Australian biopharmaceuticals developer Neuren Pharmaceuticals (ASX: NEU) has been granted a patent from the European Patent Office covering NNZ-2591, a world-first drug being developed to treat three neurodevelopmental disorders which affect children, and are currently incurable. The granting of the new patent is the third jurisdiction to do so for Neuren with the same application
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Carried and administered by Australian paramedics for decades, the green whistle pain reliever has been on the Australian market for years but clinical trials in Europe have now revealed Penthrox® to be a superior pain relief product than traditional treatments of morphine (IV), paracetamol, ketoprofen and NSAIDS. Marketed as Penthrox® with the key ingredient of
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Australian biotech company Immutep (ASX: IMM, NASDAQ: IMMP) has delivered impressive Phase I clinical trial results for its TACTI-mel trial which has observed significant tumour size shrinkage in the majority of trial patients over the 12 month trial period. The trials tested 24 patients with melanoma which were located in areas not capable of being
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Sufferers of skin conditions like acne, psoriasis and dermatitis could soon have effective cannabinoid therapeutics thanks to Botanix (ASX:BOT) and their synthetic cannabinoid trials. Presenting at the International Cannabinoid Derived Pharmaceuticals (iCDP) Summit in Boston, the presentation titled Fact or Fiction, highlighted the effectiveness seen in their recently completed clinical trials to treat acne, and
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Med-tech developer ResApp Health (ASX: RAP) has received certification from European regulators for the world’s first smartphone-based respiratory diagnostics test. ResAppDx-EU is a mobile app which can be used by medical clinicians to diagnose respiratory conditions including tract disease, croup, pneumonia, asthma and bronchiolitis. “We are very excited about receiving our first regulatory approval for
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With the average person’s life expectancy rising, Alzheimer’s disease is emerging as a major health concern which can have devastating effects on an individual’s cognitive function. It leads to progressive loss of brain cells which later leads to loss of memory and has become a global menace, costing the world over US$818 billion in treatment
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