First Gene Therapy Drug Approved (outside China)

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Glybera First Gene Therapy Drug Approved (outside China) In case you missed it, earlier this month medical technology crossed a major milestone. Glybera (alipogene tiparvovec) became the first gene therapy drug to be approved for commercial use.
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Sanofi Wins EU Backing for Drugs Against Diabetes, Cancer

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The committee's recommendation “validates our belief” that Lyxumia can be used in combination with other drugs as a once-daily treatment, Pierre Chancel, the head of Sanofi's diabetes business, said in an e-mailed statement today. The company defended …
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Trey Anastasio Opens Up About Past Drug Addiction

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In the new issue of Rolling Stone, Trey Anastasio opens up about the drug and alcohol addiction that brought him to a low point shortly before Phish called it quits in 2004. "I'd let everyone down, which was my worst nightmare ever," Antastasio tells …
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Hepatitis C Treatment's Side Effects Can Now Be Studied in the Lab

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“We know that antiviral drugs, including the ones used to treat HCV, affect even normal, healthy mitochondria by slowing ATP output,” Arnold added. “While a person with normal mitochondria will experience some ATP and mitochondrial effects, a person …
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