At my initial diagnosis I participated in a clinical trial evaluating Herceptin, a so-called personalized medicine (PM) drug targeting a mutation believed to be driving my cancer.
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Organon chemist Anton Bom had the radical idea of making a drug that targets another drug, rather than targeting a protein, as just about every other drug on the market does.
It follows two days of raids by officers targeting drug dealers and serious organised crime.
It recently announced a drug discount program targeting uninsured and poor consumers.
The English Democrat candidate for Lincolnshire police commissioner has pledged to cut crime in the county by 25% by targeting drug offences.
Drug traffickers are targeting cruise liners to smuggle cocaine from the Caribbean and South America to Europe, the Serious Organised Crime Agency and the UK Border Agency have warned.
He resigned only a year after taking up the position after being criticised for his focus on targeting drug dealers and trying to persuade the public that drugs were unfashionable.
By the early 1980s drug researchers turned to targeting bad cholesterol because it was so much easier to understand.
Drug firms have been targeting the habit for years, with mixed results.
AGI-1067 is the first drug aimed at directly targeting inflammation in artery plaques, which could be a bigger risk factor for heart attacks and strokes than cholesterol itself.
"He and his deputies and other law enforcement agencies have worked tirelessly to wipe out crime in our county, especially targeting the drug dealers who spread the disease of addiction among our residents, " said John Mark Hubbard, president of the Mingo County Commission.
Haste had been charged in the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Ramarley Graham during a police operation targeting street-corner drug dealing in the Bronx.
The force said its objectives for 2012-13 included delivering an effective emergency response, targeting organised crime groups and drug markets, working with partners and the public to catch offenders, reduce re-offending and road accident fatalities, and plan and prepare to respond to any major and serious incidents.
The drug industry historically has developed new treatments by targeting one disease or one protein at a time.
The raids, which were carried out by the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency (SCDEA), were targeting an organised crime gang.
He also stated that they were targeting the supply of drugs through the Scottish Drug Enforcement Agency and Lothian and Borders police force.
By targeting nonsense mutations in general, the PTC drug one day might help legions of patients across an expanding array of rare genetic ailments.
The feds are targeting American banks connected to Mexican exchange houses used to launder drug proceeds.
Celsion is dedicated to the development and commercialization of oncology drugs including tumor-targeting treatments using focused heat energy in combination with heat activated drug delivery systems.
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The report mentioned parenting classes, improving maternal nutrition and targeting children born in households with unhealthy habits, such as smoking, drug use and alcohol abuse.
The university said that while significant efforts were being made in early stage drug discovery, there was a bottleneck when it came to the lead optimisation stage of molecules targeting these so called "neglected" diseases.
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