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Inside South Africa's 'hijacked' buildings: 'All we want is a place to call home'

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Compelling photos capture the lives of occupiers who say gentrification and a lack of affordable housing in Cape Town have left them no choice but to reclaim space in a city that is squeezing them out.

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New bacterial therapy approach to treat lung cancer

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Lung cancer is the deadliest cancer in the United States and around the world. Many of the currently available therapies have been ineffective, leaving patients with very few options. A promising new strategy to treat cancer has been bacterial therapy, but while this treatment modality has quickly progressed from laboratory experiments to clinical trials in the last five years, the most effective treatment for certain types of cancers may be in combination with other drugs.

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Encore: 10 strangers come together for a life-changing kidney swap

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Ten people took part earlier this year in an interconnected kidney swap at Houston Methodist Hospital. An up-close look at a live-saving juggling act.

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Packed ICUs, crowded crematoriums: COVID roils Chinese towns

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Yao Ruyan paced frantically outside the fever clinic of a county hospital in China's industrial Hebei province, 70 kilometers (43 miles) southwest of Beijing. Her mother-in-law had COVID-19 and needed urgent medical care, but all hospitals nearby were full.

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Unlocking Excellence: How Catalent Is Transforming Japan’s Clinical Research

Planning on running clinical trials in Japan? How can you reliably supply these studies? Discover Catalent’s clinical supply packaging facility in Shiga, Japan. Strategically located between Tokyo and Osaka, and one of largest in Japan, this 6,000 square meter facility offers comprehensive services including primary and secondary clinical packaging and labelling, comparator sourcing, cold chain storage, local and global distribution, local language support and white glove service to support stud

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New patent expiration for Baudax drug ANJESO

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Annual Drug Patent Expirations for ANJESO Anjeso is a drug marketed by Baudax and is included in one NDA. There are eight patents protecting this drug. Drug patent litigation for…. The post New patent expiration for Baudax drug ANJESO appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions.

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Flu starting to wane in US after brutal start to season

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Flu is decreasing in many parts of the U.S. after an alarmingly early and strong start to the season.

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FDA changes Plan B label, clarifies it won't cause abortion

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The Food and Drug Administration announced Friday that it will overhaul packaging labels for the emergency contraceptive pill, Plan B, that women can take after having sex to prevent a pregnancy.

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New tentative approval for Teva Pharms drug eltrombopag

Drug Patent Watch

[![eltrombopag structure]([link] Eltrombopag is the generic ingredient in two branded drugs marketed by Novartis and is included in two NDAs. There are eight patents protecting this compound. There are four…. The post New tentative approval for Teva Pharms drug eltrombopag appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions.

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Chinese city seeing half a million COVID cases a day: official

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Half a million people in a single Chinese city are being infected with COVID-19 every day, a senior health official has said, in a rare and quickly censored acknowledgement that the country's wave of infections is not being reflected in official statistics.

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Which pharmaceutical companies have the most lotion dosed drugs?

Drug Patent Watch

This chart shows the pharmaceutical companies with the most lotion dosed drugs. For a different perspective, see the most popular dosage types. The companies with the most lotion dosed drugs…. The post Which pharmaceutical companies have the most lotion dosed drugs? appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions.

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The New Age of Decentralized Clinical Trials

White paper that delves into the complex topic of Decentralized Clinical Trials and how to master them within the confines of FDA Regulations