Theatre continues its highly successful Season 35 with the San Diego premiere of Marjorie Prime, hailed as “an elegant, thoughtful, quietly unsettling drama” by The New York Times. Written by Jordan Harrison, the play enjoyed triumphant runs in Los Angeles and New York and was a finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for drama and won the 2016 Horton Foote Prize, which honors excellence in American theatre.