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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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FDA Wants 14 Drugmakers to Stop Misleading Ads
The Internet is full of promotional ads of drugs and I am sure you thought at least once in your...
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CDC Urges Vaccination against Hib
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has urged parents to have their children vaccinated...
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FDA: No Evidence So Far To Support Link Between Suicide And Singulair
Merck’s & Co.’s asthma drug Singulair and related treatments were not associated...
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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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Expanded Use of Merck’s Gardasil Postponed Once Again
The situation of Merck’s papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil is uncertain after the Food and...
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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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Doctors Told to Be Alert for Childhood Infections during Hib Vaccine Shortage
On Thursday, U.S. health officials urged doctors
to be more vigilant for suspected cases of...
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Gardasil Might Get Clearance For Preventing Genital Warts In Boys
Gardasil can also be given to men as a way to prevent genital warts, a study presented Thursday at...
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Gardasil Prevents Genital Warts In Males, Study Reveals
In 2006, Merck & Co.’s Gardasil made headlines when it was approved by the Food and Drug...
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CDC: Merck’s Rotateq Lowered Cases of Rotavirus by 80 Percent since Approval
Rotateq, the vaccine against rotavirus, has reduced the number of illnesses by at least two-thirds...
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Gardasil Vaccination Rate Tops 25 Percent despite Initial Doubts
More girls in the United States are vaccinated with
Gardasil, the vaccine designed to prevent...
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25% Of U.S. Teen Girls Received Protection Against Cervical Cancer
An estimated 25 percent of American teenage girls received
at least one dose of the Gardasil...
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1 in 4 US Teen Girls Received Merck’s HPV Vaccine
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Thursday that only 25 percent of...
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Byetta Outruns Rival Januvia in Diabetes Trial
Eli Lilly and Co and Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc’s diabetes
drug Byetta proved better at reducing...
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Update: FDA Reveals List Of Drugs Posing Health Risks
The US Food and Drug Administration is planning to raise
awareness on possible side effects of...
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What Do Mothers Think About Gardasil Vaccine?
A team of researchers has discovered that mothers' conceptions regarding sex before marriage don't...
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FDA Calls for New Warnings for OTC Painkillers
Over-the counter painkiller will get new labels warning consumers of the potential risks of liver...
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FDA Extends Review of AstraZeneca, Bristol Diabetes Drug Onglyza
The Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it needs additional time to complete the...
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FDA Warns 14 Drugmakers for “Misleading” Ads on the Internet
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday faulted 14 pharmaceutical companies for...
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FDA Panel Backs Bristol, AstraZeneca Diabetes Drug Onglyza
A federal panel of medical experts said Wednesday Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and AstraZeneca...
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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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FDA: Three Deaths from PML Tied to Genentech Psoriasis Drug Raptiva
Three patients taking Genentech’s psoriasis drug Raptiva are thought to have died of...
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No Link Found Between Fertility Drugs and Ovarian Cancer
Women treated with common fertility drugs do not have an increased risk of ovarian cancer, a new...
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Erbitux Plus Other Cancer Drugs Not Helpful for Colorectal Cancer
A Dutch study published in the Feb. 5 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine reveals that...
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Obama and His Plans Regarding Some Changes Inside the FDA
President Obama has said in a televised interview that his administration will conduct a complete...
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Rise in Hib Cases in Minnesota Makes CDC Officials Urge Vaccination
Five children were infected in Minnesota with a bacterial infection known as Hib: Haemophilus...
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January Is National Cervical Cancer Awareness & Screening Month
January is National Cervical Cancer Awareness & Screening Month, a time of the year when any...
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Merck’s Erbitux, Again On Trial
Drug companies are always holding clinical trials in order to test the efficiency of their...
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FDA: No Evidence so Far to Support Link between Suicide and Asthma Drug Singulair
Merck’s & Co.’s asthma drug Singulair and related treatments were not associated...
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FDA Allows Drugmakers to Advise Doctors on Off-label Uses
Just days before the Bush administration turns over power to President-elect Barack Obama’s...
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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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Expanded Use of Merck’s Gardasil Postponed By FDA
The situation of Merck’s papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil is uncertain after the Food...
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Merck’s Gardasil Further Delayed
Merck has developed a vaccine which is supposed to prevent cervical-cancer in women, but the use of...
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FDA: Vytorin Still Good for Lowering Bad Cholesterol Levels
The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it has completed its review of data from the...
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Fosamax And Similar Drugs May Lead To Jawbone Death?
Drugs have a series of side effects that are sometimes missed in trials. The effects usually...
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Osteoporosis Drug Fosamax May Raise the Risk for Jaw Infection
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday warned that Merck’s popular osteoporosis drug...
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FTC Sues Ovation in Dispute on Drug Prices
The Federal Trade Commission alleged an Illinois drug maker illegally bought the only rival...
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The FTC Is Trying To Break Ovation's Monopoly
Antitrust enforcers have recently accused Ovation
Pharmaceuticals of cornering the U.S. Market on...
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Vaccines Shortage For Hib May Lead To An Epidemic
Epidemics and pandemics are very hard to keep under control or be successfully quarantined. A...
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Doctors Should Be Alert During Hib Vaccine Shortage, CDC Says
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on
Thursday urged doctors and health agencies to...
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Gardasil HPV Vaccine Might Protect Men Too
Thursday, Merck
and Company, the drug manufacturer behind the Gardasil HPV vaccine, revealed...
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Gardasil Prevents Genital Warts In Males, Study Concludes
In 2006, Merck & Co.’s Gardasil made headlines when it was approved by the Food and Drug...
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Merck’s HPV Vaccine Gardasil Effective in Males
According to the results of a new study
presented this week at the annual meeting of the European...
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Merck’s Gardasil Prevents Genital Warts in Males As Well
Merck’s HPV vaccine Gardasil was found to be effective in
men as well, this time preventing...
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Pfizer, Sanofi-Avensis End Studies on Diet Drugs
Pfizer Inc.and Sanofi-Aventis on Wednesday separately announced their
decision to cancel further...
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Pfizer Halts Phase III Trial On Obesity Drug Over US Rejection Fears
Pfizer Inc., the world’s largest drugmaker, on Wednesday
said it abandoned an obesity drug known...
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