CARY, N.C. - Thursday, August 21st 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Project Data Sphere, LLC has appointed Kald Abdallah, MD, PhD as Chief Project Data Sphere Officer, charging him with continuing the rapid development of www.ProjectDataSphere.org which is providing broad access to cancer research databases, enabling unprecedented research collaboration to solve complex scientific problems.

“Dr. Abdallah has a track record of helping align data contributors with the innovative approach to cancer research that the Project Data Sphere initiative represents and that cancer patients deserve,” said Christopher A. Viehbacher, President and CEO of Project Data Sphere, LLC and also Chair of the CEO Roundtable on Cancer and Chief Executive Officer of Sanofi.

Project Data Sphere, LLC, is an independent not-for-profit initiative of the CEO Roundtable on Cancer’s Life Sciences Consortium. The CEO Roundtable on Cancer was established in 2001 with the ... Read more »

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SUMMIT, New Jersey - Jeudi 21 Août 2014

Une étude clinique publiée dans le Journal of Clinical Oncology rapporte que les patients atteints de lymphome diffus à grandes cellules B ayant reçu REVLIMID par voie orale conjointement au régime R-CHOP standard ont obtenu un taux de réponse globale de 98 % et un taux de réponse complète de 80 %

Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ : CELG) a annoncé aujourd’hui que les résultats d’une étude évaluant la combinaison de REVLIMID® (lénalidomide) avec le rituximab, le cyclophosphamide, le chlorhydrate de doxorubicine, le sulfate de vincristine et la prednisone (R-CHOP) dans les cas de lymphome diffus à grandes cellules B (LDGC-B) non traité ont été publiés en ligne avant leur parution dans le Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Dans le cadre d’une étude ouverte, de phase II et à groupe unique réalisée par la Dr Grzegorz Nowakowski de la clinique Mayo, 64 patients atteints de LDGC-B ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Wednesday, August 20th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

According to Colonel Mohammed Mayouf Al Ketbi, Head of the Vehicles and Drivers Licensing Department at Abu Dhabi Police, the Mezyed Vehicle Inspection Center in Al Ain is already operational and has started providing its services to the public. These services include vehicle inspection, registration of new vehicles, renewal of vehicle licenses, issuance of round trip certificates for vehicles, and vehicle ownerships’ transfer and cancellation. Colonel Al Ketbi also noted that the new center was recently inaugurated in cooperation between Abu Dhabi Police and ADNOC Distribution.

Colonel Al Ketbi stressed the commitment of the UAE Government to nurture high quality of life for the UAE society through efficient communication, transparency and justice in the provision of services. “Providing distinguished police services to citizens, residents and visitors is one of the greatest chal ... Read more »

September 8, 2014

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. - Wednesday, August 20th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Conference

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Quintiles CEO Tom Pike will present at the Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Conference on Monday, September 8, 2014 in New York City at the Grand Hyatt Hotel.

The Quintiles presentation will begin at 9:55 a.m. (EDT). Investors may access a live audio webcast of the presentation on the Quintiles’ Investor Relations website at www.quintiles.com/investors. An archived audio version of the presentation will be available later that day.

About Quintiles

Quintiles (NYSE: Q), a Fortune 500 company, is the world’s largest provider of biopharmaceutical development and commercial outsourcing services. With a network of more than 30,000 employees conducting business in approximately 100 countries, we helped develop or commercialize all of 2013’s top-100 best-selling drugs on the ... Read more »