Recent news on Ivig

Australia's First $100 Stock?  -  May 20, 2007
Barron's (subscription)..."Going forward, more trials into IVIG and Alzheimer's disease are required, but should these trials be positive, early-adopter physicians and doctors are

LogicalOne putter demo program available  -  May 22, 2007
WorldGolf.com,The treatment Kendric receives for this disease, when his counts are low, is a two-day infusion process referred to as IVIG (intravenous immunoglobulin).

State Senator Announces Formation of Patient, Physician, Industry ...  -  May 10, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),The first challenge the Alliance will tackle is the current intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) access crisis affecting patients and healthcare providers

China Biopharma, Inc. Corporate Update  -  May 17, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),One of these is Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG), a plasma product which has proven effective in treating several immune system disorders, including nearly

Is There a Role for Corticosteroids in Treatment of Kawasaki Disease?  -  May 1, 2007
AAP Grand Rounds (subscription),Most patients respond to treatment with intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) and aspirin (ASA), but about 5% will develop coronary artery abnormalities (CAA)

CitiWarrants: Spanish Grifols Announces 1Q07 - Implications for CSL  -  May 14, 2007
egoli.com.au,Bioscience revenue was driven by albumin, IVIG & FVIII price strength. Channel checks indicate that pdFVIII prices remain firm in Europe.

Sysmex America Expands Reach within Clinical Research Market  -  May 23, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),ITP treatment options include: IVIG, Anti-D and steroids, to prevent peripheral destruction of platelets; and newer therapies that induce thrombopoiesis.

Home Solutions Completes Recapitalization With Flexpoint Partners ...  -  May 21, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),The Company has particular expertise in treating complex patients requiring cardiac therapies, Total Parenteral Nutrition, intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG)

Diplomat Infusion Announces CHAP Accreditation - Patient Infusion ...  -  May 9, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),Diplomat is certified to supply specialty drugs such as Tysabri, Remicade and IVIG. "The opening of our infusion suites is a key component of our continued

OMRIX Biopharmaceuticals Announces First Quarter 2007 Financial ...  -  May 8, 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),The immunotherapy product sales increase is mainly attributable to an increase in unit sales and price per unit of IVIG, offsetting the $2.8 million of VIG

Omrix Biopharmaceuticals: Passive Immunotherapy Beat Biosurgery Sales  -  May 8, 2007
Seeking Alpha,IVIG (Intravenous immunoglobulin) is a general antibody product for patients that have been immunocompromised due to diseases or disorders.

New Weapon Against Alzheimer`s Found  -  Apr 24, 2007
PakTribune.com,The study included eight Alzheimer`s patients treated with IVIg. After six months of treatment, seven of the patients underwent cognitive testing.

High hopes, high price for immunity therapy  -  Apr 6, 2007
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer,IVIG, as it is commonly known, is made up of antibodies derived from thousands of pooled blood donations. Given intravenously over several hours, IVIG is

Therapy pushes parents to penury  -  Apr 5, 2007
Calcutta Telegraph,He was brought to BC Roy Memorial Hospital for Children, where doctors administered him intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG). But the paralysis kept spreading

China Biopharma Successfully Transitions to Biopharmaceutical ...  -  Apr 6, 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),In 2007, China Biopharma will also begin marketing its first intravenous therapeutic drug Immunoglobulin (IVIG) for the treatment of autoimmune diseases.

Neuropathy Action Foundation Press Conference to Urge California ...  -  Mar 22, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),Meanwhile, thousands of California Medicare beneficiaries and privately-insured patients continue to depend on the availability of IVIG to prevent the

CitiWarrants: CSL - Plasma Product Prices Pump  -  Mar 22, 2007
egoli.com.au,Initiating on CSL with a Buy and Total Return of 13.1% — Global demand and expanding therapeutic uses are driving prices of IVIG and albumin sharply higher.

Patients, providers face cuts in reimbursement  -  Mar 9, 2007
Arizona Republic,The supply of his miracle medicine, intravenous immune globulin, known as IVIG, is threatened because of hefty cuts in the Medicare program.

Blood sell  -  Mar 9, 2007
The Australian,Use of IVIg in Australia is growing at a rate of 15 per cent per annum, expected to continue until 2011 at least, forcing local health authorities to

Specialists Treat Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases More ...  -  Feb 26, 2007
DG NewsBoth experts and non-experts prescribed IVIG for all patients with X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA), but prescription patterns for other diseases were less

Easing of blood ban studied to lift stocks  -  Mar 9, 2007
The Australian,The authority needed to keep up with demand for the most popular plasma product, intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg), which helped patients fight off

OMRIX Biopharmaceuticals Announces Fourth Quarter and Full-Year ...  -  Mar 9, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),...the Company's marketed fibrin sealant products, VIG sales in the amount of $6.0 million, and increased unit sales and price per unit of IVIG.

BioScrip to Report Fourth Quarter and Year End 2006 Earnings on ...  -  Mar 14, 2007
Business Wire (press release),...with complex health conditions such as HIV/AIDS, Cancer, Infusion IVIG, Hepatitis C, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Multiple Sclerosis, and Transplantation.

Myasthenia Gravis A Treatable Muscle Disorder  -  Mar 5, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG): This provides short-term relief by offering types of antibodies that influence immune responses.

Nabi Biopharmaceuticals Announces Fourth Quarter and Full-Year ...  -  Mar 12, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),...advance the Phase III trial of ATG-Fresenius S in lung transplant patients, and - initiate the clinical trial of our intravenous immunoglobulin, IVIG.

Blood supplies to treat diseases forecast to run out  -  Mar 8, 2007
ABC Online,...very significant increase in the demand for one of our particular products that's made from plasma, and it's called IVIG, or intravenous immunoglobulin.

Rural Chinese glad to earn cash for blood  -  Feb 28, 2007
Boston Globe,Many of the Chinese-made, plasma-based drugs are also exported around the world and local commercial Internet sites often offer buyers products such as IVIG

Patients and Physicians Expected to Ask for Assistance From State ...  -  Feb 22, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),What: Arizona State Senate Health Committee Hearing on IVIG Access and Reimbursement Crisis When: Thursday, March 1, 9 am Where: Arizona State Senate,

Patients and Physicians Expected to Ask for Assistance from State ...  -  Feb 22, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),Meanwhile, thousands of Arizona Medicare beneficiaries and privately-insured patients continue to depend on the availability of IVIG to prevent the

Sección internacional  -  Feb 22, 2007
Bolsamania.com,...(PRN) - Patients and Physicians Expected to Ask for Assistance From State Senate Health Committee at Hearing on Consequences of IVIG Access Crisis ... [+]

CSL Profit Rises on Plasma Sales; Upgrades Forecast (Update2)  -  Feb 20, 2007
BloombergAlbumin and IVIG treat bleeding disorders including hemophilia, liver failure, kidney disease and burns and infections. The Gardisal vaccine is for the

Plasma deal delivers CSL an R&D winner  -  Feb 16, 2007
The Australian,And yet, despite record demand for products such as intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg), the NBA has signed away up to 6.6 tonnes of plasma – around 6600

Discovery May Lead to Novel Treatments for Inflammatory Diseases  -  Jan 30, 2007
EndoNurse,Investigators at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City have discovered that intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) or antibody therapy works, in part,

Quicker autoimmune-disorder Rx  -  Jan 29, 2007
Monsters and Critics.com,A team at Cornell Weill Medical Center in New York City say they have found a way to isolate the active ingredient in the intravenous immune globulin (IVIG)

China Biopharma Expands Product Line to Treat Autoimmune Diseases  -  Feb 7, 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),China Biopharma plans to market Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG) on the international market beginning in the second quarter of 2007. IVIG is a solution

Expanded Product Line To Treat Autoimmune Diseases  -  Feb 4, 2007
China CSR,IVIG is a solution containing blood components, specifically immunoglobulins that help regulate the immune system. IVIG is used to treat a host of

Medical Edge: Quick treatment is crucial for Guillain-Barre syndrome  -  Feb 10, 2007
Bryan College Station Eagle,The two main treatment options for Guillain-Barre syndrome, plasmapheresis (also known as plasma exchange) and intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg). are

Meta-analysis: Intravenous Immunoglobulin in Critically Ill Adult ...  -  Feb 5, 2007
Annals of Internal MedicineEffects of polyclonal intravenous immunoglobulin therapy (IVIG) on the mortality rate of critically ill patients with sepsis are unclear.

LifeScan, Inc., addresses the risk of life-threatening falsely ...  -  Feb 15, 2007
Prdomain Business Register (press release),The panel features Tom Schleis, MS, RPh, medical affairs manager at Octapharma, a leading manufacturer of IVIG treatments; Dr. Kim Kelly of LifeScan;

Media Invitation - Premier's Awards mark 40 years of Ontario ...  -  Feb 12, 2007
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse),...who helped develop synthetic IVIg, a breakthrough treatment for people who suffer from ITP, an autoimmune disease that can cause bleeding and death;

BioScrip Appoints Douglas Lee Chief Information Officer  -  Feb 5, 2007
Business Wire (press release),...with complex health conditions such as HIV/AIDS, Cancer, Infusion IVIG, Hepatitis C, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Multiple Sclerosis, and Transplantation.

GammaCan International to Present IgG-Based Melanoma Program at ...  -  Feb 1, 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),...of an anti-cancer immunotherapy and the Company developing the boosting of cancer patients' immune systems with IVIG into an effective treatment.

Predicting Treatment Failures in Kawasaki Disease  -  Dec 29, 2006
AAP Grand Rounds (subscription),1 Treatment with intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) and aspirin greatly reduces the frequency of CAA (<5%) 1 and usually causes a rapid defervescence and

Talecris Biotherapeutics Names Inaugural Talents Grant Recipients  -  Jan 5, 2007
Carolina Newswire (press release),Dr. Vera Bril, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada: “A randomized trial of plasma exchange compared with IVIG in the

Therapy Modulates Highly Sensitized Immune System To Let Mother ...  -  Dec 26, 2006
Medical News Today (press release),After undergoing years of experiments and clinical trials, IVIG became a fully accepted, Medicare-approved therapy in 2004 when it was found effective in a

CME Questions  -  Dec 29, 2006
AAP Grand Rounds (subscription),List 3 laboratory tests that can help predict whether a patient with Kawasaki Disease will not respond to IVIG therapy. State whether most physicians do or

Grifols "sell"  -  Dec 29, 2006
newratings.com...the analysts mention that the FDA has approved the license for the company to distribute the new generation of Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG) under

A Dream Come True  -  Jan 10, 2007
Storm Lake Pilot Tribune,She must receive (IVIG) Gamma globulin therapy every three weeks. The treatment takes about two and a half hours with the globulin injected directly into

GammaCan Files Additional Patent Applications Covering the ...  -  Jan 4, 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),...of an anti-cancer immunotherapy and the Company developing the boosting of cancer patients' immune systems with IVIG into an effective treatment.

CIBC gives Omrix $41 target price  -  Jan 3, 2007
Globes,Also, a US approval of IVIG in 2008 opens up another large new market ($1.4 billion).� CIBC therefore kept its 2008 earnings per share forecast for Omrix

Hospitals, Healthcare Providers to Save with Premier Plasma ...  -  Jan 3, 2007
dBusinessNews Charlotte (press release),Products include albumin; intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG); hyperimmune globulin; various coagulation factor products including Factor VIII and Factor IX;

Marrow Donor Needed for 18-month-old Boy  -  Dec 28, 2006
San Leandro India West,He is currently getting intravenous immunoglobin (IVIG) infusions every three weeks, but this is only a short term solution. Since his immune system is so

Therapy Modulates Highly Sensitized Immune System To Let Mother ...  -  26 Dec 2006
Medical News Today (press release),After undergoing years of experiments and clinical trials, IVIG became a fully accepted, Medicare-approved therapy in 2004 when it was found effective in a

Strong sales of plasma products pumps CSL to a record high  -  Dec 13, 2006
The Age,Sales of the plasma products, such as intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) and albumin, used to treat bleeding disorders such as hemophilia, generate about 90

Blood Diagnostics, Inc. Offers Customers Convenience of Access to ...  -  Dec 15, 2006
Genetic Engineering News (press release),Visit www.ivig.com or www.blooddiagnostics.com for more information regarding Blood Diagnostics' services and products.

CSL Raises Full-Year Profit Growth Forecast to 30% (Update3)  -  Dec 12, 2006
BloombergAlbumin and IVIG treat bleeding disorders including hemophilia, liver failure, kidney disease and burns and infections. In July, CSL agreed to buy Zenyth

CSL Raises Full-Year Profit Growth Forecast to 30% (Update2)  -  Dec 12, 2006
Bloomberg...who gets more than 90 percent of sales from plasma, is benefiting from reduced market supplies of products such as intravenous immunoglobulin, or IVIG,

Blood Diagnostics, Inc. awarded Verified Accreditation for ...  -  Nov 29, 2006
Carolina Newswire (press release),Blood Diagnostics specializes in Albumin (Human) USP, intravenous immune globulin (IVIG or IGIV), coagulation factors VIIa, VIII and IX,

ZLB Behring Completes Purchase of CytoGam(R) Immunoglobulin ...  -  Dec 18, 2006
American Digital Networks (press release),In transplants of these organs other than kidney from CMV seropositive donors into seronegative recipients, prophylactic CMV-IVIg should be considered in

Protein 'Fingerprint' In Spinal Fluid Could Spot Alzheimer's Disease  -  Dec 16, 2006
Medical News Today (press release),He continued: "In fact, we are now using this panel to study the effects of a promising new experimental treatment for Alzheimer's called IVIg (intravenous

Genentech begin Alzheimer’s Research  -  Dec 15, 2006
DrugResearcher.com,Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, have demonstrated that Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIg), a purified mixture of human antibodies,

Macquarie: CSL - Earnings Upgrade  -  Dec 14, 2006
egoli.com.au,...version of IVIG (Vivaglobin). This has contributed to recent earnings. rejection of paediatric vaccines containing Thimerosal. Should this trend

Review takes shot at the business of blood  -  Dec 14, 2006
The Australian,But in recent years, authorities have resorted to importing the most popular plasma product, intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) used to treat a range of

Australian Stocks Rise for a Third Day, Led by CSL and Toll  -  Dec 12, 2006
Bloomberg...between A$440 million ($346 million) and A$460 million on reduced market supplies of products such as intravenous immunoglobulin, or IVIG, and albumin.

GammaCan International, Inc. to Highlight its Melanoma Program on ...  -  Dec 13, 2006
Genetic Engineering News (press release),...of an anti-cancer immunotherapy and the Company developing the boosting of cancer patients' immune systems with IVIg into an effective treatment.

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