Category Archives: Nanomedicine

MagForce AG Announces Company Restructuring and Revised Corporate Strategy for 2012

Greater emphasis on clinical development to provide key physicians with access to NanoTherm therapy Start of post marketing glioblastoma study Q3 2012 to support expanded market acceptance with leading medical experts Enhanced activities for international partnerships and initiation of discussions with FDA Focus on development partnerships and strategic investors to expand patient access and further reduce development costs Significant decrease in operating expenses expected in 2012 through headcount reduction Berlin, March 26, 2012 – MagForce AG (Frankfurt, XETRA: MF6), a leading medical technology company focusing on nanomedicine in oncology announced today the company`s restructuring and revised corporate strategy for 2012. The company reduced its headcount from 52 employees (year-end 2011) to 30 (April 1, 2012) and expects a significant reduction in company expenses in 2012 as compared to 2011. Continue reading

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Nanostart-Holding MagForce AG Announces Company Restructuring and Revised Corporate Strategy for 2012

FRANKFURT & BERLIN, Germany–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Nanostart(OTCQX:NASRF.PK – News)-holding MagForce AG (Frankfurt, XETRA: MF6), a leading medical technology company focusing on nanomedicine in oncology announced today the companys restructuring and revised corporate strategy for 2012. Continue reading

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Research and Markets: Nanotechnology in Health Care. An In-Depth Investigation of Nanotechnology-Based Therapy

Dublin – Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e0c7cab9/nanotechnology_in) has announced the addition of the “Nanotechnology in Health Care” book to their offering. Nanotechnologies are among the fastest growing areas of scientific research, and this is expected to have a substantial impact on human health care, especially in biomedical applications and nanomedicine now and in the near future. In the present scenario, nanotechnology is spreading its wings to address the key problems in the field of nanomedicine and human health care by improving diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and tissue engineering Continue reading

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Targeted Therapies for Breast Cancer Discussed

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News Digest: Nanomedicine's potential, business-diversity honor, autism events, school-closure politics, 'green …

Lecture explores nanomedicine’s potential to treat cancer Papyrus writings from 1600 BC describe cancer and attempts at its treatment. Continue reading

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Arrowhead Releases White Paper on Hepatitis B Virus and Potential RNAi Treatment

PASADENA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Arrowhead Research Corporation (NASDAQ: ARWR – News), a nanomedicine company with development programs in RNA therapeutics and obesity, announced today that it has released a white paper describing the health problem posed by the hepatitis B virus (HBV), the substantial unmet need for chronic HBV infected patients, and how Arrowheads Dynamic Polyconjugate (DPC) enabled RNAi therapeutic in development could potentially address deficiencies of current treatment options. Hepatitis B is a global health problem without effective treatment for a vast number of patients with chronic disease. The World Health Organization estimates that 360 million people, or 5% of the worlds population, suffer from chronic hepatitis B, said Christopher Anzalone, Ph.D., President and CEO of Arrowhead Continue reading

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Arrowhead, Axolabs enter into RNAi therapeutics strategic agreement

Published on March 5, 2012 at 9:00 AM Arrowhead Research Corporation, a nanomedicine company with development programs in RNAi therapeutics and obesity, and Axolabs GmbH, a custom research organization offering preclinical solutions and consultancy in the field of oligonucleotide therapeutics, today announced that they have entered into a Strategic Alliance and Master Services Agreement. With multiple candidates in the clinic addressing a wide range of indications, data demonstrating the power of RNAi as a therapeutic modality are rapidly accumulating Under the terms of the agreement, Axolabs, founded by the principals of former Roche Center of Excellence for RNAi Therapeutics in Kulmbach, Germany, will provide Arrowhead and its partners first-in-class oligonucleotide optimization, synthesis, and analytics Continue reading

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ArrowHead Research, Axolabs enter into strategic alliance

Arrowhead Research Corporation, a nanomedicine company with development programs in RNAi therapeutics and obesity, and Axolabs GmbH, a custom research organization offering preclinical solutions and consultancy in the field of oligonucleotide therapeutics, announced that they have entered into a Strategic Alliance and Master Services Agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Axolabs will provide Arrowhead and its partners first-in-class oligonucleotide optimization, synthesis, and analytics. These services include bioinformatics for siRNA design; lead identification, optimization and characterization; as well as siRNA synthesis and CMC-related activities Continue reading

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Arrowhead Research Corporation and Axolabs GmbH Enter into Strategic Alliance and Master Services Agreement for RNAi …

PASADENA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Arrowhead Research Corporation, a nanomedicine company with development programs in RNAi therapeutics and obesity, and Axolabs GmbH, a custom research organization offering preclinical solutions and consultancy in the field of oligonucleotide therapeutics, today announced that they have entered into a Strategic Alliance and Master Services Agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Axolabs, founded by the principals of former Roche Center of Excellence for RNAi Therapeutics in Kulmbach, Germany, will provide Arrowhead and its partners first-in-class oligonucleotide optimization, synthesis, and analytics. These services include bioinformatics for siRNA design; lead identification, optimization and characterization; as well as siRNA synthesis and CMC-related activities. Continue reading

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A 3-D Brain Tumor Built in a Lab

A team of researchers at Brown University grew a three-dimensional glioma tumor, including the supporting blood vessels, to experiment on it using nanomedicine ways to destroy growths. Not all cancers are created equal Continue reading

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