Roller coaster against kidney stones, olfactory detection of flies in wine and stamps in reproductive medicine

The 2018 Ig Nobel Prize Winners

17-Sep-2018 - The 2018 Ig Nobel Prizes were awarded at the 28th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, on September 13, at Harvard's Sanders Theatre. These years prizes were awarded to: Medicine: Marc Mitchell and David Wartinger, for using roller coaster rides to try to hasten the passage of kidney stones. ...

Bayer Outlines New Global R&D Structures

U.S. Pharma Sites and Future Headquarters

13-Nov-2006 - Bayer HealthCare announced a structural realignment of its global pharmaceutical research and development organization. The company also outlined its future U.S. pharma site plan, and said that New Jersey will be home to its U.S. headquarters for pharmaceuticals. These moves follow Bayer's ...

Bayer and Schering optimistic about their common future

23-Jun-2006 - Following the success of Bayer's takeover offer for Schering, the two companies are confident about their common future. "We will combine two successful pharmaceutical companies to form a single, even more powerful unit and create a leading global enterprise," said Bayer Management Board Chairman ...

Solvay completes acquisition of Fournier Pharma

29-Jul-2005 - Solvay announced that it has completed the acquisition of 100% of Fournier Pharma, following the successful completion of social and regulatory procedures worldwide. The process of integrating Fournier Pharma and Solvay Pharmaceuticals will begin with the creation of a number of Integration Teams ...

Chemical Present in Clear Plastics Can Impair Learning and Cause Disease

31-Mar-2005 - Low doses of the environmental contaminant bisphenol-A (BPA), widely used to make many plastics found in food storage containers, including feeding bottles for infants, can impair brain function, leading to learning disabilities and age-related neurodegenerative diseases, according to Yale ...

Zonagen Presents Promising Data From Research Conducted On New Class of Compounds for the Treatment of Endometriosis

18-May-2001 - Zonagen, Inc. (Nasdaq:ZONA)(PCX:ZNG) announced today that the results of the Company's research funded by a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research Grant (SBIR) in August of 2000 has been selected for the Clinical Ligand Assay Society (CLAS) Best Abstract Award. The abstract entitled "Effect ...

Akzo Nobel’s pentasaccharide drug granted "fast-track" review by FDA

27-Apr-2001 - Akzo Nobel’s business unit Organon and Sanofi-Synthélabo have just received notification from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that they will follow a “fast-track” approval procedure for the new antithrombotic pentasaccharide drug that was filed for registration with the FDA ...

Akzo Nobel’s business unit Organon establishes its international headquarters in USA

26-Apr-2001 - Organon, the pharmaceutical business unit of Akzo Nobel plans to establish its international headquarters in New Jersey, USA. In the course of 2002 a number of strategic international functions – including the executive team – will transfer to New Jersey from the Netherlands. The announcement ...