17 Nov 08 Ferumoxytol Resubmission Designated Complete, Class 1 Response By FDA - Iron Deficiency Anemia In Chronic Kidney Disease Patients
AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAG) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has designated the Company’s resubmission to the October 2008 Complete Response letter for its New Drug Application (NDA) for ferumoxytol as a complete, Class 1 response. The FDA has established a December 30, 2008 Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) target action date.
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11 Nov 08 IU Study Finds 25% Of Family Caregivers Of Alzheimer’s Disease Patients Go To ER Or Are Hospitalized
One quarter of all family caregivers of Alzheimer’s disease patients succumb to the stress of providing care to a loved one and become hospital patients themselves, according to an Indiana University study published in the November 2008 issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
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Tags: Alzheimer Disease, Alzheimer S Disease, Disease Patients, Family Caregivers, General Internal Medicine, Hospital Patients, Indiana University Study, Journal Of General Internal Medicine, Medicine, Stress
06 Nov 08 Mitochondria Is Potential Target For Therapeutic Strategy For Alzheimer’s
A study in the Sept. 21 on-line edition of Nature Medicine describes the function and interaction of a critical molecule involved in cell death in Alzheimer’s disease patients. These new findings reveal that blocking this molecule, called Cyclophilin D (CypD), and development of surrounding mitochondrial targets may be viable therapeutic strategies for the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, according to Shi Du Yan, Ph.D.
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Tags: Alzheimer Disease, Alzheimer S Disease, Cell Death, Cyclophilin, Disease Patients, Interaction, Medicine, Mitochondria, Molecule, Nature Medicine, Prevention, Shi, Target, Targets, Therapeutic Strategies, Therapeutic Strategy, Yan
14 Oct 08 Parkinson’s Disease Patients More Likely To Be Vitamin D Deficient
Vitamin D deficiency is more common in individuals with Parkinson’s disease than in healthy adults of the same age or in patients with Alzheimer’s disease, says a study published in the October issue of Archives of Neurology. Researcher Marian L. Evatt, M.D., M.S.
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Tags: Adults, Alzheimer Disease, Alzheimer S Disease, Disease Patients, Marian, Parkinson Disease, Parkinson S Disease, Researcher, Vitamin D Deficiency, Vitamin Deficiency
