WILMINGTON, Delaware, Oct. 24 (TNSres) -- AstraZeneca, a biopharmaceutical company, issued the following news release: * * * AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo's datopotamab deruxtecan reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 25% in overall population and by 37% in patients with non-squamous tumors Datopotamab deruxtecan is the first antibody drug conjugate to demonstrate statistically significant improvement in PFS over docetaxel in this setting of high unmet need * * * Positive res  more

WILMINGTON, Delaware, Oct. 24 (TNSres) -- AstraZeneca, a biopharmaceutical company, issued the following news release on Oct. 23, 2023: * * * AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo's ENHERTU showed a median progression-free survival of 6.9 months and median overall survival of 13.4 months in the overall trial population Results reaffirm potential role of ENHERTU as a tumor-agnostic therapy for previously treated patients with HER2-expressing solid tumors and support ongoing discussions with global re  more

DOVER, Delaware, Oct. 27 -- Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings issued the following news release: Attorney General Kathleen Jennings announced that the Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit to hold numerous companies accountable for contaminating Delaware's natural resources with per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) traceable to the use and disposal of aqueous film-forming foam ("AFFF"), a specialized firefighting foam product widely used at airports and military bases. The law  more

DOVER, Delaware, Oct. 26 -- Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2023: Attorney General Kathy Jennings announced today that the Department of Justice has settled its lawsuit against a developer for allegedly having misled residents at Noble's Pond, a 55+ community outside Dover, Delaware and will begin making payments to residents. The Department's complaint, filed in 2019, included charges that Regal Builders, LLC, its president, and related en  more

SMYRNA, Delaware, Oct. 27 -- Gov. John C. Carney, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: Governor John Carney joined state leaders and representatives of Comcast, Verizon, Mediacom, and the Communication Workers of America (CWA) at the Innovation Technology Exploration Center to celebrate progress on broadband expansion and preview next steps. With federal investments from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) allocated by Governor Carney, Delaware has successfully connected nearly 6,000   more

DOYLESTOWN, Pennsylvania, Oct. 27 -- Delaware Valley University issued the following news: Delaware Valley University (DelVal) has created a President's Advisory Council (PAC), a non-governing group that supports the University's historical commitment to experiential learning to prepare students to meet the challenges of a complex global environment, engage in life-long learning, acquire requisite skills, and exhibit a spirit of inquiry that enriches and informs their lives, thus preparing them  more

WILMINGTON, Delaware, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- AstraZeneca, a biopharmaceutical company, issued the following news release: * * * Potential to be the first and only self-administered flu vaccine * * * AstraZeneca's Supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for the approval of a self- or caregiver-administered option for FLUMIST(R) QUADRIVALENT (Influenza Vaccine Live, Intranasal), a needle-free nasal spray, has been accepted for review by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). If appr  more

ALBANY, New York, Oct. 26 -- The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2023: The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced that the owner and operator of Amphenol Aerospace, an electronics manufacturer in Delaware County, recently paid a civil penalty of $945,000 for violations related to the tampering of weekly sampling reports and submission of false materials to DEC over a two-year period. Am  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 25 -- Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued the following news release: Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has secured a $16 million cleanup of millions of pounds of hazardous glass from the owners of two Columbus properties. Garrison Southfield Park and Olymbec USA, both based in the state of Delaware, paid to clean up the hazardous waste that was allegedly amassed on the properties by Closed Loop Glass Solutions and Closed Loop Refining and Recovery, which leased the sites  more

DELAWARE, Ohio, Oct. 27 (TNSres) -- Ohio Wesleyan University issued the following news release: Ohio Wesleyan University faculty member Glenda Nieto-Cuebas is collaborating on a grant-funded research project with a colleague at MacEwan University in Canada "to theoretically and practically define a new line of research" in Spanish theater. The project - led by OWU's Nieto-Cuebas, Ph.D., and MacEwan's Erin Alice Cowling, Ph.D., both associate professors of Spanish - is being supported by the Go  more

DOVER, Delaware, Oct. 26 (TNSres) -- The University of Delaware issued the following news: * * * UD project looks to oysters to enhance shoreline resilience * * * Coastal wetlands provide important functions for estuaries, including reducing pollutants, providing habitat for plants and animals, and offering protection from storms and flooding events. In the Delaware Estuary, these beneficial wetlands are estimated to lose about one acre per day. Some models, when taking into account a one-me  more

DOVER, Delaware, Oct. 27 (TNSres) -- The University of Delaware issued the following news: * * * UD plays key role in shaping agriculture and natural resources leadership program * * * The need for issues-focused leadership around the agriculture and natural resources sectors is vital for the continued success of Delaware's largest economic driver. Agriculture is Delaware's number one industry, providing more than 69,000 jobs and nearly $10.3 billion of economic activity, according to the De  more

DOVER, Delaware, Oct. 24 (TNSres) -- The University of Delaware issued the following news: * * * Making research freely and digitally accessible to all * * * When scholarship is made freely available, it allows researchers worldwide to engage with it, resulting in a much larger reach and impact. Over the past year, the University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press has increased its efforts to support initiatives around open access publishing. Open access, the practice of making articles  more

DOVER, Delaware, Oct. 28 -- The University of Delaware issued the following news: For the Record provides information about recent professional activities and honors of University of Delaware faculty, staff, students and alumni. Recent presentations, awards and publications include the following: Presentations Farley Grubb, professor of economics, presented "The Origins of the Continental Dollar, 1775-1777: Explaining the Choices that Congress had to Make when Creating a New Money" to the Am  more

DOVER, Delaware, Oct. 27 (TNSres) -- The University of Delaware issued the following news: * * * STAR Campus shines during Association of University Research Park members' visit * * * Norbert Morucz traveled more than 4,400 miles to attend the 2023 international conference of the Association of University Research Parks in Delaware, Oct. 16-19. Morucz is president of the Association of Science and Technology Parks in Budapest, Hungary, an association of 20 technology parks and 14 science par  more

DOVER, Delaware, Oct. 24 (TNSres) -- The University of Delaware issued the following news: * * * Physical therapy clinical trial to further study vigorous exercise and walking improvements in chronic stroke patients * * * It was 3 o'clock in the morning when Larry Christian awoke to sudden pain in his left hand and arm. He didn't think much of it and managed to fall back asleep. The next day, he got up, and his wife noticed he was bouncing off the walls. "I couldn't keep my balance at all.  more

DOVER, Delaware, Oct. 26 (TNSres) -- The University of Delaware issued the following news: * * * UD researchers explore cell-to-cell signals in plants that trigger photosynthesis and defense mechanisms * * * Traffic lights signal to cars and buses when to stop, slow and go. Much like traffic lights, plant cells send signals to each other to perform photosynthesis to grow or fight off destructive viruses and pathogens. Plant cells produce plasmodesmata, tiny tiny tubes that act as communica  more