FDA Approves First Hepatitis B Viral Load Test The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Roche COBAS(R) TaqMan(R) HBV Test, the first assay for quantitating Hepatitis B Virus DNA approved in the U.S. The test uses Roche's real-time PCR technology to quantify the amount of Hepatitis B virus DNA in a patient's blood. Doctors may use viral load testing results to establish a baseline level of infection and during treatment as an aid in assessing individual responses to therapy.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSARcode And Sunesis Announce Start Of Phase 1 Clinical Trial In Ocular Inflammatory Diseases SARcode Corporation, a private company focused on small molecule LFA-1 inhibitors to treat inflammatory diseases, and Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNSS) today announced SARcode's initiation of a Phase 1 clinical trial of a small molecule LFA-1 product candidate for T-cell mediated ophthalmic diseases.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCelator Pharmaceuticals Receives Orphan Drug Designation For Anticancer Agent CPX-351 Celator Pharmaceuticals announced that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to CPX-351 (Cytarabine:Daunorubicin) Liposome Injection for the treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). Celator is currently preparing to conduct two randomized Phase 2 studies with CPX-351. The first Phase 2 study, in newly diagnosed, elderly patients with AML, is expected to start enrolling patients before the end of 2008.
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