Tuesday, June 2, 2015
楊應超: 兩岸科技業消長/ Hello, China; Goodbye, Taiwan
智擎MM-398 送TFDA/ randomized, open label Phase III trial (NAPOLI-1)
PharmaEngine seeks approval for MM-398 in Taiwan to treat post-gemcitabine pancreatic cancer PBR Staff Writer Published 01 June 2015 PharmaEngine has been submitted a new drug application (NDA) to the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) seeking approval for MM-398 (irinotecan liposome injection, also called nal-IRI) to treat patients with metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas who have been previously treated with gemcitabine-based therapy. MM-398 is a new, stable nanotherapeutic encapsulation of the marketed chemotherapy drug irinotecan. The filing follows the recent submissions of NDA and marketing authorization application (MAA) by its licensing partner, Merrimack Pharmaceuticals and its sublicensing partner, Baxter International's BioScience business (BAX) to the US FDA and to the European Medicines Agency (EMA), respectively. The NDA submission to the TFDA was based on positive data from a global, randomized, open label Phase III trial (NAPOLI-1) conducted in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer who previously received gemcitabine-based therapy. PharmaEngine president and CEO Grace Yeh said: "This submission represents a significant milestone in the history of PharmaEngine. We are extremely grateful to our investigators, patients and their caregivers for their participation in making Taiwan the top recruitment region in this pivotal study. We are also thankful for the support from Merrimack in preparing our NDA. "We look forward to working with our regulatory authority to offer a new treatment option to help the patients in fighting against their pancreatic cancer. "In NAPOLI-1, which was sponsored by Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, a total of 417 patients were randomized across the three arms. Patients were given MM-398 (120mg/m2, every three weeks) as a monotherapy, MM-398 (80mg/m2, every two weeks) in combination with 5-FU/LV, and a shared control arm of 5-FU/LV.
黑巧克/ 益生元(prebiotics)/ 益生菌: 降低中風風險
黑巧克力 助體內長好菌 2015年06月01日 編譯/林節 美國近日提出一項研究報告,指出黑巧克力有利於胃內的好菌生長,並能發酵成對心臟有益的抗炎症化合物。這些化合物,幫助減少心血管組織的發炎機率,並降低慢性中風的發作風險,對人體健康確實有益。路易斯安那州立大學負責這項研究的約翰‧芬利博士表示,關於黑巧克力對胃內存在的各類細菌所可能造成的影響,這是第一個相關研究。腸道內分別存在著好與壞的微生物。黑巧克力相當有益於體內好菌如比菲德氏菌和乳酸菌的生長。當人在吃黑巧克力的時候,這類的好菌就同時生長和發酵,並產生能抗炎症的化合物。
可可粉具抗癌成分 巧克力成分中的可可粉,含有數種多酚抗氧化劑如兒茶素和表兒茶素等化合物、以及少量膳食纖維,雖然兩種成分,一開始只能被腸胃粗糙的吸收與消化,然而實驗中發現,當消化到大腸部位時,纖維產生發酵情況,大量的多酚聚合物被代謝成更小的微分子,更容易被人體吸收。此外,這些更小的聚合物,同時具有抗癌的效用。
結合益生元好菌多 當可可中的纖維與益生元(prebiotics)結合時,將有助於胃裡面的多酚轉換成抗炎化合物。益生元又稱益菌助生質,是食物中一種不容易被消化的成分。它不但能夠幫助增加益於腸道的微生物數量,並且能消除許多對腸道有害的不好物質。它通常存在於生蒜與熟全麥麵粉中的碳水化合物,雖然不能被人體所消化吸收,但卻有利於體內好菌的生長。此外,芬利建議,可把黑巧克力與固體水果如石榴和巴西莓搭配著吃,會更益於健康。◇
原創 新任副總: Alan Liss
原創生醫:公告本公司聘任重要營運主管 鉅亨網新聞中心 2015-06-01 17:13:41 第三十四條 第11款1.人員變動別(請輸入發言人、代理發言人、重要營運主管、財務主管、 會計主管、研發主管或內部稽核主管):重要營運主管2.發生變動日期:104/06/013.舊任者姓名、級職及簡歷:不適用4.新任者姓名、級職及簡歷:(1)姓名:Alan Liss (2)級職:本公司資深副總經理(3)簡歷:Director, MCMI PHSAT FDA (retired)及Deputy Director, Regulatory and Quality Affairs Group BARDA (retired)5.異動情形(請輸入「辭職」、「職務調整」、「資遣」、「退休」、「死亡」或「新任」):新任6.異動原因:聘任Alan Liss擔任本公司資深副總經理,以其多年藥物開發與審查經驗,將可協助公司與世界各國法規機關溝通,並與國際藥廠協商合作及授權等相關事宜。7.生效日期:104/06/018.新任者聯絡電話:(06)50554339.其他應敘明事項:無。

