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New Hampshire’s Drug Privacy Law Upheld
A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld New Hampshire’s law that
restricts drug companies access...
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It’s Medicare Season
Medicare changes its covered medicines and their prices every year. Thus, senior citizens must...
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Avapro Blood Pressure Drug Ineffective To Heart-Failure Patients
In a clinical trial, the blood pressure medicine Avapro didn’t perform better than other medicines...
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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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Supreme Court’s Decision in the Case Involving Drug Labels Awaited
Musician Diana Levine, who lost her arm eight
years ago after she received treatment with one of...
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Drug Prescriptions For US Children Rising At Alarming Rates
More and more children in the United States are prescribed
medication for chronic diseases,...
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Supreme Court To Decide On Drug Lawsuits
Unquestionably, there are thousands of suspended cases across the United States that hang on the...
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FDA Issues Warning over Aspirin to Bayer
Tuesday,
the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned Bayer that two of their aspirin
medicines...
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New Zealand Approves Pig Cell Transplants for Diabetes
Wellington - New Zealand has approved trials of pig cell transplants to patients with Type 1...
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Placebos Administered By Half Of The U.S. Doctors
A U.S. nationwide service, conducted on a representative lot of doctors , specifically 679...
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Anti-Obesity Drug Pulled From European Markets
On
Thursday, the French pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Aventis halted the
sales of their...
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Sales of Sanofi’s Anti-Obesity Drug Acomplia Suspended In Europe
Warnings about Sanofi-Aventis’ anti-obesity
rimonabant (Acomplia) had always accompanied the drug,...
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Erbitux Less Effective For Colon Cancer Patients With Second Gene Mutation
Treatment with cetuximab (Erbitux) was less
effective for patients with advanced colorectal cancer...
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The Safety of Biological Products Questioned
A new study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association
suggests that...
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Biological Drugs Not Necessarily Safe
Biological products have gained popularity in the recent
years but according to a study published...
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Asthmatic Children Should Carry an Emergency Plan
Heidenheim, Germany - Asthmatic children should always carry an emergency plan containing...
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FDA Supports New Limit On Cold And Cough Medicines
The Food and Drug Administration told healthcare providers
and customers that it agrees with the...
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Seroquel XR Approved By The FDA For Usage Beyond Schizophrenia
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug for treatment for disorder and...
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No Cold And Cough Medicines For Children Under 4
The manufacturers of cold and cough medicines announced Tuesday that they will no longer sale the...
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Pharmaceutical Industry Bans Cough, Cold Drugs For Kids Under 4
In response to fears that over-the counter cough and cold
medicines could harm children rather...
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Cold Meds Undergo Relabeling
Tuesday,
the drug industry has announced that over-the-counter (OTC) cough and cold
medicine was...
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Free Drug Samples May Threaten Children’s Health
Free drug samples may pose serious risks to children, according to a study conducted by doctors...
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Withdrawal Of Children’s Cough Medicines Requested By Physicians
Medical experts and consumer groups requested the Food and Drug Administration to pull children's...
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Over The Counter Medicine For Kids, Not Healthy?
The FDA recently rejected pediatricians’ calls for the immediate
ban on over the counter cold...
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FDA Urged To Investigate Cold Medicine For Youngsters
During a
public hearing held Thursday, pediatricians have urged the Food and Drug
Administration...
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Inhalers May Increase Risk Of Heart Death
Certain lung-disease medications used by millions of people suffering from emphysema and bronchitis...
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4 Doctors Receive Genius Grants
Among the 25 recipients of $500,000 MacArthur Foundation "genius grants”, there were four...
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FTC, FDA Warn Consumers about Bogus Cancer Therapies
Five companies which marketed false cancer
cures have been sued by the Federal Trade Commission....
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FDA Issues an Import Alert for 30 Generic Drugs Made by Ranbaxy
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration barred Ranbaxy from importing more than 30 medicines made in...
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It’s Time to Pick a Medicare Drug Plan that Meets Your Needs!
Sign up period for Medicare Part D
started Saturday. This is the time for you to decide and to...
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Blood Pressure Drug Avapro Shows No Benefit in Heart Failure Trial
Bristol-Myers Squibb Corp. and Sanofi-Aventis SA blood
pressure drug Avapro failed in a...
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Chip Giant Intel Corp. Releases New Home Medical Monitor
Intel Corp., the biggest computer chip
maker, took a big step forward into health care Monday when...
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Anti-Obesity Drug Acomplia Gets Suspended in Europe
The European Medicines Agency wants Sanofi-Aventis SA’s anti-obesity drug Acomplia out of the...
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S. African Health Minister: “We Desperately Need an Effective HIV Vaccine”
South
Africa is the country experiencing one of
the most severe AIDS epidemics in the world....
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Cough, Cold Meds to Have New Labels Banning Use in Kids under 4
No kid under the age of four should be given the
controversial cough and cold medicines! At least...
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FDA Expected to Make a Decision on Kids’ Cough Meds
The American
Academy of Pediatrics is
urging the Food and Drug Administration to demand...
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FDA to Write More Severe Rules for Children’s Cough Medicine
The FDA was petitioned by pediatric experts and consumer groups on Thursday to pull off the market,...
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FDA Postpones Decision To Ban Kid’s Cough Medicine
The US Food and Drug Administration needs more data on whether over-the-counter
cold medicines are...
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FDA To Review Anemia Drug Eprex Following High Rate Of Deaths In Study
The Food and Drug Administration announced on Friday that they are reviewing a higher rate of...
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Ayurvedic Medicines Sold Online Contain High Levels of Toxic Metals
Ayurvedic medicines are frequently
contaminated with lead, mercury and arsenic, a new study found....
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Drugs, a Problem for Teens who Say It’s Easier to Get Prescription Drugs
Many teens try alcohol, tobacco, household
chemicals, prescription medicines and illegal drugs....
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Genome Institute’s Renowned Director, Francis Collins, to Resign
The National Human Genome Research Institute is losing one
of its prestigious researchers in the...
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Bill Banning Gifts to Doctors Half Cleared in Massachusetts
More than a month after Massachusetts Senate President
Therese Murray filed a bill banning...
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