News results: "Roche"

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Health

WHO rejects criticism it acted too slowly on swine flu

Geneva - The World Health Organization Friday rejected criticism that it was too slow in reacting...
» read full story May 01st, 2009 - 16:09
Swiss Flu Drug Maker Roche Boosts Its Preparedness

Swiss Flu Drug Maker Roche Boosts Its Preparedness

Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche announced Wednesday that it had increased its preparedness level...
» read full story April 29th, 2009 - 14:49

Swiss flu medicine producer Roche ups its preparedness

Geneva  - Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche announced Wednesday that it had increased its...
» read full story April 29th, 2009 - 13:57
FDA Warns 14 Drugmakers for “Misleading” Ads on the Internet

FDA Warns 14 Drugmakers for “Misleading” Ads on the Internet

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday faulted 14 pharmaceutical companies for...
» read full story April 04th, 2009 - 22:31
Pfizer Halts Late-Stage Trial of Sutent for Advanced Breast Cancer

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...
» read full story April 02nd, 2009 - 20:28
US Panel Backs Roche’s Avastin for Brain Cancer

US Panel Backs Roche’s Avastin for Brain Cancer

A panel of outside advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted Tuesday in favor of Roche...
» read full story April 01st, 2009 - 14:27
Resistance to Popular Tamiflu Growing

Resistance to Popular Tamiflu Growing

Roche Holding AG’s Tamiflu appears inefficient in some people suffering from flu viruses...
» read full story March 03rd, 2009 - 14:41
Popular Flu Medicine Is No Longer Efficient Due to Mutations

Popular Flu Medicine Is No Longer Efficient Due to Mutations

Researchers reported Monday that Tamiflu-resistant influenza A viruses are now spreading widely...
» read full story March 03rd, 2009 - 00:23
Genentech Will Have Its Efficiency Results In Mid-April

Genentech Will Have Its Efficiency Results In Mid-April

After Amgen Inc, Genentech is the world’s second-biggest biotechnology company and is mainly...
» read full story January 21st, 2009 - 20:23
Antidepressants Help Older Adults with Anxiety Disorder

Antidepressants Help Older Adults with Anxiety Disorder

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have completed a three-month...
» read full story January 21st, 2009 - 13:05
Flu Strain Resistant To Antiviral Treatment Found This Season

Flu Strain Resistant To Antiviral Treatment Found This Season

 Physicians have found a recently mutated strain of flu that resists the most commonly...
» read full story January 09th, 2009 - 14:10
Drug-Resistant Influenza Strain

Drug-Resistant Influenza Strain

Doctors in Norway discovered that there is a drug-resistant influenza strain which might be linked...
» read full story December 31st, 2008 - 19:44
Health Authorities: US Flu Strain Resistant to Tamiflu

Health Authorities: US Flu Strain Resistant to Tamiflu

United States health authorities warned the population that the current strain of flu circulating...
» read full story December 22nd, 2008 - 13:36
Cancer Drug Avastin Meets Endpoint In Late Stage Trial

Cancer Drug Avastin Meets Endpoint In Late Stage Trial

The outcome of the most recent study of Avastin revealed that the cancer drug is indeed effective...
» read full story November 24th, 2008 - 21:12

Avastin Raises Risk of Blood Clots

An analysis of 15 clinical trials involving Genentech’s cancer drug Avastin has found that the...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 16:37
Avastin Drug Linked to Blood Clots

Avastin Drug Linked to Blood Clots

Research conducted by United States scientists has revealed that the Avastin cancer drug...
» read full story November 19th, 2008 - 19:56
Avastin Linked to Blood Clot Risk, New Analysis Finds

Avastin Linked to Blood Clot Risk, New Analysis Finds

Genentech’s cancer drug Avastin was linked to a significantly increased risk of blood clots in the...
» read full story November 19th, 2008 - 14:10
Lung Cancer Treatment Drug Tarceva Makes the Disease Possible To Treat

Lung Cancer Treatment Drug Tarceva Makes the Disease Possible To Treat

The drug Tarceva, made by OSI Pharmaceuticals has been found to cause an increase in survival rates...
» read full story November 08th, 2008 - 23:55
Tarceva Slows Progress Of Lung Cancer, Study Shows

Tarceva Slows Progress Of Lung Cancer, Study Shows

After a study disclosed that the drug Tarceva was efficient in prolonging lung cancer survival when...
» read full story November 08th, 2008 - 14:33
OSI Shares Gain, Despite Preliminary Results, Tarceva Meets Its Goal

OSI Shares Gain, Despite Preliminary Results, Tarceva Meets Its Goal

Shares of OSI Pharmaceutical rose $5.25, or 15 percent, to $40.65 at 4 p.m. New York time in Nasdaq...
» read full story November 08th, 2008 - 14:30

Genentech’s Avastin reaches Phase 3

Genentech has recently announced that the study of Avastin will continue as planned, reaching phase...
» read full story October 20th, 2008 - 22:42
Tarceva-Avastin Combination Doesn’t Prolong Lung Cancer Survival

Tarceva-Avastin Combination Doesn’t Prolong Lung Cancer Survival

According to the results of a late-stage clinical trial into the benefits of combining Genentech’s...
» read full story October 07th, 2008 - 14:00
ProStrakan’s Anti-Nausea Patch Gets FDA Clearance

ProStrakan’s Anti-Nausea Patch Gets FDA Clearance

Patients undergoing chemotherapy will soon be able to use a medication patch to ease the nausea...
» read full story September 16th, 2008 - 14:45
Update: Pfizer Is Seeking FDA’s Approval For Osteoporosis Drug

Update: Pfizer Is Seeking FDA’s Approval For Osteoporosis Drug

Pfizer, the world’s biggest drugmaker, is seeking U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for...
» read full story September 09th, 2008 - 14:30
Pfizer’s Osteoporosis Treatment Under FDA Analysis

Pfizer’s Osteoporosis Treatment Under FDA Analysis

Today, Pfizer Incorporated appeared for the third time before Federal Drug Administration medical...
» read full story September 08th, 2008 - 23:12
Contaminated “Roller Sandwiches” Recalled from Roche Bros.’ Shelves

Contaminated “Roller Sandwiches” Recalled from Roche Bros.’ Shelves

The season of mosquito and salmonella outbreaks continues with other food-born outbreaks. The...
» read full story August 07th, 2008 - 14:30
FDA Panel Backs New Drug for Moderate or Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis

FDA Panel Backs New Drug for Moderate or Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis

By a 10-1 vote, a government advisory panel Tuesday backed Roche Holding AG's (RHHBY) drug Actemra...
» read full story July 30th, 2008 - 19:10
Antiretroviral Therapy Adds 13 Years More for HIV Patients

Antiretroviral Therapy Adds 13 Years More for HIV Patients

New research published in this week’s special HIV/AIDS issue of The Lancet reveals that the life...
» read full story July 25th, 2008 - 12:00
Tamiflu Maker Tries to Convince Companies to Stockpile Drug

Tamiflu Maker Tries to Convince Companies to Stockpile Drug

Roche is apparently discontent that sales of its Tamiflu influenza drug have dropped and seeks new...
» read full story June 27th, 2008 - 20:49
The Fighters Against Cancer Have Roche As A New Ally

The Fighters Against Cancer Have Roche As A New Ally

The reports about the Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche AG planning to invest in the development of...
» read full story June 18th, 2008 - 16:51
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U.S.

Flu Strain Resistant To Antiviral Treatment Found

Flu Strain Resistant To Antiviral Treatment Found

 Physicians have found a recently mutated strain of flu that resists the most commonly...
» read full story January 11th, 2009 - 10:08
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Science

Avastin Drug Linked To Blood Clots

Avastin Drug Linked To Blood Clots

Research conducted by United States scientists has revealed that the Avastin cancer drug...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 11:00
Penn State Scientists Untangle Woolly Mammoth Genetic Code

Penn State Scientists Untangle Woolly Mammoth Genetic Code

Penn State University scientists are to first to untangle the genetic code of an extinct animal,...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 08:16
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Business

Pharmaceutical firm Roche's first quarter sales increase

Basel - Roche, the Swiss pharmaceutical giant, said it was confident it would meet full year...
» read full story April 16th, 2009 - 15:36
OSI Shares Gain After Study Shows Tarceva Meets Its Goal

OSI Shares Gain After Study Shows Tarceva Meets Its Goal

Shares of OSI Pharmaceutical rose $5.25, or 15 percent, to $40.65 at 4 p.m. New York time in Nasdaq...
» read full story November 10th, 2008 - 06:58
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World

WHO says no evidence virus was a lab creation

Geneva - There is no evidence to support a theory that the new influenza A(H1N1) virus was created...
» read full story May 14th, 2009 - 20:10
EU Backs Erbitux as First Line Drug Against Cancer

EU Backs Erbitux as First Line Drug Against Cancer

The European Medicines Agency, based in London, has approved the use of Erbitux, produced by Merck...
» read full story June 02nd, 2008 - 11:07
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Specials

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...
» read full story April 05th, 2009 - 22:48
Study: Lung Cancer Drug Tarceva Slows Progression of the Disease

Study: Lung Cancer Drug Tarceva Slows Progression of the Disease

Lung cancer drug Tarceva jointly developed by OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc., Genentech Inc. and Roche...
» read full story November 10th, 2008 - 15:08
FDA Panel Recommends New Arthritis Drug Approval

FDA Panel Recommends New Arthritis Drug Approval

An FDA panel voted Tuesday 10 to 1 for the approval of a new drug that fights against rheumatoid...
» read full story July 30th, 2008 - 20:09
Yves Saint Laurent Is Tearfully Laid to Rest

Yves Saint Laurent Is Tearfully Laid to Rest

A grand and emotional funeral ceremony took place Thursday, May 5, at the Saint Roche church in...
» read full story June 06th, 2008 - 10:32
One Last Goodbye to Yves Saint Laurent

One Last Goodbye to Yves Saint Laurent

Although one of the most influential designers of the 20th century left this world, which...
» read full story June 05th, 2008 - 21:29
FDA: Transplant Drugs CellCept and Myfortic Carry Fetal Risks

FDA: Transplant Drugs CellCept and Myfortic Carry Fetal Risks

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a statement on Friday warning that certain...
» read full story May 19th, 2008 - 11:29
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