The claims of U.S patent #7,531,518, "Method of Fostering Bone Formation and Preservation," provide broad protection for the inducement of rapid bone growth at specific skeletal sites and its subsequent preservation using a variety of therapeutic agents, such as parathyroid hormone, calcitonin and bisphosphonates.
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Unigene Laboratories, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focusing on the oral and nasal delivery of large-market peptide drugs.
Amarillo Biosciences (OTCBB: AMAR) $0.13. Today announced that 60 healthy adult volunteers out of a target of 160 have been enrolled to date in a clinical study of the company's oral interferon product. This Phase 2 clinical trial at the University of Western Australia is being conducted by Dr. Manfred Beilharz and colleagues. The study is expected to show that lozenges containing a low dose of interferon-alpha can prevent infection or reduce the severity of infection with influenza and other common respiratory viruses when taken once a day during a typical winter cold/flu season.
What They Do:
Amarillo Biosciences, Inc. is a U.S. biotechnology firm operating in global partnership with the Hayashibara Group, which also holds 7% of Amarillo Biosciences shares and has provided over $18 million in loans, grants and equity investments. The Company's primary focus is extensive and ongoing R&D into the use of low-dose, orally administered interferon as a treatment for a variety of conditions, including influenza, hepatitis C, chronic cough, and opportunistic infections in patients who are HIV positive.
VION PHARMACEUTICALS (OTCBB: VION) $2.12. Today announced that an analysis of clinical data of its lead anticancer agent Onrigin (laromustine) Injection in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) would be presented in a poster at the 2009 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida.
The poster (Abstract #7050) entitled "Comorbidity Description Using the Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation-Specific Comorbidity Index (HCT-CI) in Elderly de novo Poor Risk AML Patients Treated with Laromustine" will be presented at the Orange County Convention Center, Level 2, West Hall C, Board #M4 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 30, 2009.
What They Do:
Vion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is committed to extending the lives and improving the quality of life of cancer patients worldwide by developing and commercializing innovative oncology therapeutics.
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