FarmaKology Newsletter - Issue #9
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Siren’s Socks and Foot Monitoring System continuously track foot temperature, sending information to your doctor to help them track issues related to inflammation.
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Novel method developed by HKBU scholars could help produce purer, safer drugs
Physics and Chemistry scholars from Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) have invented a new method which could speed up the drug discovery process and lead to the production of higher quality medicinal drugs which are purer and have no side effects. The technique, which is a world-first breakthrough, uses a specific nanomaterial layer to detect the target molecules in pharmaceuticals and pesticides in just five minutes.
Tetra Bio-Pharma and Altus Formulation Sign Joint Venture Agreement for Cannabinoid Drug Product Development
Tetra Bio-Pharma Inc. , and Altus Formulation Inc. today announced the signing of a Joint Venture Agreement under which the two companies will work together to develop a series of cannabinoid-receptor targeted therapeutics addressing multiple areas of high unmet need.
Alliance Healthcare partners with Vitamin Angels to fight child malnutrition
Leading pharmaceutical wholesaler Alliance Healthcare has partnered with Vitamin Angels, a global public health organisation, to reduce preventable illness, blindness and death related to child malnutrition.
Techniques for biobetters get ever more advanced
Korea’s biotech industry is stepping up efforts to develop biobetters -- upgraded versions of a biologic -- with various techniques aiming to improve the short half-life and low activity of protein drugs.
Research & Study
Protein analysis uncovers new targets for improving immuno-oncology in colon cancer
Protein found to improve prediction of cardiovascular disease
Combination therapy ‘favourable’ in long-term acne treatment
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