Allergan continues to acquire companies

Allergan, the Ireland-based pharmaceutical giant with a plant in Waco scheduled to receive a $200 million expansion, continued a multimonth spending spree on Monday by announcing deals with smaller companies pursuing treatments for neurological disorders and diseases of the digestive tract. The company last year broke ground on a 322,000-square-foot addition to its Waco facility at 8301 Mars Drive, a move aimed at increasing manufacturing space that could create 100 full-time jobs in the near future and eventually 250 more when production approaches capacity.

GYENNO’s Health Tech Solutions Help Parkinson’s Patients Maintain…

CES, Las Vegas, NV, Booth 43951, Tech West, Sands Expo, Level 2 – January 5, 2017 Health tech, big data and the Internet of Things come together in GYENNO Technologies. At CES, the company is showcasing unique solutions for the millions with Parkinson’s Disease and similar conditions to help them maintain independence, eat without embarrassment, and improve their gait problems, while also providing a wealth of data to assist researchers better understand the progress of the disease.

Simple breath test can detect cancer and 16 other diseases

Ancient Greek physicians figured that our breath was a strong health indicator , but researchers from the Israel Institute of Technology have proven just how true that is. They developed a device that uses nanoparticles to identify 17 different diseases, including lung cancer and Parkinson’s disease, from just a single breath.

Opicapone as levodopa adjunct cuts motor fluctuations in Parkinson’s disease

For patients with Parkinson’s disease receiving levodopa therapy and experiencing end-of-dose motor fluctuations, treatment with 50-mg/day opicapone is associated with a reduction in mean daily off-time, according to a study published online Dec. 27 in JAMA Neurology . Andrew J. Lees, M.D., from University College London, and colleagues enrolled 427 patients with PD receiving levodopa therapy who experienced signs of end-of-dose deterioration into a phase 3 trial.