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March 2016

 

 

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Clinical research courses

Pfizer Inc. announced  that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has accepted for review the Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for XELJANZ® (tofacitinib citrate) 5 mg tablets twice daily for the treatment of patients with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who have had an inadequate response or intolerance to methotrexate (MTX). The EMA will now initiate its review of the XELJANZ MAA.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved CINQAIR® (reslizumab) Injection, an interleukin 5 antagonist monoclonal antibody (IgG4 kappa) indicated for add-on maintenance treatment of patients with severe asthma aged 18 years and older, and with an eosinophilic phenotype.

Application are invited for Pharmacists (10 posts) at Zilla Swasthya Samiti - Government Job

Applications are invited for filling of vacancy/ empanelment of candidates for the following posts under Zilla Swasthya Samiti, Kalahandi for Mobile Health Units (MHU) on contractual basis for a period of 11 months with monthly remuneration as noted against each and subject to renewal as per society norms basing on the performance and subject to continuance of the programme.

Post: Pharmacist

Application are invited for Research fellow in India Innovation Research Center

Applications are invited for one post of Research fellow in DBT sponsored project entitled “Role of nanochannels in modulating metastasis in different breast cancer subtypes”

Post: Research fellow

Thermo Fisher Scientific Antibody Scholarship Program

In order to provide educational opportunities for future generations of science scholars, we’re offering $40,000 in scholarship funding to undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in an accredited college for the upcoming semester.*  Apply now to win one of two $10,000 awards, or one of four $5,000 awards. See below for eligibility information, official rules.

Vacancy for Principal/Associate Director in Guru Nanak Institutions

Established under the aegis of the Guru Nanak Institutions in 2006, the College has been a nurturing ground for pharmaceutical professionals. In recognition of the excellence of its educational standards, School of Pharmacy, Ibrahimpatnam has been Approved by the AICTE, New Delhi and Pharmacy Council of India, New Delhi and affiliated to Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad.
Keeping the objective of providing the best possible pharmaceutical education, the College has built up a strong infrastructure for full fledged Bachelor of Pharmacy, Pharm. D. and Master of Pharmacy in Pharmaceutics, Pharmaceutical Analysis and Quality Assurance and Pharmaceutical Management and Regulatory Affairs, courses respectively. The Institute is constantly seeking to upgrade the quality of its education is endeavouring to become a ‘Continuous Education Centre’, where new knowledge pertaining to the Pharma field is generated on a regular basis.

Post: Principal/Associate Director

AstraZeneca  announced the top-line results of the SOCRATES trial, assessing the efficacy of Brilinta/Brilique (ticagrelor) 90mg tablets twice daily, when compared to aspirin 100mg once daily in patients with acute ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA). The primary efficacy endpoint of time to first occurrence of any event from the composite of stroke (ischaemic or haemorrhagic), myocardial infarction (MI, also known as heart attack) and death was not met. Fewer events were observed on Brilinta/Brilique versus the comparator in the overall trial population but the trend did not reach statistical significance.

Janssen Research & Development, LLC announced it has entered into a clinical trial collaboration agreement with Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, to initiate two studies to determine the safety and tolerability of daratumumab (DARZALEX®), the first CD38-directed monoclonal antibody (mAb), in combination with atezolizumab, an investigational mAb designed to bind with a protein called programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1).