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Health

Stem Cell Therapy May Reverse Symptoms of MS

Findings of a preliminary study give hope to people suffering from multiple sclerosis showing that...
» read full story April 24th, 2009 - 14:07
FDA Asks Coast IRB to Stop Review New Studies Due to Violations

FDA Asks Coast IRB to Stop Review New Studies Due to Violations

The Food and Drug Administration sent Tuesday a formal warning letter to Coast Independent Review...
» read full story April 15th, 2009 - 16:32
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
FDA Clears Ixiaro for Japanese Encephalitis

FDA Clears Ixiaro for Japanese Encephalitis

The Us Food and Drug Administration said Monday it approved Ixiaro, a vaccine designed to prevent...
» read full story March 31st, 2009 - 15:33
Spinal Cord Stimulation May Improve Quality of Life in Parkinson’s Patients

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...
» read full story March 20th, 2009 - 13:46
Lawyers: AstraZeneca Failed to Inform Patients on Seroquel Risks

Lawyers: AstraZeneca Failed to Inform Patients on Seroquel Risks

AstraZeneca Plc failed to make public results of at least three clinical trials of its...
» read full story March 02nd, 2009 - 13:31
Combination of Two-Already Approved Drugs May Cure Resistant TB

Combination of Two-Already Approved Drugs May Cure Resistant TB

Two FDA-approved drugs show promise in treating extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB),...
» read full story February 27th, 2009 - 14:01
Baldness Drug May Help Healthy Men Prevent Prostate Cancer

Baldness Drug May Help Healthy Men Prevent Prostate Cancer

The American Society of Clinical Oncology and American Urological Association on Tuesday...
» read full story February 25th, 2009 - 14:30
Lack of Sunshine Vitamin May Trigger Colds

Lack of Sunshine Vitamin May Trigger Colds

Lack of sunshine vitamin may trigger colds, according to a study published this week in the...
» read full story February 24th, 2009 - 15:28
Scientists Make Astonishing Breakthrough in the Flight against Flu

Scientists Make Astonishing Breakthrough in the Flight against Flu

Researchers at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in...
» read full story February 23rd, 2009 - 14:00
FDA Approves Gout-Fighting Drug for First Time in 4 Decades

FDA Approves Gout-Fighting Drug for First Time in 4 Decades

The Federal Drug Agency has approved the first gout drug in 40 years. Takeda Pharmaceuticals Co....
» read full story February 16th, 2009 - 21:42
Gel against HIV Infection Found Effective

Gel against HIV Infection Found Effective

Researchers present at the Conference on Retrovirus and Opportunistic Infections held in Montreal...
» read full story February 12th, 2009 - 16:26
New Urine Test That Detects Aggressive Prostate Cancer

New Urine Test That Detects Aggressive Prostate Cancer

Researchers at the University of Michigan are experimenting with a urine test to help distinguish...
» read full story February 11th, 2009 - 22:00
Tests of Anti-HIV Gel Show Promise in AIDS Fight

Tests of Anti-HIV Gel Show Promise in AIDS Fight

An experimental gel that uses a popular anti-HIV drug to protect women from the deadly virus has...
» read full story February 11th, 2009 - 15:40
Multivitamins Are Far From Bringing So Much Benefits

Multivitamins Are Far From Bringing So Much Benefits

According to a new study, taking a multivitamin does not help you reduce your risk of developing...
» read full story February 11th, 2009 - 00:21
Experimental HIV Gel Proves Effective in Trials

Experimental HIV Gel Proves Effective in Trials

An experimental vaginal gel made by Indevus Pharmaceuticals Inc. was effective in preventing HIV...
» read full story February 10th, 2009 - 15:25
Pfizer Stops the Development of Pancreatic Drug

Pfizer Stops the Development of Pancreatic Drug

An independent monitoring board has recently detected the fact that axitinib drug, which had been...
» read full story January 31st, 2009 - 14:12
FDA Approves of Lilly, Daiichi Anti-Clot Drug

FDA Approves of Lilly, Daiichi Anti-Clot Drug

  Friday, the Food and Drug Administration gave the go-ahead to Eli Lilly and Company’s...
» read full story January 30th, 2009 - 20:27
Good News for Pozen’s PN 400

Good News for Pozen’s PN 400

Pharmaceutical company Pozen Inc. saw its stock soar Thursday on the news that the FDA accepted its...
» read full story January 30th, 2009 - 00:28
ADHD Medication May Cause Hallucinations

ADHD Medication May Cause Hallucinations

Children taking medications for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder may experience...
» read full story January 27th, 2009 - 14:32
FDA Approves First Phase Of Stem Cells Treatment

FDA Approves First Phase Of Stem Cells Treatment

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just approved the first clinical trial using human...
» read full story January 24th, 2009 - 13:16
FDA Clears Fibromyalgia Drug Savella

FDA Clears Fibromyalgia Drug Savella

Forest Laboratories Inc and Cypress Bioscience Inc, the developers of the fibromyalgia drug...
» read full story January 15th, 2009 - 15:57
Merck’s Erbitux, Again On Trial

Merck’s Erbitux, Again On Trial

Drug companies are always holding clinical trials in order to test the efficiency of their...
» read full story January 15th, 2009 - 00:40
FDA: No Evidence so Far to Support Link between Suicide and Asthma Drug Singulair

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...
» read full story January 14th, 2009 - 16:20
FDA Wants Additional Data on Schering’s Saphris

FDA Wants Additional Data on Schering’s Saphris

The Food and Drug Administration declined to clear Schering-Plough Corp’s experimental drug...
» read full story January 14th, 2009 - 15:41
FDA Delays Decision About Zyprexa

FDA Delays Decision About Zyprexa

Eli Lilly & Co. has announced on Wednesday that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is...
» read full story January 09th, 2009 - 14:13
Breast Cancer Vaccine Heading for Clinical Trials

Breast Cancer Vaccine Heading for Clinical Trials

This spring, scientists at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences are hoping to put a...
» read full story January 05th, 2009 - 20:39
New Treatment For Men With Advanced Prostate Cancer

New Treatment For Men With Advanced Prostate Cancer

Researchers said that men with advanced prostate cancer will have the chance to follow a new...
» read full story January 03rd, 2009 - 15:59
Novartis Acquires License To Vaccine That May Prevent Cytomegalovirus

Novartis Acquires License To Vaccine That May Prevent Cytomegalovirus

The North Carolina-based company AlphaVax has sold the rights to an experimental vaccine it is...
» read full story December 29th, 2008 - 18:55
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U.S.

FDA Requires More Study Of Heart Risk For Diabetes Drugs

FDA Requires More Study Of Heart Risk For Diabetes Drugs

More than a year after GlaxoSmithKline PLC’s Avandia was linked to higher risk of heart...
» read full story December 18th, 2008 - 20:21
Epilepsy Drugs Need to Carry Suicide Warning

Epilepsy Drugs Need to Carry Suicide Warning

  Epilepsy drugs must carry a warning saying that they increase risk of suicide, US...
» read full story December 18th, 2008 - 14:22
FDA Says Epilepsy Drugs Should Carry Suicide Warnings

FDA Says Epilepsy Drugs Should Carry Suicide Warnings

The US Food and Drug Administration is ordering companies that make epilepsy drugs to add warning...
» read full story December 17th, 2008 - 20:10
FDA Panel To Decide On The Safety Of  Asthma Drugs

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...
» read full story December 12th, 2008 - 07:00
Experimental Malaria Vaccine Effective in Clinical Trials

Experimental Malaria Vaccine Effective in Clinical Trials

An experimental vaccine against malaria may prove to be a powerful weapon in the fight against one...
» read full story December 11th, 2008 - 16:04
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Science

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,...
» read full story February 25th, 2009 - 10:20

Researchers Will Test Breast Cancer Vaccine

Good news for cancer fighters all around the world! Scientists at the University of Arkansas for...
» read full story January 05th, 2009 - 21:44
Two Enzymes Might Help Predict Ovarian Cancer Outcome

Two Enzymes Might Help Predict Ovarian Cancer Outcome

A woman’s chance of surviving ovarian cancer may be linked to levels of two proteins, US...
» read full story December 18th, 2008 - 14:59
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
Study: Vitamin C, E Supplements Fail To Reduce Cancer Risk

Study: Vitamin C, E Supplements Fail To Reduce Cancer Risk

A series of studies have lately shown that vitamins don’t reduce cancer risk. Just two weeks ago,...
» read full story November 18th, 2008 - 11:54
The AIDS Battle Continues! Researchers Join Efforts To Find A Vaccine

The AIDS Battle Continues! Researchers Join Efforts To Find A Vaccine

Around 33 million people had the AIDS virus in 2007. The majority lived in Sub-Saharan Africa,...
» read full story August 03rd, 2008 - 16:32
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Specials

Male Circumcision May Prevent Two Common STDs

Male circumcision appears to offer more protection to men than previously estimated, according to...
» read full story March 27th, 2009 - 14:30
Healthy Men Should Take Finasteride to Prevent Prostate Cancer

Healthy Men Should Take Finasteride to Prevent Prostate Cancer

Healthy men who want to prevent prostate cancer should begin taking finasteride, a drug used to...
» read full story February 26th, 2009 - 15:07

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,...
» read full story February 24th, 2009 - 15:00
New Gout Drug Uloric Gets FDA Clearance

New Gout Drug Uloric Gets FDA Clearance

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. won US approval to sell the first new treatment option for chronic...
» read full story February 17th, 2009 - 14:24
Pfizer Ends Phase III Trial Of Pancreatic Cancer Drug Axitinib

Pfizer Ends Phase III Trial Of Pancreatic Cancer Drug Axitinib

Pfizer Inc. halted a Phase III study of its experimental drug axitinib designed to cure advanced...
» read full story February 02nd, 2009 - 15:45
Stem Cell Therapy Shows Promise In MS Trial

Stem Cell Therapy Shows Promise In MS Trial

  People suffering from multiple sclerosis have given hope once again thanks to a clinical...
» read full story February 02nd, 2009 - 14:46

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...
» read full story January 29th, 2009 - 13:44
FDA: No Evidence So Far To Support Link Between Suicide And Singulair

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...
» read full story January 15th, 2009 - 12:06
Human Genome Sciences Has Big Plans For 2009

Human Genome Sciences Has Big Plans For 2009

  Biopharmaceutical company Human Genome Sciences Inc. announced its priority goals for 2009,...
» read full story January 12th, 2009 - 16:15
Scientists Move One Step Closer in Developing Breast Cancer Vaccine

Scientists Move One Step Closer in Developing Breast Cancer Vaccine

Scientists at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences move one step closer to developing a...
» read full story January 06th, 2009 - 16:50
Epilepsy Drugs Must Carry a Suicide Risk Warning

Epilepsy Drugs Must Carry a Suicide Risk Warning

Epilepsy drugs must carry a new warning about the risk of suicidal thoughts or actions, U.S....
» read full story December 18th, 2008 - 11:52
Hormone Therapy, Breast Cancer Recurrence, Key Issues at the Breast Cancer Symposium

Hormone Therapy, Breast Cancer Recurrence, Key Issues at the Breast Cancer Symposium

A hormone therapy for breast cancer can reduce the chances of the disease spreading by a...
» read full story December 15th, 2008 - 16:09
Are Popular Asthma Drugs Safe? FDA Panel to Decide on Their Safety

Are Popular Asthma Drugs Safe? FDA Panel to Decide on Their Safety

A Food and Drug Administration panel of medical experts is weighing whether to allow certain...
» read full story December 11th, 2008 - 13:36
Vitamins C, E Fail To Cut Prostate Cancer Risk

Vitamins C, E Fail To Cut Prostate Cancer Risk

Two large trials revealed that selenium, vitamin E and C didn’t reduce the risk of developing...
» read full story December 10th, 2008 - 07:48
Vitamin D Protects Your Heart

Vitamin D Protects Your Heart

Scientists are in a continuous researching process, in order to aid mankind in its fight against...
» read full story December 03rd, 2008 - 11:43
A New Treatment Could Prevent HIV

A New Treatment Could Prevent HIV

A recent discovery might help people with HIV. A combination of universal voluntary HIV testing and...
» read full story November 28th, 2008 - 20:57
Study: Cancer Drug Avastin Increases Blood Cloths Risk

Study: Cancer Drug Avastin Increases Blood Cloths Risk

Avastin, Genentech’s best-selling drug, increases the risk of people developing blood clots,...
» read full story November 19th, 2008 - 16:48

Two Rival Biotech Companies Receive Approval to Develop Anthrax Vaccines

Emergent BioSolutions of Rockville and PharmAthene of Annapolis received separate federal...
» read full story September 29th, 2008 - 19:30
FDA Probes J&J Anemia Drug over Clinical Trial Deaths

FDA Probes J&J Anemia Drug over Clinical Trial Deaths

Results of a study undergone by German scientists revealed that stroke patients given Amgen and...
» read full story September 29th, 2008 - 14:34
Update: Study Questions Common Knee Surgery For Osteoarthritis

Update: Study Questions Common Knee Surgery For Osteoarthritis

If people suffering from osteoarthritis were looking at arthroscopic knee surgery as their...
» read full story September 12th, 2008 - 08:40
Update: FDA Reveals List Of Drugs Posing Health Risks

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...
» read full story September 08th, 2008 - 14:00
The AIDS Battle Continues! Researchers Join Efforts to Find a Vaccine

The AIDS Battle Continues! Researchers Join Efforts to Find a Vaccine

Around 33 million people had the AIDS virus in 2007. The majority lived in Sub-Saharan Africa,...
» read full story August 02nd, 2008 - 13:42
Could Soy Foods Affect Male Fertility?

Could Soy Foods Affect Male Fertility?

Although many previous studies have shown that soya is good for humans by lowering cholesterol,...
» read full story July 28th, 2008 - 12:30
A Glass of Red Wine May Hold the Secret to Longevity

A Glass of Red Wine May Hold the Secret to Longevity

Researchers may be closer than ever to discover the secret to longevity, as new research by...
» read full story June 05th, 2008 - 12:24
Bill Banning Gifts to Doctors Half Cleared in Massachusetts

Bill Banning Gifts to Doctors Half Cleared in Massachusetts

More than a month after Massachusetts Senate President Therese Murray filed a bill banning...
» read full story April 21st, 2008 - 12:22
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Business

Epilepsy Drugs To Carry Suicide Warning

Epilepsy Drugs To Carry Suicide Warning

The US Food and Drug Administration is ordering companies that make epilepsy drugs to add warning...
» read full story December 18th, 2008 - 08:46
Sonus-Bayer Cancer Drug Does More Harm than Good

Sonus-Bayer Cancer Drug Does More Harm than Good

Sonus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has announced the failure of its TOCOSOL® Paclitaxel breast cancer drug...
» read full story September 24th, 2007 - 21:04
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World

Nigeria Files $7 Billion Lawsuit Against Pfizer

Nigeria Files $7 Billion Lawsuit Against Pfizer

Nigeria has filed a $7 billion lawsuit against pharmaceutical giant Pfizer over clinical trials...
» read full story June 05th, 2007 - 13:45
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