WILMINGTON, Delaware, Nov. 10 -- AstraZeneca, a biopharmaceutical company, issued the following news release: The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee (PADAC) has voted 16 to 1 that the data support a favorable benefit risk assessment for the use of PT027 (albuterol/budesonide) for the treatment of asthma in people aged 18 years and older. In adolescents aged 12 to 17 years, the Committee voted 9 to 8 that the data do not support a favorable benefit ri  more

IRVINE, California, Nov. 10 (TNSper) -- The University of California Irvine School of Law issued the following news release: The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) is proud to announce that Michele Goodwin, Chancellor's Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Biotechnology and Global Health Policy, has been elected the next President of the Law and Society Association (LSA). She will begin her two-year term as President following the LSA annual meeting in 2023. LS  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Nov. 10 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on Nov. 9, 2022: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Joleen D. Simpson, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, announced that DIMITRIOS KASSIMIS, also known as Jimmy Kassimis, 58, of Old Saybrook, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Jud  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, Nov. 10 (TNSres) -- Duke Health issued the following news release: Experts at Duke Health were among a multi-national team involved in treating a fetus for infantile-onset Pompe disease using an enzyme replacement therapy - a first in the world. The case, reported online Nov. 9 in the New England Journal of Medicine, highlights the potential for introducing a therapy for Pompe disease prior to birth. Even in the womb, the lysosomal storage disease damages major organs.   more

NORTH SMITHFIELD, Rhode Island, Nov. 9 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reached a proposed settlement with 13 "potentially responsible parties" (PRPs) which have agreed to finance and conduct all remedial design and remedial action activities to address groundwater contamination at the Landfill and Resource Recovery, Inc. (L&RR) Superfund Site located on Oxford Road in North Smithfield, Rhode Island. "T  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 10 (TNStalk) -- Mass General Brigham issued the following Q&A on Nov. 8, 2022, with Ashwin Babu, team physician for the New England Revolution soccer team: * * * In caring for athletes, collaboration is always key, and this is especially true for doctors treating professional athletes. Ashwin Babu, MD, works on the team keeping the New England Revolution soccer team safe and on the field. In addition to his work as a physiatrist for Mass General Brigham Sports Medic  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Nov. 10 (TNSjou) -- The University of California San Francisco campus issued the following news release: * * * Toddler Thrives with Same Disease That Ended Siblings' Lives * * * When Zahid and Sobia Bashir discovered their fetus had the same genetic disease that took the lives of two of their young children, they didn't hesitate to sign up for a promising but experimental new therapy. "I found out (the therapy) was a possibility and I was kind of in shock; I could  more

ORONO, Maine, Nov. 10 (TNSper) -- The University of Maine System issued the following news release: University of Maine System Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Robert Placido has been named the Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs for the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, effective Dec. 5. While a national search is conducted to fill the position, Jeffrey St. John, associate vice chancellor for accreditation and strategic initiatives, will serve as interim vice chanc  more