Scientists need a better understanding of the chemistry of radium to be able to target the isotope radium-223 (Ra-223) to cancer cells. Once delivered, Ra-223 can destroy those cells with alpha ...

Oslo, Norway, 15 November 2013 - Algeta ASA (OSE: ALGETA) announces today that Bayer has received marketing authorisation from the European Commission for Xofigo ® (radium Ra 223 dichloride) solution ...

In 1898, Marie Sklodowska Curie and Pierre Curie discovered radium while studying the radioactivity in pitchblende. They found that the mineral was still radioactive even after removing uranium from ...

Tolerability and efficacy of lower dose of cabazitaxel (≤ 20mg/m2) in castration-refractory prostate cancer (CRPC). This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2016 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract ...

For the first time, nuclear physicists have made precision measurements of a short-lived radioactive molecule, radium monofluoride (RaF). In their study published in the journal Nature Physics, the ...

Oslo, Norway, 20 September 2013 - Algeta ASA (OSE: ALGETA), announced today that Bayer has received a positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for ...

Characterization of aggressive interventions within 30 days of death in lung cancer patients at Smilow Cancer Hospital (SCH). This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2014 Quality Care Symposium.

Oslo, Norway, 20 June 2013 - Algeta ASA (OSE: ALGETA), a company focused on the development of novel targeted cancer therapeutics, today celebrates the official opening of its commercial production ...

U.S. FDA Grants Priority Review to Bayer's Radium Ra 223 Dichloride NDA for Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer with Bone Metastases WAYNE, N.J., Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Bayer HealthCare ...