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Innovations in Medicine: Research and Development
Links
United States Food and Drug Administration – Center
for Drug Evaluation and Research
www.fda.gov/cder/
The United States Health and Human Services Department Food
and Drug Administration (FDA) provides information on current
and developing medicines, alerts and updates regarding consumer
safety, and educational tools for the safe, effective use of over-the-counter
and prescription medicines.
Innovation.org
www.innovation.org
Innovation.org, a project of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers
of America, is a place to discuss and learn about pharmaceutical
innovation. We seek to provide space for an exchange of ideas
about pharmaceutical innovation, raise awareness of the critical
issues facing pharmaceutical innovation, and communicate essential
information about the nature of pharmaceutical discovery, the
challenges it faces, the value it provides, and the future promise
it holds.
National Institutes for Health (NIH) Roadmap for Medical
Research
http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/overview.asp
The NIH Roadmap is an innovative approach to accelerate fundamental
discovery and translation of that knowledge into effective prevention
strategies and new treatments. The strategic initiatives to be
funded under the NIH Roadmap will address critical roadblocks
and knowledge gaps that currently constrain rapid progress in
biomedical research. Three broad initiatives will be stimulated
with these funds: 1) New Pathways to Discovery, which includes
a comprehensive understanding of building blocks of the body's
cells and tissues and how complex biological systems operate;
structural biology; molecular libraries and imaging; nanotechnology;
bioinformatics and computational biology; 2) Research Teams of
the Future, including interdisciplinary research, high-risk research,
and public-private partnerships; and 3) Re-engineering the Clinical
Research Enterprise. Through these efforts, NIH will boost the
resources and technologies needed for 21st century biomedical
science.
Media Coverage
New Alzheimer’s research shows promise
USA TODAY
June 11, 2007
Researchers are making progress toward finding novel therapies
to combat Alzheimer's, including a hay fever drug from Russia
that is said to improve memory in people with mild to moderate
Alzheimer's. Full
article.
US FDA panel will advise on communicating risks
REUTERS
June 4, 2007
A new panel of outside experts will advise the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration on how to tell the public about the risks and benefits
of medicines and medical devices, the agency said on Monday. Full
article.
Sending biotech research to China: A San Diego firm is
setting up a lab in Asia to save on costs
Los Angeles Times
June 2, 2007
Ascenta is betting that its China subsidiary, which employs 20
scientists working for a fraction of what they would be paid in
the United States, will drastically reduce the price tag -and
time- of bringing its promising cancer-fighting medicines to market.
Heart attack deaths plummet in just 6 years: Study shows
improved treatments, anti-cholesterol drugs are working
Associated Press
May 2, 2007
In just six years, death rates and heart failure in hospitalized
heart attack patients have fallen sharply, most likely because
of better treatment, the largest international study of its kind
suggests. The promising trend parallels the growing use of cholesterol-lowering
drugs, powerful blood thinners, and angioplasty, the procedure
that opens clogged arteries, the researchers said. Full
article.
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