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NOVATO, Calif., June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (Nasdaq: BMRN) announced today that it has received notice of priority review status for Kuvan(R) (sapropterin dihydrochloride) as an oral treatment for patients with phenylketonuria (PKU) from Health Canada. Priority review provides for a shortened submission review of 180 days versus the standard twelve months. BioMarin plans to file a marketing application for Kuvan in Canada in the third quarter of 2009,...

National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) Recognizes BioMarin's Efforts to Expand Treatment Options for Patients with PKU NOVATO, Calif., May 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (Nasdaq: BMRN) announced today that it has received the 2009 Corporate Award from the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD), an organization dedicated to improving the lives of people with rare diseases. The award was presented on May 14 at NORD's annual "Partners in Progress"...

University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers have discovered that a form of vitamin B1 could become a new and effective treatment for one of the world's leading causes of blindness. Scientists believe that uveitis, an inflammation of the tissue located just below the outer surface of the eyeball, produces 10 to 15 percent of all cases of blindness in the United States, and causes even higher rates of blindness globally. The inflammation is normally treated with antibiotics...

A team of University of Maryland scientists has paved the way for the development of new drug therapies to combat active and asymptomatic (latent) tuberculosis infections by characterizing the unique structure and mechanism of an enzyme in M. tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes the disease. Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Barbara Gerratana, in the university's College of Chemical and Life Sciences, led the research team, which included her graduate student Melissa Resto...

Company brings the latest in Italian skin care to the U.S. TURIN, Italy, March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Direct from Italy, Perlabella PureDose Pearls bring the latest in anti-aging skin care technology to America. The skin care line offers four highly concentrated anti-aging serums: Retinol Face, Q10 Face, Vitamin C Face and Retinol Eye. "Perlabella PureDose Pearls are unique because they are airtight, making it impossible for water, air or preservatives to compromise the integrity of their...

Personal nutrition coach and U.S. nutrition author Jack Challem is challenging a recent study on high doses of vitamin C interfering with chemotherapy drugs. Challem, a Tucson, Ariz., personal nutrition coach and a regular contributor to the journal Alternative and Complementary Therapies, challenges the findings of a study published in Cancer Research which concludes that vitamin C given to mice or cultured cells treated with common anticancer drugs reduces the tumor-fighting effects of...

Nutritional Supplement Offers Promising Results for Tired Baby Boomers MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Bioenergy Life Science--The Ribose Company(TM)--has announced preliminary findings indicating that Bioenergy Ribose(TM) lessens fatigue among baby boomers. The results were presented at the Scripps Integrative Conference(1). Bioenergy Ribose consists of D-ribose and is a patented functional ingredient for foods and beverages as well as supplements such as Corvalen(R). In a study...

- Multivitamin, vitamin C, calcium among most popular supplements, according to survey - WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- What's in your kitchen cabinets? Aside from the usual staples of cereal, coffee filters, and bottles of salad dressing, it appears that the majority of American adults who take vitamins and other supplements every year are keeping them in their kitchen cabinet. According to the 2008 CRN Consumer Survey on Dietary Supplements, 52 percent of supplement...

A new survey conducted in young females connects high vitamin C in the bloodstream with lower blood pressure.This finding "strongly suggests that vitamin C is specifically important in maintaining a healthy blood pressure," lead author Dr. Gladys Block, of the University of California, Berkeley, said.Prior data connected high plasma levels of vitamin C with healthier blood pressure in the middle-aged and older, usually with unhealthy blood pressure, Block and colleagues stated.The new...

NOVATO, Calif., Dec. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (Nasdaq: BMRN) announced today that its partner Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, has received marketing approval for Kuvan(R) (sapropterin dihydrochloride) for the treatment of hyperphenylalaninemia (HPA) in phenylketonuria (PKU) or BH4 deficient patients from the European Commission. Merck Serono estimates that there are approximately 35,000 patients diagnosed with...