Asthma

GSK’s inhaler improves asthma control in ‘real world’ study

15 May 2017

GlaxoSmithKline and Innoviva have unveiled data from a second ground-breaking Salford Lung Study (SLS) showing that Relvar Ellipta significantly improved asthma control versus patients’ standard...

Multiple sclerosis

£6m statin trial raises hope drug can be used to treat multiple sclerosis

15 May 2017 • 1 comment

Trial involving almost 1,200 people aims to ‘establish definitively’ whether cholesterol drug can slow disability progressionScientists are hopeful a major drug trial will establish that statins can...

Breast cancer

Pfizer to give out breast cancer drug free while awaiting NHS decision

15 May 2017

Pharmaceutical firm says it will offer palbociclib to patients while regulator rules on whether it should be available on NHSA drug described as one of the most important advances in treating breast...

Arthritis
Osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis: Knee joint degeneration slowed with weight loss, study confirms

2 May 2017 • 1 comment

A new study provides evidence that losing weight can slow the development of osteoarthritis of the knee by reducing the degeneration of knee cartilage.Researchers found that overweight or obese...

Non-O blood group 'linked to higher heart attack risk'

2 May 2017

People with a non-O blood group have a slightly increased risk of heart attack and stroke, research suggests.Scientists say it could be because higher levels of a blood-clotting protein are present...

Multiple sclerosis

Charity to fund MS specialist nurse posts for first time

20 Apr 2017 • 1 comment

The MS Trust has announced that for the first time it is to directly fund multiple sclerosis specialist nurse posts, rather than just their training.The charity will provide initial funding to...

Is Komodo dragon blood the key to new antibiotics?

13 Apr 2017 • 1 comment

Komodo dragon blood contains an important compound which scientists think could offer a new treatment for infected wounds.The reptile's saliva harbours many different types of bacteria, which somehow...

Parkinson's disease

Brain cell therapy 'promising' for Parkinson's disease

12 Apr 2017 • 1 comment

Scientists believe they have found a way to treat and perhaps reverse Parkinson's disease, by making replacement cells to mend the damaged brain.They say human brain cells can be coaxed to take over...

Multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis: Novel immunotherapy reverses paralysis in mice

3 Apr 2017

Researchers may be one step closer to developing new treatments for multiple sclerosis, after discovering a way to tame the erratic immune response that triggers the disease and reverse paralysis in...

First Humira biosimilar approved in Europe

27 Mar 2017 • 7 comments

Amgen has won European approval for its first biosimilar, a version of AbbVie’s Humira (adalimumab).The European Commission has approved Amgevita (biosimilar adalimumab) in all the available...

'Huge advance' in fighting world's biggest killer

21 Mar 2017 • 1 comment

An innovative new drug can prevent heart attacks and strokes by cutting bad cholesterol to unprecedented levels, say doctors.The results of the large international trial on 27,000 patients means the...

How does the immune system know friend from foe in gut bacteria?

15 Mar 2017 • 2 comments

In order to maintain health, the human immune system must distinguish between friend, or the tissues of the human body, and foe, or the invasive pathogens that cause disease. This challenge is...