United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged policymakers and industry leaders to work together with young people to give more of them access to information and communications technology (ICT).
Governor Jim Doyle gave a $1 million boost to a University of Wisconsin-Madison spin-off company during a visit to the campus lab that gave birth to its technology.
Australians will benefit from a safer food supply and safer use of radiation for medical diagnosis and treatment, as a result of initiatives in recent Budget.
Breastfeeding newborn babies lying down or in a semi-reclined position may boost the chances of success, according to new research being unveiled at the Royal College of Nursing’s 2007 International Research Conference in Dundee.
A U.S. Supreme Court decision in favor of KSR International Corp. on Monday strengthens challenges against overreaching human embryonic stem cell patents held by an affiliate of the University of Wisconsin, the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) and the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) said today.
Bayer plans to enter the market for wound-healing products. Bayer Innovation GmbH ? a subsidiary of Bayer AG ? has developed a leading-edge technology for the manufacture of bioresorbable wound dressings on the basis of silica gel fibers. A ceremony was held on May 4 in Leverkusen to mark the inauguration of a pilot plant which will manufacture the wound dressing in sufficient quantities to enable clinical trials to be carried out.
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc, a U.S.-based pharmaceuticals unit of Bayer HealthCare., and Intendis Inc., a U.S.-based affiliate of Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Germany, announced today that they will jointly promote YAZ? (drospirenone/ethinyl estradiol) as a treatment for moderate acne in women who desire an oral contraceptive for birth control. The agreement came into effect on May 1, as part of an overall strategy to introduce dermatologists to the anti-acne benefits of YAZ.
Negative pressure wound therapy is a new innovation in treating severe and complex wounds in children that decreases the need for frequent and stressful dressing changes. A new study in Wound Repair and Regeneration shows that this technique has a wide range of applications with children, and can be life-saving.
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the US? largest provider of HIV/AIDS healthcare, education and prevention and operator of free AIDS treatment clinics in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean and Asia, lauded the Government of Thailand for its vow to continue with plans to issue compulsory licenses for the manufacturing and importing of generic versions of lifesaving drugs, including AIDS drugs, despite the fact that the office of United States Trade Representative (USTR), earlier this week elevated Thailand to its ?Priority Watch? List.
The Howe School Alliance for Technology Management at Stevens Institute of Technology will host the lecture, “Enabling Technology: Changing the Management of Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance,” on Thursday, May 3.