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Plague vaccine shows promise in animals
• Drug News • May 18 05
As part of a 5-year multimillion-dollar federal bio-defense initiative, researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina are working on…
Vertex says drug quickly treats hepatitis C
• Drug News • May 17 05
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. on Tuesday said half of Hepatitis C patients taking a specific dose of its experimental drug in an early-stage…
Medicare to pay $2 bln for impotence drugs - study
• Drug News • May 17 05
The U.S. government will spend nearly $2 billion over the next decade to pay for impotence drugs for elderly and disabled patients under Medicare,…
U.S. FDA looking to improve drug safety monitoring
• Drug News • May 16 05
U.S. health regulators know that once a new drug hits the market, their system to monitor potential side effects is limited and they are…
Germany’s Merck hails cancer drug trial results
• Drug News • May 16 05
Trials show that Merck KGaA’s newly launched cancer drug Erbitux slows the spread of rectal and Colon cancer and enables more patients to have…
Packaging matters in sticking with medicine
• Drug News • May 16 05
The way a medication comes wrapped may make a difference in how well people follow their prescriptions, researchers said Monday.
In a study of…
Experimental cancer drugs show much promise
• Drug News • May 14 05
A new generation of experimental cancer drugs is poised to upstage current hotshots by attacking the multiple methods tumors use to grow and spread,…
Fat-fighting drugs are a far riskier business
• Drug News • May 11 05
Despite the fact that Obesity is one of the biggest preventable causes of death, investors may find that fat-fighting drugs are a far riskier…
ACE inhibitors helpful in heart and kidney disease
• Drug News • May 11 05
ACE inhibitors, a class of drugs used to lower high blood pressure, also significantly improve the survival of older adults with heart failure and…
AstraZeneca ulcer drug off limits for US forces
• Drug News • May 09 05
Shares in AstraZeneca Plc fell 1 percent Monday following news the U.S. Defense Department planned to stop using the company’s top-selling heartburn and ulcer…
Washington state government to press for drug imports
• Drug News • May 09 05
Aiming to cut Washington state’s health-care costs, Gov. Christine Gregoire will lobby federal officials and lawmakers to allow imports of prescription drugs, her…
Lilly stops pediatric trial of sepsis drug
• Drug News • Apr 28 05
Eli Lilly and Co. has halted a study of its drug Xigris in children because the medicine was no more effective than a placebo…
Stop aspirin five days before surgery
• Drug News • • Heart • • Surgery • Apr 26 05
People who take aspirin on a regular basis for Heart disease should stop the drug 5 days before elective surgery to ensure that their…
Longs drugs to move meth ingredient behind counter
• Drug News • Apr 26 05
Pharmacy chain Longs Drug Stores Corp. said on Monday it would move products used to create the illegal drug methamphetamine behind the pharmacy counter…
J&J changes heart drug label to show mortality risk
• Drug News • Apr 25 05
Johnson & Johnson on Monday said it had revised the label of its Natrecor (nesiritide) to indicate it increased the risk of death within…
Sponge contraceptive returning to market
• Drug News • Apr 25 05
A contraceptive sponge for women is returning to the U.S. market for the first time in a decade, the manufacturer said on Friday.
The…
Pharmacies, grocers seek uniform US anti-meth law
• Drug News • Apr 22 05
U.S. retailers are lobbying for a standard U.S. law, as they face pressure to limit access to over-the-counter cold and allergy medicines with ingredients…
Substandard drugs threat to heart patients - study
• Drug News • Apr 19 05
Substandard generic drugs are putting the lives and health of heart patients at risk, researchers said Tuesday. A study of 21 samples of a…
Benito Enterprises announces the release of a new non-prescription pain relief product
• Drug News • Apr 15 05
Benito Enterprises, parent company of Lazarus Labs, producers of Phentramin ™ the original non-prescription alternative to prescription weight loss drugs such as Phentermine, announces…
Over 60 firms in race for elusive cancer vaccines
• Drug News • Apr 14 05
More than 60 companies around the world are working on so-called therapeutic cancer vaccines, designed to help patients fight their tumors, but much of…
FDA nominee stalled over “morning after” pill
• Drug News • Apr 13 05
A U.S. Senate Committee abruptly postponed a vote on President Bush’s nominee to head the Food and Drug Administration Wednesday, as leaders asked for…
Activists attack ethics of Pfizer AIDS drug trial
• Drug News • Apr 12 05
A clinical study into an experimental AIDS pill made by Pfizer Inc, the world’s biggest drugmaker, should be halted because it offers…
Study: Brand drug prices outpace inflation
• Drug News • Apr 12 05
U.S. prices for brand-name drugs on average rose at 2.5 times the rate of inflation last year, while generic drug prices remained flat, according…
Statins may cut stroke disability, deaths
• Drug News • Apr 12 05
The cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins - such as Lipitor (also known as simvastatin) or Zocor (simvastatin) - have the potential to prevent long-term…
Potassium, in any form, lowers blood pressure
• Drug News • Apr 12 05
Potassium citrate has similar blood pressure-lowering effects as the best-studied potassium compound, potassium chloride, according to a UK study.
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