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February 20, 2015February 20, 2015

Oncobiologics Announces Successful Clinical Trial for IBD Treatment

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Biopharmaceutical company Oncobiologics, Inc. recently announced that its product ONS-3010, an adalimumab (Humira®) biosimilar candidate, has met the primary endpoints in its first clinical trial. ONS-3010 was developed as a biosimilar of adalimumab, ... Read more

February 19, 2015September 28, 2016

CME Outfitters To Host Live Online Q&A Event with IBD Experts

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Medical education provider CME Outfitters is launching a live, on-demand event called “Novel Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Informed by Science and Patient Choice,” on March 11, 2015 at 12:00pm ET. The ... Read more

February 16, 2015February 16, 2015

VG Life Sciences Secures Patent For Cell-Protective IBD Treatment

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VG Life Sciences (VGLS), a biotechnology company committed to developing therapies for infectious and autoimmune diseases, recently announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued the company a Patent No. 8906846 covering a ... Read more

February 11, 2015February 12, 2015

Second Genome’s New IBD Drug Advances To Phase 1 Trial

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Second Genome Inc. recently advanced SGM-1019, the company’s primary microbiome drug indicated for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), to Phase 1 clinical testing to identify an optimal dose. Peter DiLaura, President and the CEO of the company, said ... Read more

February 11, 2015February 11, 2015

Cellvizio pCLE Technology Provides More Accurate IBD Diagnoses, Leads To Better Outcomes

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Cellvizio, a probe-based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy (pCLE) system that is the flagship product of Paris, France, based Mauna Kea Technologies, should be routinely implemented to improve diagnostic evaluation and management ... Read more

February 5, 2015February 5, 2015

Research Now Creates Online Gastrointestinal Resource

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Research Now, an online sampling and data collection company that collects visitors’ digital data by tracking their social networks and referring sites, has just launched a Gastrointestinal Panel designed to provide users ... Read more

February 3, 2015February 3, 2015

New JustLikeMeIBD.org Website For Kids And Teens With Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

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In response to the steadily growing number of children and teenagers suffering with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in the United States — which has now reached an estimated 1.6 million people, 10 percent of whom ... Read more

January 26, 2015January 26, 2015

Work Foundation Recommends Improved Workplace IBD Care Via More Specialized Nurses and Reformed Government Services

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A recent report from the Lancaster University’s Work Foundation called for more specialist nurses to render focused care to patients suffering from inflammatory bowel diseases, such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative ... Read more

January 21, 2015September 28, 2016

J&J Acquires Rights to IBD Experimental Drug from Vedanta

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Janssen Biotech, Inc., one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, has signed a license agreement with Vedanta Biosciences to acquire the rights for an investigational therapeutic alternative for ... Read more

January 20, 2015September 16, 2016

Natural Protein Can Reverse Fibrosing Strictures in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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A team of researchers recently found that a particular protein can reverse intestinal fibrosis through inhibition of collagen synthesis. The study, titled “Antifibrogenic Effects of the Antimicrobial Peptide Cathelicidin in ... Read more