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Nexavar Fails in Melanoma Phase III Trial
German drug maker Bayer AG and Onyx Pharmaceuticals on Monday announced they ended a Phase III...
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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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Arena Weight Loss Drug Disappoints in Trial
Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. saw its shares falling over 20 percent Monday following the...
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FDA Panel Backs J&J, Bayer Anticlotting Drug
A panel of cardiology experts of the Food and Drug Administration voted 15 to 2 on Thursday in...
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Pfizer’s Sutent Trial Results Good News for Pancreatic Cancer Sufferers
Good news for people suffering from pancreatic cancer.
Giant pharmaceutical company Pfizer...
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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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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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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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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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FDA Seeks to Toughen Restrictions on Narcotics
Following new government figures showing a rise in nonmedical use of prescription painkillers...
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The Teething Medicine in Nigeria Kills 84 Children
Health officials announced on Friday that at least 84 children from Nigeria have been killed by a...
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Teething Pain Medicine Kills 84 Kids in Nigeria
The number of children who died from a contaminated baby medicine sold in Nigeria has increased...
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Addictive Painkiller Finally Withdrawn by the FDA
An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration voted 14 to 12 to recommend the withdrawal of...
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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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Wyeth Vaccine Helped Slash Pneumococcal Meningitis Rates
Pneumococcal meningitis rates have declined substantially since a new vaccine was introduced in...
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Watson Wins FDA Approval For Mint-Flavored Nicorette
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. said on Wednesday that its subsidiary Watson Laboratories, Inc. has...
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National Research Council asks EPA to Assess Phthalates
A panel from the independent National Research Council urged the U.S. Environmental...
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FTC Sues Ovation in Dispute on Drug Prices
The Federal Trade Commission alleged an Illinois drug maker illegally bought the only rival...
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The FTC Is Trying To Break Ovation's Monopoly
Antitrust enforcers have recently accused Ovation
Pharmaceuticals of cornering the U.S. Market on...
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Hormone Replacement Therapy Linked to Breast Cancer
A new study presented by the Woman Health Initiative
(WHI) at the San Antonio Breast Cancer...
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FDA Calls for Stronger Warnings on Bowel Cleansers for Acute Kidney Injury
Following the reports of kidney damage in
people who had used some sodium-based bowel cleansing...
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2 Diabetes Drugs Affect Women’s Bones
A new British analysis found that Avandia and Actos, two widely prescribed diabetes drugs, could...
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The Pill That Makes Jet Lag Vanish
An experimental drug promises to reset the body's internal clock and banish jet lag victims for...
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New Pill Targets Jet Lag, Shift-Work Troubles
How many times have you stayed awake because travelling
across time zones or working at night?...
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One Cause of Aging Found, Scientists Say Potentially Reversible
New research performed on mice offers insights into the
mechanism of aging, and perhaps with time...
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New Drug Set To Solve Mutation Problem
The bavituximab drug was tested on lab animals and it has shown remarkable success in tackling two...
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Study: Tarceva Delays Progress Of Lung Cancer
Tarceva’s manufacturers, Genetech Inc and OSI Pharmaceuticals, said the drug proved its...
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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...
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Tarceva Slows Progress Of Lung Cancer, Study Shows
After a study disclosed that the drug Tarceva was efficient in prolonging lung cancer survival when...
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‘Magic’ Pill Found to Cut Heart Attack, Stroke Risk in Half
Researchers present at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology in Orlando, Florida...
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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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Bayer Agrees to Pay $20 Million to Correct Misleading Information about Its Contraceptive
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals has announced the decision to introduce a new advertising...
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Drug Produced from Genetically Engineered Goats Gets FDA’s Approval
Federal officials approved for the first time a drug made from milk of genetically engineered...
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FDA Advisory Panel Recommends Banning Painkiller Darvon
FDA advisers have recommended that Darvon, a commonly prescribed painkiller, should be...
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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 Doesn’t Approve New Drug from Salix
The FDA reported that they requested Salix Pharmaceuticals to perform another experiment on...
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EPIX Pharmaceuticals Says FDA Approved Vasovist
U.S. federal regulators approved Vasovist, EPIX Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s blood pool magnetic...
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FDA Wants ‘Black Box’ Warning for Bowel Cleansing Drugs
Drugs used before colonoscopies may cause kidney damage, the Food and Drug Administration warned on...
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New Cure For Jet Lag May Improve The Quality Of Your Sleep
A new experimental drug that mimics the
effects of the hormone melatonin could be very helpful for...
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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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Testosterone Patch Helps Postmenopausal Women Recover Their Libido
Postmenopausal women may often suffer from no or low libido. On average, studies have shown that...
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“Red Wine” Drug Fights Against Obesity Regardless of Diet
Are scientists one step closer to finding the secret weapon in the fight against obesity and...
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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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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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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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Pharmaceutical firm Roche's first quarter sales increase
Basel - Roche, the Swiss pharmaceutical giant, said it was confident it would meet full year...
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FDA Approves First Drug Made From Genetically Engineered Animals
The Food and Drug Administration announced the approval of the first drug made from a genetically...
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Watson’s Nicorette Mint Gum Approved
Wednesday, Watson Pharmaceuticals Incorporated announced that United States health regulators had...
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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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GlaxoSmithKline Reports Stronger Q3 Earnings and Sales
London - British pharmaceuticals concern GlaxoSmithKline reported Wednesday that it managed to...
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Pfizer to Focus on More Profitable Areas than Heart Disease
Tuesday, the world’s largest drugmaker, Pfizer Incorporated,
has announced it would be...
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Amylin Shares Drop as FDA Warns about Byetta’s Pancreatitis Risk
The United States Food and Drug Administration issued Monday warnings to doctors and patients as...
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Fresenius Acquires APP for $4.6 Billion
Fresenius SE, the biggest European producer of intravenous medicines, will purchase APP...
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Teva’s Azilect Drug Slows Down Parkinson Disease
Teva Pharmaceuticals Industry Ltd, an Israeli drug manufacturing company based in Tel Aviv, has...
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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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Millennium Pharmaceuticals to Receive $40 M Milestone Payment
Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc., the biotechnology company that conducts research in various...
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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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Sonus-Bayer Cancer Drug Does More Harm than Good
Sonus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has announced the failure of its TOCOSOL® Paclitaxel breast cancer drug...
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Sun Pharmaceutical To Buy Israeli Taro
Indian Sun Pharmaceutical Industries announced Monday the
Bombay Stock Exchange that it has agreed...
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