Sentences with phrase «stage of treatment for»

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Lilly faced a devastating clinical setback last year with a late - stage failure for its experimental Alzheimer's treatment, the studies for which cost the company hundreds of millions of dollars.

Furthermore, an early - stage study pumping up the dose of its hemophilia A treatment — which aims to be a one - time therapy for the rare blood clotting - related disease — appeared to hit its targets without serious side effects.

CalciMedica is a privately - held, clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on CRAC channel drug discovery and development for the treatment of acute and chronic inflammatory diseases.

There is no current treatment for Zika and vaccines to protect against it are in the earliest stages of development.

Sierra Oncology, Inc., a clinical stage drug development company focused on advancing next - generation DNA damage response therapeutics for the treatment of patients with cancer, went public near $ 29 in July 2015, then began a downtrend that continued through a June 2017 all - time low of $ 1.10.

Gain Therapeutics (www.gaintherapeutics.com) is a preclinical stage biotech company developing a class of next generation pharmacological chaperones for the treatment of devastating rare diseases using the SEE - Tx technology.

Our goal is to complement the current strategic interest of Chiesi Farmaceutici in the space of rare diseases by investing in early stage opportunities and accelerate the expansion of the Chiesi network in the US among universities, venture capital investors, rare disease patient organizations and start - ups developing treatments for rare diseases.

Cirius Therapeutics, a clinical - stage pharmaceutical company, is developing MSDC - 0602K, a next - generation insulin sensitizer for the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).

Risk Versus Reward: The Value of Cell Therapy for Patients and Investors Source: Streetwise Reports (4/25/18) The cell therapy space, encompassing disruptive new treatment including stem cell therapy, immunotherapy and gene editing, has begun to mature, with a handful of product approvals and others in late - stage development.

Patisiran was being evaluated in a late - stage study against a placebo for the treatment of patients with hereditary ATTR (hATTR) amyloidosis with polyneuropathy.

Maastricht, The Netherlands, 1 November 2017 — Cristal Therapeutics, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing targeted nanomedicines for the treatment of cancer and other diseases with high unmet patient need, announced today that it has begun a Phase 1b...

These strategies are expected to benefit from the preservation of the tax treatment of equity - based compensation, which is key to early - stage growth companies — and also from the tax law's provisions that make it easier for employees of start - up companies to exercise their stock options.

It is even more difficult to determine what import a person's being in various stages of the dying process should have for ethical decisions about treatment.

On her biggest stage yet, Fiorina deserves applause for forcefully raising Planned Parenthood's treatment of the unborn and the associated political avoidance practiced by many in both parties.

Alfie Evans» parents, who live in Liverpool, are using a piece of ancient English common law during the latest stage of their fight for treatment.

When researching technologies suitable for wastewater treatment and biogas production, CST recommends partnering with a reliable team from conceptual to implementation stage and beyond into the operation of the plants.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard's office has taken responsibility for managing the final stages of negotiations as the retailers» treatment of suppliers emerges as a bigger issue among voters in recent polling.

The 1 MG ADI - BVF anaerobic unit can also treat moderate - to - high concentrations of organic compounds, suspended solids, and fat, oil, and grease (FOG) in a single stage and typically without the need for primary treatment, according to Evoqua.

The disease was deemed to be in its later stages by a Lyme disease specialist when it was diagnosed, who then recommended a treatment program of intensive antibiotic therapy for several months.

So the Sunday stage belonged exclusively to a pair of underdogs who have minuscule Q ratings but were exceedingly easy to root for: Ted Purdy, who endured an eight - year exile on the Asian and Nationwide tours and finally last year, at age 30, earned a place on the PGA Tour, only to be haunted by a pair of tournaments that he let slip away; and 22 - year - old Sean O'Hair, whose boyish smile and gentle manner belie the brutal treatment he had to endure from a father obsessed with driving his son to success.

For the purposes of this economic evaluation, the forms were initially used in a related study funded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) research for patient benefit programme «assessing the impact of a new birth centre on choice and outcome of maternity care in an inner city area,» which will be reported in full elsewhere, comparing the costs of care in a free standing midwifery unit with care in an obstetric unit in the same trust.16 The data collected included details of staffing levels, treatments, surgeries, diagnostic imaging tests, scans, drugs, and other resource inputs associated with each stage of the pathway through intrapartum and after birth caFor the purposes of this economic evaluation, the forms were initially used in a related study funded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) research for patient benefit programme «assessing the impact of a new birth centre on choice and outcome of maternity care in an inner city area,» which will be reported in full elsewhere, comparing the costs of care in a free standing midwifery unit with care in an obstetric unit in the same trust.16 The data collected included details of staffing levels, treatments, surgeries, diagnostic imaging tests, scans, drugs, and other resource inputs associated with each stage of the pathway through intrapartum and after birth cafor patient benefit programme «assessing the impact of a new birth centre on choice and outcome of maternity care in an inner city area,» which will be reported in full elsewhere, comparing the costs of care in a free standing midwifery unit with care in an obstetric unit in the same trust.16 The data collected included details of staffing levels, treatments, surgeries, diagnostic imaging tests, scans, drugs, and other resource inputs associated with each stage of the pathway through intrapartum and after birth care.

So, it is mostly used for mild and moderate depression or in later stages of treatment.

However, if you suspect that everything is not all right with your baby, do not hesitate to see a doctor immediately, as the symptoms of pneumonia and other similar illnesses mimic those of the common cold in the initial stages, and the earlier treatment is sought, the lower the risks for the baby.

As part of her treatment, Lee underwent a double mastectomy for early stage breast cancer.

Stage two was to widen diversity of supply to create new incentives for better local performance and more choice for patients - a success story in achieving the shortest ever waiting times including meeting our commitment to less than eighteen weeks from doctor's appointment to hospital treatment, and improving the management of NHS resources through foundation hospitals and the use of the private sector.

«This is a big step forward for early - stage detection of arthritis that will help start treatment early and prevent painful and debilitating disease.»

Fundamental understanding of basic biology has set the stage for new treatments for cystic fibrosis

The researchers say that by diagnosing which type of arthritis a patient will develop at an early - stage will allow for appropriate treatment that will provide the best chance for effective treatment and potential prevention.

Editor's note: This story was updated June 21, 2017, to correct the list of side effects of the treatment and to note that it's not just late - stage cancer patients who might be eligible for immunotherapy.

AveXis, Inc., a clinical - stage gene therapy company developing treatments for patients suffering from rare and life - threatening neurological genetic diseases, announced in July 2016 that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation for the treatment based on preliminary clinical results from the trial of AVXS - 101.

«It is early to say that we have a treatment proposal for humans because we are in the first stage of discovery.

There is currently no effective treatment for this stage of leukemia, and patients have only a 5 percent chance of survival over five years.

Although, still at a pre-clinical stage, these findings have important potential implications for the future treatment of patients.

Treatment of knee osteoarthritis is shifting focus from end stage treatment to preventing the progression from early to the late stage of the disease, with the specific aim of decreasing the need for joint replacement and other costly trTreatment of knee osteoarthritis is shifting focus from end stage treatment to preventing the progression from early to the late stage of the disease, with the specific aim of decreasing the need for joint replacement and other costly trtreatment to preventing the progression from early to the late stage of the disease, with the specific aim of decreasing the need for joint replacement and other costly treatments.

«At this stage, the technique would not be ideal for widespread treatment or prevention of rheumatoid arthritis because it's costly and time - consuming.

Whereas Murphy's patients were selected for the recent onset of symptoms, the children arriving at Stanford had progressed to advanced stages of the disease without appropriate treatment.

While one drug, MEK inhibitor, is usually used in advanced - stage melanoma, the other drug, CDK4 / 6 inhibitor, palbociclib, is currently FDA - approved for treatment of Estrogen Receptor - positive breast cancer patients.

The researchers have found a way to record the earliest stages of an embryo's growth and have filmed for the first time ever, the moment of implantation, opening new possibilities for improved methods of IVF treatment and regenerative medicine.

It is difficult at this stage to foresee the full impact of post-zygotic mutations in terms of treatment options for disease because the study was mainly focused on the technological aspects of these genetic changes, the researchers say.

Our intention with this study was to assess Ipilimumab as an adjuvant treatment for patients with completely resected stage III melanoma at high risk of recurrence.

Vtesse is currently running a late - stage clinical trial of the drug, a large sugar molecule known as a cyclodextrin, in which it is injected by lumbar puncture into the spinal fluid of children with the disease (see «Why are people fighting over a promising treatment for a fatal childhood disease»).

Dr Stephen Simpson, director of research and programmes at Arthritis Research UK added: «This is exciting, novel work in the field of regenerative medicine, which although in its early experimental stages, could take us a step closer to our ultimate goal of a more effective and much - needed new treatment for the very many people who live with this painful joint condition.»

Christianson said the findings set the stage for a large - scale investigation of the brain circuits that work together to orchestrate responses to social emotional information with the hope that such research will lead to better treatment for people with conditions marked by aberrant social cognition, such as autism or schizophrenia.

«Techniques to correct defective genes in «non-reproductive» cells are already at various stages of clinical development and promise to be a powerful approach for many human diseases which don't yet have an effective treatment.

«We have effective screening tests for several cancers, which allow physicians and other health - care providers to identify the disease at an earlier stage — often before symptoms surface — when treatment is more likely to result in a cure,» said senior author of the report and IPHI Director Kenneth W. Kizer.

Prior studies that examined the impact of cancer treatment decisions on employment showed that patients who received chemotherapy were most likely to experience longer disruptions in or loss of employment, but changes in breast cancer management in recent years have shifted recommendations away from chemotherapy for early stage breast cancer.

Initial results were announced from the Trial Assigning IndividuaLized Options for Treatment (Rx), or TAILORx, a multi-center prospectively conducted trial of more than 10,000 women with early stage breast cancer sponsored by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, and led by the ECOG - ACRIN Cancer Research Group (ECOG - ACRIN) with support from Genomic Health, Inc..

Most research has focused on understanding and managing the late consequences of sepsis while little is known about the changes occurring in the bone marrow at early stages of the response to bacterial infection, when the opportunity for effective treatment might still be available.

«The most important thing for us in this first stage has been to present the biological information in a simple but at the same time reliable manner from the point of view of data treatment, for example correcting systematic biases between experiments that can lead to erroneous conclusions,» adds Rossell, who is now at the University of Warwick, in the UK.

The high prevalence of OSA the study found in these cognitively normal elderly participants and the link between OSA and amyloid burden in these very early stages of AD pathology, the researchers believe, suggest the CPAP, dental appliances, positional therapy and other treatments for sleep apnea could delay cognitive impairment and dementia in many older adults.