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WHO reports 1,658 confirmed cases of swine flu
Geneva - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday confirmed 1,658 cases of the new...
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WHO changes virus name, 257 confirmed cases
Geneva - The World Health Organization updated Thursday the number of laboratory-confirmed cases of...
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WHO: 154 Confirmed Cases of Swine Flu
The World Health Organization updated Thursday the number of laboratory-confirmed cases of swine...
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What is swine flu?
Stockholm - The current outbreak of swine flu which has caused alarm around the world is a...
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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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GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer Announce New HIV Drug Company
Britain’s biggest drugs company GlaxoSmithKline and US rival Pfizer announced Thursday...
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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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China has long way to go on health reforms
Beijing - Chinese authorities released a long-awaited health reform action plan...
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Unapproved Morphine Remains on the Market, FDA Rules
The Food and Drug Administration on March 30 requested manufacturers of 14 medications based on...
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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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Elan, Wyeth Stop Trial Using the Highest Dose of Alzheimer’s Drug
Drugmaker Elan and US partner Wyeth announced Thursday they have stopped part of a Phase III...
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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 Warns 9 Companies for Making Unapproved Narcotics
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday warned nine manufacturers for illegally making powerful...
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California Plant Announces Nationwide Recall of Pistachio Products
The Food and drug Administration on Monday announced that up to 1 million pounds of roasted...
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Stents Better than Bypass Surgery at Relieving Pain
A new study presented Saturday at the American College of Cardiology conference in Orlando,...
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March 24 Is World TB Day
March 24 is World TB Day, a day that aims to remind people that the disease is still a major health...
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Chinese Quality Watchdogs Clear Johnson & Johnson Baby Products
Following a report early this month saying that many of the baby products on the market contain...
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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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Obama’s Budget Outline
President Obama promised more money for conservation and renewable energy in his budget outline...
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Epilepsy Drug Zonegran Tied to Metabolic Acidosis
The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday cautioned that epilepsy drug zonisamide (Zonegran)...
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Depart. Of Justice Seeks Damages from J&J, Scios Unit
The US Justice Department on Thursday announced its intention to join two lawsuits against a unit...
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Brand New Alzheimer’s Theory
U.S. biotechnology company Genentech Inc has published a new study in the journal Nature that...
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Doctors Closing in on Cure for Cold
Thursday, researchers announced that they were getting closer to finding a cure for the...
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Scientists Decode Genetic Map of Cold Virus
Science moves one step closer to finding an effective treatment for the common cold, as University...
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FDA Seeks to Toughen Restrictions on Narcotics
Following new government figures showing a rise in nonmedical use of prescription painkillers...
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FDA Approves Drug Made in Milk of DNA-Modified Goats
The FDA yesterday approved for the first time a drug made in...
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Gates Optimistic About Malaria Vaccine and Eradication Of The Disease
Malaria is considered by many a thing of the past, or perhaps a disease restricted to the poor...
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FDA Panel Votes to Ban Darvon Painkiller
Government advisers suggested a ban on the Darvon painkiller which has been in...
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Nigerian Families Can Now Fight With Pfizer
An appeals court ruled on Friday that Nigerian families can now sue Pfizer in US courts, with...
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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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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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BPA-Containing Baby Bottles No Longer on the US Market
Bisphenol A or BPA widely used in plastics has long been a subject of controversy among...
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Daiichi, Lilly Get European Approval for Prasugrel
Monday, Eli Lilly & Company and Daiichi Sankyo Company announced that they had earned...
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Medtronic’s Brain Stimulator Gets FDA Approval for OCD Patients
Patients suffering from severe obsessive-compulsive disorder that has not responded to medication...
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The Growth Rate in Health Care Spending in US Lower
The increase in health care spending in the US was the smallest since 1998 due to the growing use...
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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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Joshua Sharfstein on Top of the List for Head of the FDA
Joshua Sharfstein, who is currently head of the Baltimore
Health Department, is said to have...
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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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Radio Host Continues to Be Investigated for Drug Companies Ties
Dr. Fred Goodwin, a popular radio host of
the NPR program, “The Infinite Mind,” has reportedly...
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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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Study: Lung Cancer Drug Tarceva Slows Progression of the Disease
Lung cancer drug Tarceva jointly developed by OSI
Pharmaceuticals Inc., Genentech Inc. and Roche...
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Drug Company Wyeth Sued By Vermont Musician
Drug company Wyeth has been sued by a Vermont musician after an injection with an anti-nausea drug...
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Update: Top Court Hears Arguments in Wyeth & Levine Case
Patients and drug companies are still waiting
for a decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in Levine’s...
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Former UCLA Executive Pleads Guilty In Cadaver Theft Case
The former director of UCLA's program for bodies donated to research pleaded guilty on Friday for...
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Three States Urge Companies to Stop Using BPA in Baby Bottles
On Friday, attorneys
general from Connecticut, New
Jersey and Delaware
sent letters to a...
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FDA Approval For Once-Daily Treatment For Bipolar Mania, Depression
AstraZeneca Plc said today that SEROQUEL XR, the
antipsychotic medication that is used to treat...
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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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Supreme Court Ready For Drugs, Cigarettes and Bad Language Review
The U.S. Supreme Court enters its third term on Monday,
October 6, and the calendar has a series...
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Emory Psychiatrist Did Not Report Drug Income
Congressional
investigators have revealed that Dr. Charles B. Nemeroff of Emory
University, one...
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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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Eprex Under Close Scrutiny After German Trial Study
A Johnson & Johnson anemia drug tested in Germany on a panel of stroke patients is...
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Medicare Prescription Drugs Premiums to Increase
Analysis of
government data has revealed that in 2009, Medicare prescription drug-plan...
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COPD Drugs Questioned for Increased Risk of Stroke, Heart Attack
Spiriva and Atrovent, two drugs widely prescribed in chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),...
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The FTC Charges 5 Companies for Selling Bogus Cancer Cures
The Federal Trade Commission has reportedly accused five companies of making false statements...
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FTC to Patients: Watch Out for Bogus Cancer Cures!
Watch out! Several companies are falsely claiming that they are selling you the cure for cancer....
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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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Major Breakthrough In Cancer Research, A Promising Way To Study Cancer
Scientists with the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center at the Johns Hopkins University have managed...
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Mapping The Cancer Genome
A new discovery shows promise in cancer
fight. Scientists have managed to draw a map of the...
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Bypass Surgery Still the Best Treatment for Heart Patients
Bypass surgery is still the most effective treatment for most problems involving heart artery...
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Medicare Decides To Expand Coverage For Cancer Drugs
Doctors and patients who need Medicare reimbursement for certain experimental treatments...
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Abbott Acquires Advanced Medical Optics for $1.36 Billion
Medical products and drug maker Abbott Laboratories on Monday said it has agreed to purchase...
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Epilepsy Drugs To Carry Suicide Warning
The US Food and Drug Administration is ordering companies that make epilepsy drugs to add warning...
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Wyeth Accused Of Paying Medical Ghostwriters For Medical Articles
Wyeth, the pharmaceutical company, paid a medical writing company to ghostwrite articles about its...
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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...
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The US Food and Drug Administration To Take On The Tobacco Industry
Wednesday was a very important day, or one could even call it a historic day, for the tobacco...
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Alzheimer Cure Makes Wyeth Shares Rise
The two companies that have discovered bapineuzumab, a drug that is supposed to slow down the...
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Avant Shares Soar on Release of Brain Cancer Vaccine
A newly released cancer vaccine which reportedly doubles the survival time of people with brain...
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Vytorin Sales Drop for Schering and Merck, Due to Ineffectiveness
Shares of Merck and Schering-Plough dropped greatly on
Monday, after a research revealed that the...
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Abbott Laboratories Sued in 18 States for Blocking Competition
Iowa recently joined 17 other states that sued Abbott
Laboratories for blocking generic...
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Arena Pharmaceuticals’ Obesity Drug Proven Safe
Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced today that its
experimental pill against obesity passed a...
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Fujifilm Makes $1.44 Billion Offer to Purchase Toyama Chemical
Fujifilm Holdings Corp. made public on Wednesday its offer of about ¥155 billion ($1.44 billion) to...
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Wyeth Undergoes Revision As Teva Launches Generic Protonix
Wyeth announced on Monday that it would revise the business
plan after rival Teva Pharmaceuticals...
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Eisai Closes $3.9 Billion Deal with MGI Pharma
The Japanese drug company Eisai Co. announced on Monday the acquisition of MGI Pharma Inc. (whose...
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House Approves Controversial Patent Overhaul
The most extensive patent reform was approved yesterday by
the House with 225 to 175, offering an...
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Medco Health to Acquire PolyMedica for $1.5B
Medco Health Solutions Inc. announced it is to acquire the largest U.S. supplier of diabetes...
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