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Ageing Populations Face Crisis of Rising Blindness
4th October 2008
LONDON, October 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The world's populations are ageing rapidly, bringing greater risk of
blindness and vision impairment to millions. Around the world, organisations
of many kinds are joining forces to help protect the eyesight of older
people, and to mark World Sight Day 2008 (WSD08).
Worldwide, 45 million people are blind, the great majority of whom are
over 50 years of age, but in over three-quarters of cases, especially those
affecting older people, the sight loss results...
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ProteoTech's Exebryl-1(R) Enters Human Clinical Trials for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
7th August 2008
KIRKLAND, Washington, August 7 /PRNewswire/ -- ProteoTech Inc. (ProteoTech) today announced that it has completed
regulatory Investigational New Drug (IND) requirements and has been cleared
by the FDA to initiate its Phase 1 human clinical trial on Exebryl-1(R), a
novel small molecule drug targeting toxic beta-amyloid protein accumulation
for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. ProteoTech initiated its Phase 1
human trial on July 29, 2008.
At the 2008 International Conference on...
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Survey Paints Bleak Picture of Funding for Continence Care Services
29th July 2008
LONDON, July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- A recent AHPMA survey among continence care professionals has
painted a bleak picture on the current state of many continence services in
the UK, largely due to lack of Government funding. The survey finds that
continence care staff are striving for quality care within extremely limited
resources.
The survey received 148 responses, which show an unacceptably
low level of funding in many Primary Care Trusts; morale being lower than
five years ago in over half...
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