| Issue 26 20 July 2007 |
| Welcome to Pharm Fresh eZine Our weekly electronic briefing brings you key research developments in our industry and alerts you to relevant new research papers published in technical journals around the world. Don't forget to check out our new-look website at www.animalpharmnews.com |
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US researchers have discovered that the "rogue" proteins responsible for causing transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), or prion diseases, in animals are significantly more infectious when they are bound to common soil particles. |
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Bernese Mountain dogs are particularly prone to infection with the Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria, but not to acquiring glomerulonephritis, a type of kidney damage caused by the infection, say Swiss researchers. The infection is transmitted by ticks. |
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Kansas State University of Veterinary Medicine has opened its new Dryden-Merial Tick Research Center, to which Merial contributed $815,000. |
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Date: September 25th 2007 Venue: Gibson Hall, London Closed for Award entries The Animal Pharm Industry Excellence Awards is the first and only platform designed to recognize and celebrate the achievements of those working in the animal health care industry. The 12 award categories have been developed to focus on the rapidly evolving animal health industry and have been selected after industry and market consultation. The awards are open to any animal health company, of any size, operating around the world, as well as companies that supply to the animal health industry. • Book a table • Visit the website • Video: The 2006 Awards |
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Date: September 25th-26th 2007 Venue: Hotel Palace, Berlin, Germany Pre-conference Workshop: An Introduction to PIE Date: September 24th 2007 Join us for Informa Life Sciences' second annual 'Environmental Risk Assessment of Human and Veterinary Medicines'. This interactive conference offers an unrivalled opportunity for you to meet European regulators and to learn from experiences of the first year of data submitted. With a wide selection of up-to-the-minute human pharmaceutical and veterinary medicine case studies from renowned experts from industry and research centres, this meeting will provide practical problem solving strategies for implementing the environmental risk assessment which you cannot afford to miss. Please quote your VIP number when registering: CQ5044APEL Phone our reservation line on: +44(0) 20 7017 7481 • Visit the website • Register |
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| Kentucky's LDDC names new director | ||
The University of Kentucky's Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center (LDDC) has named Dr Craig Carter (pictured) as its new director. To access the full content, subscribe to Pharm Fresh, our FREE weekly briefing. |
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