Provenge

Provenge, an immune therapy for certain forms of prostate cancer, provides statistically significant survival benefits for patients. We have actually known this for almost two years, but the last time around the FDA decided to ask for a larger study to verify the earlier results.

The new study, a Phase III trial named IMPACT, enrolled 512 patients with metastatic androgen-independent prostate cancer, a late-stage cancer than usually kills men in a few months. The trial showed that on average men lived over 20% longer when they had received the Provenge treatment. The exact statistical results will be presented at a medical conference shortly.

This is going to have a major impact on the entire biotechnology industry. If the FDA now approves Provenge, as expected, it will be the first approved immunotherapy. Immunotherapy research has been stifled by lack of funds because the FDA had never approved a therapy. When sales of Provenge begin, Dendreon should have the funds to both improve its therapy for prostate cancer and to create therapies for other forms of cancer.

Tucano T1 plane wrongly leading to overcooking the turbo during his training stint with air force last year, CNN has reported. This could have damaged the plane but it didn’t happen. Britain’s Daily Mail has repoeted the incident. “He flicked the wrong switch on shutdown and overcooked the turbo,” Watt told the paper. “I think he switched it back on.

It is a variant of Short Tucano T1. The Short Tucano was developed by the British Short Brothers company in order to meet a requirement to replace the Jet Provost as the basic trainer for the RAF, as laid down in Air Staff Target 412. It is an adaptation of the Embraer EMB-312 Tucano fitted with the more powerful 1,100 shp (820 kW) Garrett turboprop engine in place of the EMB-312’s 750 shp (560 kW) Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6 engine, to give higher climb performance.

(AGI) - Londra, 14 apr. - Ha premuto l'interruttore sbagliato e ha mandato in fumo il motore da un milione di sterline del suo aereo. La disavventura e' capitata lo scorso anno al principe William durante le 12 settimane di addestramento da pilota della Royal Air Force. Il primogenito del principe di Galles ha bruciato il motore del suo 'Short Tucano T1', turboelica da addestramento al combattimento derivato da un aereo brasiliano.

Bay News 9

Bay News 9 was honored with a prestigious Sigma Delta Chi award for best breaking news coverage for its continuous reporting on a tanker truck explosion along Interstate 75 last year. The award given by the Society of Professional Journalists recognizes the best in professional journalism in 53 categories.

Bay News 9 competed against stations in the top 50 U.S. markets, including New York City and Los Angeles. The station was given the award based on its coverage of a June 2008 accident that killed the driver of a tanker truck, which careened off the I-75 bridge at U.S. Highway 301. Bay News 9 is a 24-hour local news channel serving over 1 million cable households in the Tampa Bay area, including Manatee County.

MANATEE — Manatee County is seeking five members for the Tourist Development Council advisory board. Members of the board will serve in an advisory capacity to the Manatee County Commission. Four of the members will be hoteliers and one will be an interested citizen. Applications for the positions are being sought by July 10. Those interested in applying should contact Monica Luff of the Bradenton Area Convention & Visitors Bureau at 729-9177.