We rely on third parties to conduct our clinical trials. If they do not perform satisfactorily, our business could be harmed.

This work was supported by grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.81201985 and 81373947) and the National for New Drug Innovation and Development of China (No. 2011ZXJ09202-13; No. 2012BAK25B00).

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Readers pointed to this study [2017], which reports elevated risk of heart attack for people taking ibuprofen or naproxen.  The dosages they are looking at are several times higher than the daily dosage used for prevention alone.

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In response to the valsartan recall, André’s company is now conducting audits that zero in on the potential for any process to generate genotoxic impurities. So far, audits have found three problematic synthetic drug substances, says André. One of them is levocarnitine, synthesized from a probable carcinogen, epichlorohydrin. Depending on how it is synthesized, the compound may not only contain epichlorohydrin, but also traces of cyanide.

“For another thing, Liz knew that our biotech firm, Telocyte, intends to do almost the same thing, but with a few crucial differences: we will only be using telomerase (hTERT) and we intend to pursue human trials that have FDA clearance, have full IRB agreement, and meet GMP (“Good Medical Production”) standards.”

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