IBD News

June 3, 2015June 3, 2015

NovaMedica To Market Ferring’s IBD Therapies in Russia

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The Russian pharmaceutical company NovaMedica and the Swiss biopharmaceutical company Ferring Pharmaceuticals have established a partnership to bring novel gastroenterological drug treatments for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) to Russia. The ... Read more

June 2, 2015June 2, 2015

Study Reveals People With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Do Not Experience Response Shift

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Findings from a recent study published in the Journal Health and Quality of Life Outcomes show that the majority of people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) do not demonstrate a response ... Read more

May 26, 2015May 26, 2015

Critical MicroRNA Found To Contribute To The Inflammatory Phenotype in IBD

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Researchers at the University of Padova in Italy discovered that a high expression of a small RNA molecule known as microRNA-155 leads to the inflammatory phenotype typically seen in patients ... Read more

May 22, 2015May 22, 2015

Safety and Efficacy of Biosimilar Infliximab Treatment in IBD Patients Presented at DDW 2015

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Celltrion Healthcare and Jørgen Jahnsen, Professor of Gastroenterology at the University of Oslo in Norway recently presented at the Digestive Diseases Week (DDW) 2015 in Washington D.C. results from a study ... Read more

May 21, 2015May 22, 2015

Celgene Presents Data on Crohn’s Therapy at DDW

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Celgene Corporation recently presented data regarding studies of its investigational oral antisense therapy called GED-0301 (mongersen) for the treatment of active Crohn’s disease at the Digestive Disease Week (DDW), which took place in ... Read more

May 18, 2015May 18, 2015

CCFA Develops The World’s Largest IBD Research Database

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The Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) recently announced a $17.5 million, 3-year grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to fund a knowledge platform that ... Read more

May 15, 2015May 15, 2015

Bioelectronic Medicine The New Frontier Of Inflammatory Disease Treatment

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The rapid pace of technological evolution over the past several decades has dramatically changed the way we live and work, and it is also changing the way medicine is practiced. ... Read more

May 14, 2015May 14, 2015

Researchers Find Evidence Confirming Economic Burden Caused by C. difficile Infections in IBD, Other Diseases

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Recently, a group of interdisciplinary researchers from the University of Toronto (UT) released study findings from a systematic review of currently published research on inflammatory bowel disease and other diseases ... Read more

May 7, 2015May 7, 2015

Biomecite Diagnostics to Develop IBD Diagnosis Tool from UMB

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The University of Maryland (UM) Ventures has established an agreement with Biomecite Diagnostics, LLM, giving the company the exclusive option for the rights to developing novel methods for diagnosing inflammatory bowel ... Read more

May 6, 2015September 28, 2016

University of Michigan Spinoff Lycera Begins First Trials Of U-M Developed & Licensed IBD Drug

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Lycera Corp., a University of Michigan spinoff biotech firm based on campus at Ann Arbor, has begun a Phase 1 clinical trial of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD Drug) LYC-30937 ... Read more