Sentences with phrase «rare blood disorder»

Agios Pharmaceuticals shares plunged more than 18 percent after the company discontinued development of an experimental drug for rare blood disorder due to side effects seen in a study.

In new research, scientists reprogrammed skin cells from patients with rare blood disorders into iPSCs, highlighting the great promise of these cells in advancing understanding of those challenging diseases — and eventually in treating them.

Mutations in FANCL, for instance, cause rare blood disorders and dispose people to cancer.

«With Ablynx, we continue to advance the strategic transformation of our research and development, expanding our late - stage pipeline and strengthening our platform for growth in rare blood disorders,» Sanofi Chief Executive Officer Olivier Brandicourt said.

BRUSSELS, Jan 8 - Denmark's Novo Nordisk, the world's biggest maker of insulin, has made a 2.6 billion euro bid for Belgian biotech group Ablynx as it seeks to diversify and strengthen its business for treating rare blood disorders.

UniQure's Glybera, for a very rare blood disorder, is now being taken off the market given lack of demand.

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COPENHAGEN / BRUSSELS, Jan 8 - Denmark's Novo Nordisk, the world's biggest maker of insulin, went public with a 2.6 billion euro bid for Belgian biotech group Ablynx on Monday as it seeks to bolster its treatments for rare blood disorders.

COPENHAGEN / BRUSSELS, Jan 8 - Denmark's Novo Nordisk, the world's biggest insulin maker, went public with a 2.6 billion euro bid for Belgian biotech group Ablynx on Monday, seeking a new source of growth by bolstering its treatments for rare blood disorders.

COPENHAGEN / BRUSSELS, Jan 8 - Denmark's Novo Nordisk, the world's biggest insulin maker, went public with a 2.6 billion euro bid for Belgian biotech group Ablynx on Monday as it seeks a new source of growth by bolstering its treatments for rare blood disorders.

COPENHAGEN / BRUSSELS, Jan 8 (Reuters)- Denmark's Novo Nordisk, the world's biggest maker of insulin, went public with a 2.6 billion euro ($ 3.1 billion) bid for Belgian biotech group Ablynx on Monday as it seeks to bolster its treatments for rare blood disorders.

In April, Chinese researchers working with non-viable human embryos (those that would never end up turning into people) used it to try to tweak a gene that would normally have caused a rare blood disorder.

One reason companies like Shire are back to being the hot takeover targets has a lot to do with disease areas they're working in, such as hemophilia, a rare blood disorder.

The underlying reason is that Geron and partner Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) are developing a first - in - class telomerase inhibitor called imetelstat for the rare blood disorders myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and myelofibrosis (MF).

Hi DaveI'm a 75 year old healthy guy who has a rare blood disorder called amyloidosis; one out of 100,000 but not a cancer.

I'm a 75 year old healthy guy who has a rare blood disorder called amyloidosis; one out of 100,000 but not a cancer.

Romanian Helmuth Duckadam's career was brought to a premature end by a rare blood disorder.

This is because of the risk of metheglobinemia, a rare blood disorder which basically blocks oxygen supply, causing symptoms like cyanosis (bluish skin), nausea, and loss of consciousness, among others.

Scientists in Hong Kong and the United States have mapped hundreds of thousands of DNA code variations spread across the genome of an unborn child in order to determine whether or not it would inherit a rare blood disorder.

4/7/2008 From Bench to Bedside in One Year: Stem Cell Research Leads to Potential New Therapy for Rare Blood Disorder A unique partnership between industry and academia has led to human clinical trials of a new drug for a rare class of blood diseases called myeloproliferative disorders (MPD), which are all driven by the same genetic mutation and can evolve into leuk... More...

Antithrombin deficiency is a rare blood disorder that greatly increases the risk for life - threatening blood clots.

Diamond - Blackfan anemia (DBA) is a rare blood disorder that occurs when the bone marrow fails to make red blood cells, which are essential for carrying oxygen from the lungs to all the other parts of the body.

By carefully studying why a rare blood disorder responds to the anti-cancer drug Gleevec, researchers have discovered an entirely new mechanism that generates cancer - causing genes.

Which they had to be careful on because I have a rare blood disorder.

«I was diagnosed with a rare blood disorder, Aplastic Anemia five years ago and given three to six months to live.

A Season With, Season 2, Episode 9: Exclusive clip of Florida State Head Coach Jimbo Fisher's Kidz1stFund charity that helps the fight against Fanconi anemia, a rare blood disorder that affects their son Ethan and thousands of other children.

And finally, a retired werewolf, misdiagnosed with a rare blood disorder brought on by the bite of a Mexican hummingbird, attempts to lead a normal life but is nevertheless plagued by hazy, feverish episodes of epic lust, physical appetite, athletic exertions, and outbursts of violence under the full moon.

The Patented Medicines Prices Review Board («Board») recently concluded a 7 year saga regarding its evaluation of the price for Soliris — Alexion's admittedly breakthrough drug for rare blood disorders.