Sunday, February 26, 2012
Se comprueba eficacia en el tratamiento con Células Madre
La transplantation des cellules souches, l’option de l’équipe médicale
le 26.02.12 | 01h00 Réagissez La prise en charge des maladies inflammatoires chroniques de l'intestin relève d'une équipe multidisciplinaire spécialisée, où le rôle de chacun est important selon le Dr Julian Panes de (Hospital Clinic Barcelona) un hôpital d'enseignement et de professeurs d'université reconnu comme le principal centre de recherche clinique en Espagne. Après avoir présenté l'unité des MICI dans cet établissement hospitalo-universitaire public d'excellence, où des journalistes ont été invités à une visite guidée, Dr Panes est revenu sur l'évolution de la prise en charge de ces maladies dans son unité. Il a souligné que depuis sa création en 1998 à 2000, les traitements étaient pratiquement chirurgicaux et à la corticothérapie. L'arrivée des médicaments biologiques ont révolutionné les choses et offrent aux malades une meilleure qualité de vie, en faisant référence aux anti-TNF introduits depuis l'an 2000 au sein de la clinique. «Le recours à l'IRM pour le diagnostic et l'évaluation de la maladie a également été une des approches adoptées au sein de notre clinique à laquelle s'ajoute la chirurgie en 3D, depuis 2009 à ce jour. Cela nous évite d'effectuer une coloscopie dans de nombreux cas et l'IRM fournit plus d'informations en l'occurrence sur la présence de complications», a souligné le Dr Panes après avoir présenté une vidéo de cette opération chirurgicale sur l'intestin. Il signale que son unité offre aux patients des soins complets de qualité, grâce à l'action coordonnée de ses professionnels de la santé qui ont une vaste expérience dans leurs domaines respectifs. Les gastro-entérologues et des infirmières spécialisées jouent un rôle de coordination ainsi qu'avec les chirurgiens, les radiologues, pathologistes qui forment le noyau de l'unité. L'Unité des maladies inflammatoires de l'intestin à la Clinique hôpital, a-t-il ajouté, a apporté de grandes contributions dans le domaine de la recherche pour ouvrir de nouvelles perspectives dans les deux techniques de diagnostic et de traitement de la maladie inflammatoire de l'intestin. Dans le domaine thérapeutique, l'unité maintient un programme actif de transplantation de cellules souches hématopoïétiques chez les patients atteints de la maladie de Crohn qui sont réfractaires aux traitements médicaux disponibles. Ce traitement a considérablement changé l'évolution de la maladie d'un nombre significatif de patients et a par conséquent amélioré la qualité de vie du patient.
China Biotech In Review: Newsummit To Stage $80 Million IPO On NYSE
by: ChinaBio Today February 26, 2012 Newsummit Biopharma Holdings, a Shanghai-based CRO offering pre-clinical drug development services, filed to raise up to $80 million in a New York Stock Exchange IPO (see story). The company has offices in five technology parks around China. Newsummit aims to be a one-stop solution for bringing a drug candidate or medical device through an IND (or NDA) filing, after the initial work on the product has been completed. The company uses a network of 99 service providers for most tasks. Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) and Zhejiang Hisun Pharma (SHA: 600267) will put $545 million of assets into their branded generics JV (see story). The investment will consist of off-patent drugs, manufacturing sites and cash. Hisun will contribute $295 million of these assets for a 51% stake in the JV, while Pfizer's portion will be $250 million for the remaining 49%. The two companies signed a MOU to set up the JV in June 2011, and they have now made progress by approving a framework agreement and releasing the financial commitments of each party. Pfizer wants to keep pursuing "opportunities" in China and India to expand its portfolio of generic drugs (see story). The company made the declaration soon after announcing its generic JV deal with Zhejiang Hisun Pharma. According to an unnamed Pfizer spokesperson, Pfizer is open to business development deals of all types, including partnerships, with China and Indian pharmas to help Pfizer attain this goal. Shanghai Fosun Pharma (SHA: 600196), a prolific dealmaker, bought an 18% stake in SD Biosensor, a Korean company that makes in-vitro diagnostic devices. Fosun will become SDB's China distributor as part of the deal. Fosun said SDB's products would add rapid diagnostic tests to its existing portfolio of diagnostic kits. SDB's major revenue-generators are tests for blood sugar and blood lipids. BGI, the China genomics sequencing giant, added another project to its expanding collection of global relationships. The latest collaboration is with Asia Cancer Research Group, a not-for-profit organization comprised of global heavyweights Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY), Merck (NYSE: MRK) and Pfizer (NYSE: PFE). ACRG is seeking to discover new treatments for Asia's most common cancers. The organization will share its findings with the scientific community to advance treatment of these diseases.
Government and Regulatory As part of the 12th Five-Year Plan, China's ruling State Council will raise the healthcare insurance subsidy for farmers and non-working urban residents by 80%. The increase, which will be put in place by 2015, will take the subsidy up to 360 RMB ($57).
Trials and Approvals Hutchison MediPharma, the drug discovery company subsidiary of Chi-Med [AIM: HCM], began a first-in-human Phase I clinical trial of a cancer drug, volitinib (HMPL-504), in Australia. Volitinib, the fourth cancer drug that the company has put into clinical trials, is a novel inhibitor of the c-Met receptor tyrosine kinase. In December 2011, Hutchison MediPharma entered a co-licensing agreement for the molecule with AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) in a $140 million deal. AstraZeneca assumed responsibility for developing volitinib outside of China. Access Pharma (ACCP.OB) announced that MuGard, its treatment for oral mucositis in cancer patients, received SFDA marketing approval. RHEI Pharma HK Ltd. handled the regulatory process for Access, and Jian An Pharma will market the product in China and Taiwan. Access out-licensed China rights for MuGard to RHEI Pharma in 2008. Dynex Technologies of Virginia received SFDA approval for its DS2R ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) machine. According to Dynex, the DS2 is a smaller, though still automated machine intended for clinics and research institutes with lower levels of demand. The DS2 handles two 96-well microplates and up to 12 different assays per assay run.
Burrill來台成立辦公室 目標中國市場!!
Burrill & Company to open office in Taiwan
2012/02/25 Washington, Feb. 24 (CNA) Burrill & Company, a U.S. life sciences merchant bank that focuses exclusively on companies involved in biotechnology and international medical industries, said Friday it will set up an office in Taiwan as part of a global investment plan. "Taiwan is in a strategically important region that offers tremendous opportunities," said G. Steven Burrill, CEO of Burrill & Company, in a statement. By investing in Taiwan, the company can broaden its access to emerging markets in China and East Asia, the San Francisco-based company said, adding that the office will also offer Taiwanese companies a window on innovation in the West and can help them grow into players on the global stage. Marietta Wu, general manager of Burrill & Company's greater China operations, will serve as manager of the office and will be in charge of investments in Taiwanese firms. Burrill participated in a BioBusiness Asia forum held by the semi-official Industrial Technology Research Institute in 2011 during his last visit to Taiwan. With an eye on the great business potential in the China market, Burrill has suggested that Taiwan take advantage of its relations with China to enter the market. The Council for Economic Planning and Development said last year the company, with US$1.5 billion in assets under management, has agreed to a US$30 million investment in Taiwanese firms.
震波溶脂已核淮; 冷凍溶脂未核淮!!
冷凍溶脂塑身衛署未核淮【2012/02/24聯合晚報】2012.02.2402:55pm日前有醫美診所以「冷凍溶脂」,低溫「凍」死脂肪細胞遭民眾檢舉。衛生署說,目前並沒有核准任何「冷凍溶脂」的醫療器材。報系資料照不動刀的溶脂,瘦鮪魚肚、大腿,讓不少愛美人士心動,但醫師建議,消費者溶脂之前,一定要先檢視問診醫師是有合法執照,更也應確認治療時使用的儀器,是否經衛生署核准,避免發生糾紛,更要小心「溶」出問題。擔心傳統抽脂手術的風險,號稱雕塑曲線的溶脂近來風行,不少醫美診所都推出溶脂療程,除了雷射溶脂以雷射光熱「溶」掉脂肪細胞,日前也有醫美診所以「冷凍溶脂」,低溫「凍」死脂肪細胞,但遭民眾檢舉,衛生署特別出面說明,目前並沒有核准任何「冷凍溶脂」的醫療器材。最近更有醫美診所引進新的震波溶脂,如同超音波震碎體內結石的原理,破壞脂肪細胞。開業醫美診所醫師鄭孝威表示,震波溶脂已獲得衛生署認可,如同體外超音波震碎泌尿道結石的方式,利用特定波長,對皮下1.5公分處破壞脂肪細胞。破壞後的脂肪細胞則會被身體「回收」、代謝,以消掉鮪魚肚,或是能緊實大腿。鄭孝威也說,震波溶脂屬於非侵入性治療,因此比起雷射溶脂,沒有傷口,也較不會造成瘀青,但目前蝴蝶袖及雙下巴等部位仍不適用。對於冷凍溶脂的爭議,鄭孝威建議,消費者除應檢視診所牆面是否有問診醫師的執照,同時也應確認治療時使用的儀器,是否有衛生署核准的適應症與治療用途,避免發生糾紛。