January 2, 2013 | BY Dustin GrinnellIn 1991 there were four states in the United States where 15-19% of the population was obese. When the CDC revised the stats in 2010, every state had an obesity rate over 20%.
December 17, 2012 | BY Eureka StaffTogether, there are nearly 7,000 orphan diseases that impact nearly 30 million Americans.
December 10, 2012 | BY Timothy P. ReillyOrphan diseases used to be a lonely place in drug development, but with recent analyses showing high profitability potential, support from disease advocacy organizations, and new therapeutic approaches, biopharmaceutical companies are beginning to embrace rare diseases, including Spinal Muscular Atrophy.
December 5, 2012 | BY Steven J. BuleraHow do pharmaceutical or biotech companies afford to develop orphan drugs, knowing that their development will not be profitable?
November 26, 2012 | BY Nancy A. GillettAfter the recent failures of two Alzheimer’s drugs that target amyloid beta plaques, many have questioned the approach. But new data released in October shows promise for the amyloid hypothesis, provided plaque-targeting drugs are applied early in the disease process.
November 12, 2012 | BY Stephen K. DurhamAlthough Alzheimer’s disease (AD) develops differently from person to person, many common symptoms exist.
November 5, 2012 | BY Eureka StaffSamantha Budd, project leader for AstraZeneca’s Alzheimer’s program, discusses the challenges the biopharmaceutical industry faces with this neurodegenerative disease.
October 22, 2012 | BY Beth HollisterPatient-derived xenografts, otherwise referred to as animal avatars, preserve the original characteristics of a patient’s cancer and have been shown to mimic the disease more effectively than deriving tumors from cancer cell lines.
October 16, 2012 | BY Eureka StaffThe search for Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet took a huge leap when someone asked, “Why not antibodies?”
October 8, 2012 | BY Mark A. MorseOnce an experimental curiosity, pharmaceutical companies are embracing the 6-month transgenic mouse carcinogenicity study as an alternative to the 2-year mouse carcinogenicity bioassay. Here’s why.