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EU approves tougher toy-safety laws
Brussels - European Union states on Monday expanded the list of substances they would not...
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Volvo Cars and Swedish government freeze talks on state guarantee
Stockholm - Volvo Cars, the Swedish subsidiary of US automotive giant Ford, and the Swedish...
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Chrysler to declare bankruptcy as last-minute talks fail
Washington - The long ailing US carmaker Chrysler LLC was to enter bankruptcy protection Thursday...
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Obama meets credit card execs as lawmakers consider crackdown
Washington - US President Barack Obama met Thursday with leaders of the credit-card industry,...
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Three Gorges Dam faces 14.5-billion-dollar cost overrun
Beijing - China's Three Gorges Dam, due to be completed in November, is...
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Airlines agree to 214-million-dollar fine for price fixing
Washington - Three international airlines have agreed to plead guilty to price fixing and pay a...
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Japan to draw up largest-ever stimulus worth 100 billion dollars
Tokyo - The Japanese government plans to draw up a supplementary budget for...
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Eli Lilly’s Symbyax Approved By FDA For TRD Treatment
Eli Lilly’s Symbyax won FDA’s approval for the treatment of treatment-resistant...
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EU pledges more funds to financial bailout systems
Brussels - European Union leaders Friday pledged to provide some 100 billion dollars in extra loans...
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Key labour union signs off on new deal with Ford
Washington - A top labour union on Monday approved changes in its contract with Ford Motor Co that...
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Ticketmaster Reaches Settlement with New Jersey
Ticketmaster has agreed to modify its online sales procedure after it guided Bruce Springsteen fans...
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Ticketmaster-Live Nation Merger Is Expected to Hit on Our Pockets
After the boards of Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. and Live Nation Inc. approved a deal to...
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FDA Approves First Drug Made From Genetically Engineered Animals
The Food and Drug Administration announced the approval of the first drug made from a genetically...
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Medicare Decides To Expand Coverage For Cancer Drugs
Doctors and patients who need Medicare reimbursement for certain experimental treatments...
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The Switch To Digital Television Might Be Pushed Back
U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and John Rockefeller of West Virginia asked that the...
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BofA Gets New $ 20 Billion Lifeline
The United States government approved a new lifeline of 20 billion dollars Friday to Bank of...
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The Medicines Company To Buy Targanta Therapeutics
Medicines Co. on Monday announced its intention to buy biotechnology company Targanta...
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Watson’s Nicorette Mint Gum Approved
Wednesday, Watson Pharmaceuticals Incorporated announced that United States health regulators had...
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AMD's Restructuring Process Proves To Be Extremely Expensive
AMD’s plans to cut its losses short in this year’s fourth quarter didn’t quite...
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US Treasury to buy stake in GMAC; GM gets additional loan
The Treasury will buy a 5-billion-dollar stake in GMAC and also lend GM an additional...
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FDA Approves Allergan’s Drug Latisse
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Allergan Inc.’s Latisse, a beauty...
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RIAA Found A New Way Of Dealing With Illegal Music Downloads
Looking to find a better way to deal with the individuals illegally trading music, the Recording...
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Disney Channel to Be Launched in Russia
The Walt Disney Co. and Media-One Holdings Ltd. announced on
Tuesday that they would launch a...
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Obama urges car industry bail-out as Republicans balk
Washington - US president-elect Barack Obama Thursday called on Congress to prevent a collapse of...
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Pelosi: Congress considering short-term funding for carmakers
Washington - Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said late Friday that Congress was considering a...
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BCE Leveraged Buyout Suffers Big Blow, Might Not Finalize
The largest leveraged buyout in history might not happen after all. A preliminary review reached...
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Microsoft's Zune Gets A Makeover
Microsoft Corp announced earlier today the release of a new
music subscription plan for Zune’s...
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Apple Approved Google's Mobile App
Starting today, the iPhone’s App store finally features the
highly debated Google Mobile App,...
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Russia Announces Lower Oil Forecast
Moscow - The Russian Finance Ministry announced a cut for its oil forecast to 50 dollars per barrel...
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GM shares tumble as US government ponders aid to auto industry
New York - As Washington openly debated help for the beleaguered automobile industry, shares of...
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U.S.
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US health industry promises to tackle spiralling costs
Washington - Representatives of the US healthcare industry on Monday pledged to find savings of...
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Stress tests to show banks need cash; investors feared worse
Washington - Some of the United States' largest banks will be forced to raise...
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Sebelius confirmed as US health secretary amid swine-flu scare
Washington - Kathleen Sebelius was approved by the US Senate as health secretary Tuesday,...
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Oversight group fears fraud, criminal acts in US financial rescue
Washington (dpa) - The United States' dramatic efforts to stabilize the financial system are...
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Obama sees "glimmers of hope" for US economy
Washington - President Barack Obama on Friday pointed to some signs of progress for the US...
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US lost 663,000 jobs in March, unemployment 8.5 per cent
Washington - The United States shed 663,000 jobs in March, lifting the unemployment rate to 8.5 per...
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US House, Senate approve 2010 budget outline
Washington - US lawmakers on Thursday approved a 3.5-trillion-dollar budget...
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House approves new controls on tobacco in United States
Washington - The US House of Representatives on Thursday approved tougher anti-smoking controls in...
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US trade nominee Kirk: No "deal fever" in Obama administration
Washington - Ron Kirk, President Barack Obama's nominee for US trade representative, pledged...
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US unemployment jumps to 8.1 per cent; 651,000 jobs lost
Washington - The United States shed 651,000 jobs in February, the latest sign of a deepening...
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Washington State to Allow Patients to Die with ‘Dignity’
The Death with Dignity Act, a law approved by voter referendum last November, will take effect on...
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Obama to nominate new health secretary
Washington - US President Barack Obama will nominate Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius as health...
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Obama to Sign Economic Stimulus Bill on Tuesday
President Barack Obama will sign the massive $787 billion stimulus plan into law on Tuesday during...
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Obama Will Hold Rally to Draw Support for Stimulus
President Barack Obama will most likely call on Congress to hurry up and pass his economic stimulus...
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House Expected To Approve Children’s Health Bill Today
The House on Wednesday is expected to approve the expansion of the State Children’s Health...
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Senate Approves Health Bill For Children
The Senate on Thursday approved the bill designed to provide health insurance to more than...
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Senate Panel Approves Eric Holder for Attorney General Post
Eric Holder is close to becoming America’s first African-American attorney general after the...
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Legal Immigrant’s Children in Louisiana to Be Covered by SCHIP
Lawmakers in Louisiana consider revising the state’s health insurance program for children...
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President Obama Orders Closing of Guantanamo Prison
President Barack Obama doesn’t have any time to loose and on the second day of his...
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Hillary Clinton Confirmed and Sworn In as Secretary of State
Hillary Rodham Clinton was sworn in as the 67th U.S. secretary of state last night. The swearing in...
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Prop. 8 Backers Take on Attorney General J. Brown
The battle over the gay marriage is far from over in the state of California. While supporters of...
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National Health Spending Is Slowly Rising
According to a study published in the today’s issue of the journal Health Affairs, national...
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Obama’s Pick for CIA Stuns Intelligence Community
President-elect Barack Obama's decision to appoint Leon Panetta as the leader of the Central...
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California, Out of Money
The economic crisis, which has now reached global proportions, is taking its toll on the United...
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Jerry Brown Filed Brief Against Prop 8
The discussions and very heated debates on Proposition 8 are far from being over, which...
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Senate Seat Scandal Surrounding Gov. Rod Blagojevich Continues
The scandal surrounding Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich related to the governor’s alleged attempt...
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Senate report links top Bush officials to detainee abuse
Washington - Former defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other senior officials were directly...
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FDA Panel To Decide On The Safety Of Asthma Drugs
A Food and Drug Administration panel of medical
experts is weighing whether to allow certain...
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House approves bail-out for US car industry
Washington - The US House of Representatives Wednesday approved a 14-billion-dollar emergency loan...
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Obama names Clinton, Gates to cabinet
Washington - President-elect Barack Obama nominated Hillary Clinton as secretary of state on...
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Gadgets
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Cool iPhone And iPod Applications From Outside The App Store
The App Store provides some very useful and polished applications for iPods and iPhones. But there...
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BlackBerry Curve 8900 Expected in February
Research In Motion’s BlackBerry Curve 8900, also known as the BlackBerry Javelin, is...
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OrbLive Update Released For iPhone And iPod Touch
Orb updated their OrbLive client for the iPhone and the iPod touch today, an update that enables...
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BlackBerry Announces Application Storefront
Research in Motion has announced on Tuesday that a new, online application storefront will be...
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Real iPhone Patch to Come in September
It looks like iPhone's OS will finally exit beta phase: Steve Jobs promised that next month, the...
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FCC Approves Android-Powered HTC Phone For T-Mobile
On Monday the Federal Communications Commission approved what appears to be the world's first...
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Google News: HTC Dream - Approved By The FCC, Android SDK - Updated
Google is definitely having a full week; besides the bad news with GraphOn’s lawsuit, the company...
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Apple’s 3G iPhone To Get VoIP From Global IP Solutions
On Monday, Global IP Solutions announced the upcoming launch of a new software developer's kit that...
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iPhone to Finally Get Copy and Paste Function
While since the smartphone’s launch, only certain iPhone users have requested the Copy and Paste...
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Pwnage 2.0 Jailbreak Tool for the New iPhone Already Available
Just a little more than a week after Apple released the new 3G iPhone the international team of...
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Update: Apple Sells 1 Million Phones and 10 Million Applications
Apple has pulled it off. The Cupertino company managed to sell in a very short timespan a million...
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Apple's AppStore Brings Super-Cool iPhone Apps and Line Cutters
Apple's newly opened AppStore brought a whole world of third party applications to iPhone and iPod...
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Apple’s AppStore To Open On Friday With 500 Applications
Apple is getting ready for one of its biggest events this year: the launch of the 3G iPhone and its...
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Reports: Apple To Control Applications Created With iPhone SDK
According to the latest rumors, Apple intends to establish
some ground rules for the applications...
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AT&T and Apple Launch International Data Global Plan
In summer, when Apple Inc. has
launched the ultimate smart phone called the iPhone everyone has...
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Science
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Mexico to build space port
Mexico City - Mexico plans to begin construction this year on a space port to send satellites...
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New Flu Vaccine Based On Human Antibodies May Come In Years
A new vaccine fighting several strains of the flu, including the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu,...
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FDA Clears First Drug From Genetically Engineered Animals
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday cleared the first medicine made from...
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FDA Approves First Drug Made from Genetically Engineered Animal
The Food and Drug Administration announced the approval of the first drug made from a genetically...
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New Drug From Genetically Engineered Goats May Be On Its Way
The Food and Drug Administration revealed Wednesday that for the first time an...
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National Health Spending Continues To Rise
According to a study published in the today’s issue of the journal Health Affairs, national...
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Next Mars Mission Delayed For Two Years To Fall 2011
NASA has announced that its next Mars mission has been delayed for two years, and that's because of...
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Answer For Lack Of Sexual Desire In Older Women: Testosterone Patch
Lack of sexual desire among women is not something new. Just
last week, a study by...
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Rotateq Slows Down The Rotavirus In Non-Immunized Children
A vaccine against rotavirus, Rotateq, which causes diarrhea
and vomiting in thousands of children...
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Heavy Discussions On NASA's Future
A measure called the NASA Reauthorization Act, approved by Congres yesterday, managed to cover...
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NASA Choose Next Mission to Mars
In addition to the two rovers on the surface of Mars, and the orbiting Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter,...
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NASA’s Program Could Get Affected By The Russia-Georgia War
According to a report in The Washington Post, the Russian-Georgian war may have several very...
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Navy Agrees To Low-Frequency Sonar Restrictions For Mammals’ Sake
The U.S. District Court in San Francisco approved on Tuesday
an agreement between the U.S. Navy...
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California Awards $271M in Stem Cell Grants
California has approved funding worth $271 million in total to create twelve stem cell research...
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Conservationists To Fight In Court For Gray Wolves
Environmental conservationists groups plan to fight in court
against the US Department of the...
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UN Experts Warn of Irreversible Climate Changes
United Nations experts have agreed on a 20-page draft report which warns of the effects of climate...
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China Builds Fourth Space Launch Center
China is to build its fourth space launch center, meant to serve the next-generation rocket...
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Students Grants Rise, Interest Rates Drop
With the newly approved bill that stipulates a $20.2billion
boost in financial support for college...
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Bush Signs Bill to Boost Scientific Research in the US
President Bush signed on August 9 the COMPETES Act, which should boost scientific research in the...
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Chinese Farm-Raised Seafood Import Blocked by FDA
The US Food and Drug Administration blocked the import from China of five species of seafood, as...
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Specials
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Extension Granted in Google Book Search Settlement Case
The Justice Department is keeping a close eye on the antitrust implications of the settlement...
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Drug Found to Lower Risk of Prostate Cancer
Avodart, a drug currently approved for the treatment of noncancerous enlarged prostate, also lowers...
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Facebook to Adopt New, Better Terms of Use
The new Facebook terms of use changed by the social networking site were put forward by the company...
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Apple Removes Baby Shaker App, 2 Days after Approving It
The Baby Shaker app, which was first approved in the App Store, was now removed by...
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Iranian Nobel laureate awarded German Dignity Award
Berlin (dpa) - Iranian Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi was awarded one of Germany's top prizes...
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Bone Fractures May Soon Have a Cure
A drug currently prescribed for osteoporosis may be available soon for people suffering from bone...
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Dundreon Shares Soar on Prostate Cancer Vaccine Success
Shares of Seattle-based Dendreon Corp. soared Tuesday on the news that its experimental vaccine for...
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FDA Advisory Panel Supports J&J, Bayer Anticlotting Drug Rivaroxaban
A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted on Thursday to recommend that the agency...
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FDA-Approved Labels - No Guarantee against Lawsuits
The US Supreme Court ruled against pharmaceutical company Wyeth on Wednesday in a case involving...
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Slumdog Actors to Be Moved to New Homes
Two child actors that were featured in the highly praised and awarded production...
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New Flu Vaccine Based on Human Antibodies May Come in Years
A new vaccine fighting several strains of the flu, including the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu,...
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Daiichi, Lilly Get European Approval for Prasugrel
Monday, Eli Lilly & Company and Daiichi Sankyo Company announced that they had earned...
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Medtronic’s Brain Stimulator Gets FDA Approval for OCD Patients
Patients suffering from severe obsessive-compulsive disorder that has not responded to medication...
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Psoriasis Drug Raptiva Tied to PML Deaths
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday said Genentech’s psoriasis drug Raptiva has...
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Digital TV Switch Happening For Over 600 TV Stations
For more than a quarter of the nation’s total of around 1,800 television stations,...
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New Gout Drug Uloric Gets FDA Clearance
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. won US approval to sell the first new treatment option for chronic...
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Octuplet Grandma Supports Daughter
After sharply criticizing her daughter Nadya Suleman's decision to expand her family through...
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Bayer Agrees to Pay $20 Million to Correct Misleading Information about Its Contraceptive
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals has announced the decision to introduce a new advertising...
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Ticketmaster and Live Nation To Announce Merge
A new massive business is set to emerge from the union of the nation’s largest ticket vendor,...
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Drug Produced from Genetically Engineered Goats Gets FDA’s Approval
Federal officials approved for the first time a drug made from milk of genetically engineered...
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Council Votes to Ban Commercial Fishing in Arctic
Thursday, a federal advisory board voted to ban commercial fishing north of the Bering Strait...
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Stem Cell Therapy Shows Promise In MS Trial
People suffering from multiple sclerosis have given hope once again thanks to a clinical...
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Google Earth Helps Swiss Police Uncover Marijuana Plantation
Google Earth has earned its popularity all over the world, but how far does its usefulness go? We...
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FDA Approves Gelnique, the First Gel to Treat Overactive Bladder
The Food and Drug Administration has approved Gelnique, the first topical gel used to treat an...
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PETA Super Bowl Add Not Approved
An ad that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) hoped to air during the Superbowl was...
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Screen Actors Guild Close to Ousting Chief Negotiator Doug Allen
The national board of the Screen Actors Guild seems to be determined to go ahead pressing on with...
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Merck’s Gardasil Denied Approval Once Again
The Food and Drug Administration has declined to approve Gardasil for women 27 to 45 for the...
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Merck’s Gardasil For Older Women, Put On Hold By The FDA
There has been talk in the medical world of allowing the administration of Merck & Co’s...
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Deep Brain Stimulation: A Remedy For Parkinson’s Patients?
Deep brain stimulation improves both physical function and quality of life in...
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The American Academy of Pediatrics Recommends Flu Shots for All Children Six Months and Older
For those who don’t know yet, the American Academy of Pediatrics is recommending flu shots...
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People
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‘Slumdog’ Child Actors Get Homes from Mumbai Government
Following the Oscar success of “Slumdog Millionaire,” Indian authorities will repay the...
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Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson’s Love Story
Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson seem to have a kind of hilarious hobby on fighting in public...
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Madonna to Pay Ritchie $76 Million According to Divorce Settlement
Pop-queen Madonna’s representative has revealed that according
to the singer’s and Guy Ritchie’s...
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Madonna to Divorce Guy Ritchie on Friday
Friday,
November 21, iconic pop-singer Madonna and husband Guy Ritchie will be legally
ending...
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Update: Madonna And Guy Ritchie's Divorce Confirmed By Rep
Putting an end to months of speculation and denied rumors, Madonna's publicist confirmed that the...
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A-Rod Splits Quietly With His Wife
New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez, commonly known as
A-Rod, has finally reached a divorce...
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Shaquille O’Neal Hit by Restraining Order
Wouldn’t you just die for a face-to-face meeting with NBA
superstar Shaquille O’Neal? I guess...
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Paris Hilton Gets Even With "Wrinkly White-haired Guy" McCain
In possibly the only intentionally funny moment of her career, socialite Paris Hilton has hit back...
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Brotherly Betrayal: Madonna Exposed
Christopher Ciccone is now promoting his book about older
sister Madonna and he is more than...
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Update: Guy Ritchie's Mom Denies Madonna Divorce Rumors
Guy Ritchie’s mother has denied the rumors that her son and pop singer Madonna are preparing to...
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Britney Might Get More Visitation Rights for Her Sons
Britney Spears and a parental coach have appeared in front of a Los Angeles court in an attempt of...
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Madonna's Adoption Finally Approved
A Malawi judge has finally approved Madonna’s application to
adopt three-year-old David Banda from...
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Miley Cyrus Leaves Scandal Behind
Miley Cyrus
tries to forget about the “sexy photos” scandal and get back to her usual teen
queen...
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Naomi Campbell Leaves Hospital Supermodel-Style
Supermodel Naomi Campbell, who checked into a Brazilian hospital earlier this week, had a...
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Imus Sued for "Insulting" Advertiser in 2007
Don Imus has been sued for more than $4 million by an advertiser on his former CBS radio morning...
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Police Investigate Cardinal Mahony’s Assault Claims
Police launched an investigation following a series of accusations made by a group of priests who...
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Zahara Remains A Jolie-Pitt
Recent reports that the biological mother of Zahara, the 2-year-old Ethiopian-born adoptive...
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Britney Spears Regains Temporary Visitation Rights
Pop singer Britney Spears’ attorney revealed Sunday that his 25-year-old client had regained...
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Jailed Rapper T. I. Requests Pre-Trial Release
Clifford T. I. Harris, currently in custody for illegal possession of weapons, requested release on...
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Prince William and Kate Middleton Refuel Engagement Rumors
Prince William’s long and rocky relationship with Kate Middleton is once again rumored to be...
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Britney's Bit of Custody Luck
Britney Spears was stripped of her custody rights and granted only monitored visitation of sons...
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Nicole Richie’s DUI Trial Might Get Delayed Again
The Hollywood socialite’s lawyer is trying to buy more time yet again for Nicole Richie’s trial on...
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Shoe Producer Apologizes For Kurt Cobain Ad
Footwear manufacturer Dr Martens admitted that Cobain’s image shouldn’t have been used in a shoe...
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Technology
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Controversial file-sharing firm launches web anonymity software
Stockholm - A website, recently at the centre of a trial in Sweden over alleged illegal file...
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Revisiting Windows Vista
So you've resisted the move to Windows Vista? You're not alone. Although Vista is installed on most...
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Big Brother Google Kicks Off Behavioral Ads Targeting
Google is giving behavioral advertising a go. The Web search giant will use the data it gathers on...
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New, Unauthorized Sources of iPhone Apps
Competition gets tough and does not always respect rules in the iPhone applications market. Apples...
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The Digital TV Switch Is Timidly Taking Place
The Federal Communications Commission announced over the weekend that the original list of 368...
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Time for DTV Transition
Today is the big day for two local television stations! They will cut off their analog signals and...
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Apple Is Loudly Protesting Against the iPhone Jailbreaking
Apple recently told the U.S. Copyright Office that it believes iPhone jailbreaking is a violation...
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Developers Suggest The App Store’s Next Moves
Even if Apple’s iPhone store, the App Store, has already offered 15,000 applications and...
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Microsoft Warns That Vista And XP Upgrade Blockers Are Set To Expire; Windows 7 Heads For Release
The 2009 official release of Windows 7 is causing quite a stir, as a lot of things are going on in...
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Digital TV – Delaying the Delay
The Senate unanimously voted, again, on Thursday night, to postpone the transition date...
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Switch to Digital TV Delayed
The actual issue is not so much the new TV sales, but the older sets that people still hang...
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UK Culture Secretary Proposes New Web Rules
In a recent interview, Burnham said he plans to negotiate with the incoming Barack Obama...
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Nifty iPhone and iPod Applications from Outside the App Store
The App Store provides some very useful and polished applications for iPods and iPhones. But there...
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IEEE And Via Licensing Announce Collaboration
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Standards Association) announced on Monday...
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Microsoft to Design Free Anti-Malware Program
Microsoft is planning to design a free anti-malware program that should help those who won’t or...
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IBM Will Develop Broadband across Power Grid
Big Blue says it has been hired to develop, in cooperation
with rural electricity companies, a...
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Intel Develops Health Care Program
Intel announced at a medical conference in New Orleans that it will introduce technology which will...
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The FCC Approved The Use Of White Space
The FCC gave their approval on Tuesday for the use of white space by Wi-Fi devices, allowing...
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FCC Voted Unanimously to Open Up White Spaces Spectrum
Tuesday,
November 4, while American citizens were electing their next president, the
Federal...
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FCC Frees The White Spaces To Give Consumers "WiFi On Steroids"
The Federal Communications Commission has finally given green
light to the much disputed issue of...
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White Spaces: As Dolly Parton Asks For Time, Mundie Lobbies For Action
Just days before the Federal Communications Commission
members are scheduled to cast their vote on...
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FCC Chairman Supports the Use of 'white space' Spectrum
Kevin Martin, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman, said Wednesday during a rather...
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Internet Radio’s Life Lies Now In The Hands Of The President
Yesterday was a day of celebration for Internet radio
webcasters, as the Senate finally approved...
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Car Makers Discover Olfactory Senses as Buying Criteria
Stuttgart - Car makers are constantly modifying their vehicles to please the buyer and olfactory...
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House Passed Webcaster Act
The House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bill also known as The Webcaster Settlement...
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Large Hadron Collider Raises Much Concern
Next
Wednesday, scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research
(CERN) laboratory in...
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A bigger inbox: Pay versions of free online mail services
Programs like Outlook and Thunderbird are useful for sending and receiving e-mail messages. Another...
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FDA Says OK For Using Ionizing Radiation On Spinach and Lettuce
The federal government has decided to allow fresh iceberg lettuce and spinach producers to...
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HTC Dream Approved For U.S. Sale, Android Phone Expected On Nov. 10
The rumors about a Google-HTC combo for the official Android
debut seem to be getting closer to...
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Microsoft OOXML to Become ISO/IEC 29500 Standard
The International Standards Organisation has declared Microsoft's OOXML document format an...
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World
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Bernanke: End-of year recovery depends on financial system
Washington - The US economy continues to show signs of stabilizing and may be growing again by the...
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Brussels to recommend curbing managers' super-bonuses
Brussels - The European Commission was Wednesday set to unveil guidelines on curbing excessive...
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Clinton seeks "meaningful" steps against climate change
Washington - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called for the...
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Owners ordered to take their dogs for walks at risk of fines
Gerona, Spain - Dog owners who do not take their pets for walks face fines of up to 400 euros (534...
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Vatican "astonished" by Belgian protest over condoms
Vatican City - The reaction of Belgium's parliament to Pope Benedict XVI's remarks against the use...
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Sweden approves same-sex marriage legislation
Stockholm - A broad majority in the Swedish parliament Wednesday approved adoption of same-sex...
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Dalai Lama absent as China hosts World Buddhist Forum
Beijing - The Dalai Lama was a notable absentee on Friday as religious leaders...
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China ready to add to economic stimulus, Wen says
Beijing - Premier Wen Jiabao on Friday said China has made contingency...
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Film Studio Unveils Plans For Berlin's Tempelhof Airport
Berlin - Berlin's recently closed Tempelhof airport could become the new home for an historic...
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Mixed Feelings In Taiwan Over Transport Links With China
Taipei - Forty years ago, then-president Chiang Kai-shek called on Taiwan's...
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Serbian Budget Runs Into Injury Time As Problems Mount
Belgrade - Serbia, its stability already under much pressure, faces ad hoc financing as the...
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Olmert condemns Jewish violence in Hebron as "pogrom"
Jerusalem - Saying he felt "ashamed," acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday...
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Tehran says it respects Iraq's decision on US security pact
Tehran - The Iranian government respects the Iraqi parliament's decision to sign a new security...
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Italy's Officials Approved 2.4 Billion Euros In Tax Cuts
Rome - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's cabinet approved earlier today some tax cuts...
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EU Treaty Clears Court Hurdle In Czech Republic
Brno, Czech Republic - The Czech Republic's top court threw out a challenge to the European Union's...
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EU calls For 200 Billion-euro Economic Stimulus Plan
Brussels - The European Union on Wednesday called on member states to help the bloc avoid a deep...
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EU Calls For 200 Billion-euro Economic Stimulus Plan
Brussels - The European Union on Wednesday called on member states to help the bloc avoid a deep...
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IAEA Approves Nuclear Aid For Syria Despite West's Concerns
Vienna - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) members on Wednesday approved nuclear aid for...
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South Africa plans 15-minute work stoppage for World AIDS Day
Johannesburg - South Africa's leaders are planning a 15- minute work stoppage to commemorate World...
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Bush Encourages Cooperation At APEC Summit
U.S. President George W. Bush, Chinese President Hu Jintao, Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso and...
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Lack Of Government Participation Stymies Timor Stability
Dili - Two years after the police and military collapsed and months of anarchy drove more than...
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Finland's Officials Plan To Stimulate The Construction Sector
Helsinki - The Finnish government announced today the preparation of an budget analysis which is...
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NATO's Chief Believes That The Relations With Russia Must Be Re-evaluated
Valencia, Spain - Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, secretary-general of the North Atlantic Treaty...
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Brussels Demands Strict Rules For Credit Agencies
Brussels - The European Commission proposed today a new set of tough rules meant to improve the...
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IMF Board Approves Emergency Loans for Ukraine, Hungary
Washington - The International Monetary Fund's executive board on Thursday approved emergency loans...
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India, Pakistan Re-Open Trade Route across Kashmir
Today, for the first time in 61 years, a trade route
allowing trucks to carry goods of the...
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5 children, 2 German troops die in Afghan suicide bombing
Kabul - Five children and two German soldiers were killed Monday in a suicide bombing near the...
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EU leaders agree on financial rescue, deadlock on climate
Brussels - European Union leaders Wednesday endorsed a major financial rescue package but remained...
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EU Leaders to Agree on Financial Rescue Plan
Brussels - European Union leaders meeting in Brussels on Wednesday were set to rubber-stamp a...
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Mafia-Threatened Writer Says He's Quitting Italy
Rome - Two years of living under a 24-hour police guard and Roberto Saviano, the Italian author of...
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Glaxo’s Avodart Reduces Prostate Cancer Risk
GlaxoSmithKline PLC’s drug Avodart appears to reduce the risk of prostate cancer by 23...
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Nexavar Fails in Melanoma Phase III Trial
German drug maker Bayer AG and Onyx Pharmaceuticals on Monday announced they ended a Phase III...
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FDA Approves Simponi for Rheumatoid Arthritis
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved rheumatoid arthritis drug golimumab marketed...
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Dendreon’s Provenge Improved Survival in Prostate Cancer Patients
Dendreon Corp. announced Tuesday that the pivotal Phase 3 IMPACT study of its drug Provenge in men...
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Unapproved Morphine Remains on the Market, FDA Rules
The Food and Drug Administration on March 30 requested manufacturers of 14 medications based on...
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FDA Delays Approval of Symbicort in 6-11 Year Olds with Asthma
Giant drugmaker AstraZeneca Plc said Monday it has received a Complete Response Letter from US...
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Novo Still Hopeful on Diabetes Drug
Despite a split ruling on the safety of a new diabetes drug by the US Food and Drug...
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Novo Nordisk Shares Down after Liraglutide Gets Mixed Review
Shares of Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk A/S fell as much as 13 percent on Friday after a Food and...
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Pfizer Halts Late-Stage Trial of Sutent for Advanced Breast Cancer
Giant drugmaker Pfizer Inc. announced Thursday that it stopped a Phase III clinical trial testing...
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FDA Warns 9 Companies for Making Unapproved Narcotics
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday warned nine manufacturers for illegally making powerful...
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Plavix-Aspirin Combo Reduces Stroke, Heart Attack Risk
Taking blood thinner Plavix along with aspirin appears to prevent stroke and heart attacks in...
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FDA Clears Ixiaro for Japanese Encephalitis
The Us Food and Drug Administration said Monday it approved Ixiaro, a vaccine designed to prevent...
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Novartis’ Afinitor Gets FDA Clearance for Advanced Kidney Cancer
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Novartis AG’s Afinitor for advanced...
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Arena Weight Loss Drug Disappoints in Trial
Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. saw its shares falling over 20 percent Monday following the...
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Polypill Could Dramatically Reduce Heart Disease Risk One Day
A new five-in-one “polypil” could reduce the risk of heart attack one day, according...
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New Device Shows Promise in Treating Atrial Fibrillation
A new device implanted in the heart to stop blood clots from triggering strokes (from the rhythm...
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Eli Lilly’s Symbyax Gets FDA Approval for Treatment-Resistant Depression
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Eli Lilly’s Symbyax, a combination of...
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FDA Includes More Weight-Loss Products on Its Risk List
The Food and Drug Administration expanded its list of tainted weight loss products that consumers...
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Spinal Cord Stimulation May Improve Quality of Life in Parkinson’s Patients
A new study released Thursday by US researchers suggests that, when electrically stimulated the...
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FDA Panel Backs J&J, Bayer Anticlotting Drug
A panel of cardiology experts of the Food and Drug Administration voted 15 to 2 on Thursday in...
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FDA Panel Backs Sanofi-Aventis’ Heart Drug for Approval
A panel of cardiology experts recommended Wednesday that Sanofi-Aventis experimental drug Multaq...
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Cephalon’s Narcolepsy Drug Provigil Could Be Addictive
Cephalon’s narcolepsy drug Provigil, highly used as a so-called “smart drug” by...
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Washington’s 'Death with Dignity’ Law Takes Effect
Starting Thursday, terminally ill patients in Washington D.C. have the right to choose between...
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Supreme Court: Patients Can Now Sue Drugmakers for Damages
Patients who are injured by a drug can sue the drug’s manufacturer for damages, even if the...
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FDA to Ask Outside Panel about Extended Use of Seroquel
The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it will ask an outside panel of medical...
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FDA Wants Additional Data for Head and Neck Cancer Drug Erbitux
The Food and Drug Administration have declined to approve use of Erbitux as a first-line...
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Genzyme’s New Lumizyme Treatment for Pompe Disease Rejected by the FDA
The Food and Drug Administration officials have declined the approval of Genzyme Corp.’s...
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Obama nominates Sebelius as US health secretary
Washington - US President Barack Obama nominated Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius as health...
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Lawyers: AstraZeneca Failed to Inform Patients on Seroquel Risks
AstraZeneca Plc failed to make public results of at least three clinical trials of its...
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Norovirus Massively Contacted on Cruise Ship
A Holland American cruise ship returned to San Diego from Mexico after more than 100 passengers...
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