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Aptuit to Manufacture Low-Dose NSAID Nanotechnology Platform for Iroko

Iroko Pharmaceuticals and Aptuit have recently declared that Aptuit will provide enhancing production services as Iroko moves to Phase III in its clinical trials of pain medications.

17 May 2011

Nanoparticles of Drug Candidates Reduce Viral Count in Lungs of Influenza-Infected Animals

NanoViricides has announced that its FluCide drug candidates could reduce levels of infectious virus in animals lungs having a deadly level of influenza virus infection.

From NanoViricides, Inc 17 May 2011

Interdisciplinary Team Plans to Develop New Synthetic Nanomaterials

An interdisciplinary team from Canada’s National Institute for Nanotechnology and the University of Alberta has developed a new chemical bonding procedure that can combine new operations to stainless steel and mold...

16 May 2011

Nano-vaults Triggered to Deliver Drugs to Tumor Cells

A team at UCLA has developed a technique to trigger the immune system to combat cancer by inserting an energizing protein in a nanoscale package or a vault directly into lung tumors. This utilizes the body's natural immune system to combat proliferation of the disease.

16 May 2011

MEMS Nano-Channel Helps Drain Fluid from Eyes to Reduce Pressure

A Stevens Institute of Technology Senior Design team of David Barth, Johanna Heureaux, Brian Pilapil, Philip Ponce de Leon, and Ken Zhao, supervised by associate professor of mechanical engineering Dr. Eui-Hyeok Yang, have developed a biomedical implant that can be used to deliver intraocular pressure relief.

16 May 2011

Molecular Diagnostics Added to Market Analyst’s Catalogue

Market analyst Reportlinker.com has added a new report to its catalogue ‘Molecular Diagnostics - Technologies, Markets and Companies’. The report is also available in its website.

16 May 2011

Nano-particles to Target Acidic Tumor Microenvironment for Enhanced Drug Delivery

A team of chemical engineers at MIT has developed a nanoparticle to deliver drugs. The nanoparticle is more acidic than healthy tissues.

16 May 2011

University Startup Company Wins Competition for Nanotechnology-Based Healthcare Solution

Helios, a Syracuse University startup company, has won the $100,000 New York State Business Plan Competition held at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany on April 28, for a technology that can be applied in healthcare.

16 May 2011

Nanotechnology-Based Platform for Efficient Drug Delivery

Philadelphia-based, Iroko Pharmaceuticals recently took over iCeutica to enhance its development of innovative, low-dose non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).

13 May 2011

Research Team to Develop Therapeutic Nanoparticles to Destroy Latent HIV Virus

Professor João Gonçalves at Faculdade de Farmácia de Lisboa and researcher at Instituto de Medicina Molecular in Lisbon, Portugal, will receive a Grand Challenges Exploration Grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

13 May 2011