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Stem Cell Therapy May Reverse Symptoms of MS
Findings of a preliminary study give hope to people suffering from multiple sclerosis showing that...
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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...
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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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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...
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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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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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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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Combination of Two-Already Approved Drugs May Cure Resistant TB
Two FDA-approved drugs show promise in treating extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB),...
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Baldness Drug May Help Healthy Men Prevent Prostate Cancer
The American Society of Clinical Oncology and American Urological Association on Tuesday...
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Lack of Sunshine Vitamin May Trigger Colds
Lack of sunshine vitamin may trigger colds, according to a study published this week in the...
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Scientists Make Astonishing Breakthrough in the Flight against Flu
Researchers at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in...
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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....
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Gel against HIV Infection Found Effective
Researchers present at the Conference on Retrovirus and Opportunistic Infections held in Montreal...
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New Urine Test That Detects Aggressive Prostate Cancer
Researchers at the University of Michigan are experimenting with a urine test to help distinguish...
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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...
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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...
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Experimental HIV Gel Proves Effective in Trials
An experimental vaginal gel made by Indevus Pharmaceuticals Inc. was effective in preventing HIV...
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Pfizer Stops the Development of Pancreatic Drug
An independent monitoring board has recently detected the fact that axitinib drug, which had been...
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FDA Approves of Lilly, Daiichi Anti-Clot Drug
Friday, the Food and Drug Administration gave the go-ahead to Eli Lilly and Company’s...
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Good News for Pozen’s PN 400
Pharmaceutical company Pozen Inc. saw its stock soar Thursday on the news that the FDA accepted its...
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ADHD Medication May Cause Hallucinations
Children taking medications for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder may experience...
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FDA Approves First Phase Of Stem Cells Treatment
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just approved the first clinical trial using human...
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FDA Clears Fibromyalgia Drug Savella
Forest Laboratories Inc and Cypress Bioscience Inc, the developers of the fibromyalgia drug...
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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 Wants Additional Data on Schering’s Saphris
The Food and Drug Administration declined to clear Schering-Plough Corp’s experimental drug...
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FDA Delays Decision About Zyprexa
Eli Lilly & Co. has announced on Wednesday that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is...
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Breast Cancer Vaccine Heading for Clinical Trials
This spring, scientists at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences are hoping to put a...
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New Treatment For Men With Advanced Prostate Cancer
Researchers said that men with advanced prostate cancer will have the chance to follow a new...
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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...
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Male Circumcision May Prevent Two Common STDs
Male circumcision appears to offer more protection to men than previously estimated, according to...
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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...
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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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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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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...
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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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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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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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Human Genome Sciences Has Big Plans For 2009
Biopharmaceutical company Human Genome Sciences Inc. announced its priority goals for 2009,...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Vitamin D Protects Your Heart
Scientists are in a continuous researching process, in order to aid mankind in its fight against...
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A New Treatment Could Prevent HIV
A recent discovery might help people with HIV. A combination of universal voluntary HIV testing and...
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Study: Cancer Drug Avastin Increases Blood Cloths Risk
Avastin, Genentech’s best-selling drug, increases the risk of people developing blood clots,...
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Two Rival Biotech Companies Receive Approval to Develop Anthrax Vaccines
Emergent BioSolutions of Rockville and
PharmAthene of Annapolis received separate federal...
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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...
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Update: Study Questions Common Knee Surgery For Osteoarthritis
If people suffering from osteoarthritis were looking at arthroscopic knee surgery as their...
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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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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,...
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Could Soy Foods Affect Male Fertility?
Although many previous studies have shown that soya is good
for humans by lowering cholesterol,...
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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...
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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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