Glaxo recalls Lamictal kits in US due to wrong dose
• Drug News • Apr 08 05

GlaxoSmithKline Plc is recalling so-called starter kits of its Lamictal drug in the United States due to incorrect dosing, Europe’s largest drugmaker said on…    

 

Cheap new combination pill to help fight malaria
• Drug News • Apr 08 05

A cheap and easy-to-use combination pill for Malaria is being readied for launch next year, giving doctors fresh ammunition to fight the deadly mosquito-borne…    

 

Pfizer stops arthritis drug Bextra sales
• Drug News • Apr 07 05

Pfizer Inc. on Thursday suspended sales of its arthritis drug Bextra on requests by U.S. and European regulators, who said the risks of…    

 

Florida sues generic drug makers for overcharging
• Drug News • Apr 06 05

Florida’s attorney general on Wednesday sued Novartis AG unit Sandoz Inc.; Ivax Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Ivax Corp. ; and Alpharma Inc. unit PurePac…    

 

Newer Antidepressants Work 2 Ways
• Drug News • Apr 06 05

New research shows that the popular, and sometimes controversial, antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) boost serotonin levels on…    

 

Meridia aids weight loss and diabetes control
• Drug News • Apr 05 05

The weight-loss drug Meridia helps overweight people with Diabetes to shed pounds and control their blood glucose levels, researchers report.

Dr. Roberto Vettor and…    

 

Drug firms offer one-stop access for help with drug costs
• Drug News • Apr 05 05

A coalition of drug companies and health care providers on Tuesday launched a new effort to make it easier for poor patients to…    

 

UK lawmakers slam slack pharmaceutical regulation
• Drug News • Apr 05 05

Regulation of the pharmaceutical industry is inadequate, leaving powerful drug companies free to promote “a pill for every ill”, an influential British parliamentary committee…    

 

Pfizer Endometriosis Pain Drug Gets OK’d
• Drug News • Mar 29 05

Pfizer Inc. said on Tuesday it has received U.S. regulatory approval to sell a drug to treat the pain associated with endometriosis,…    

 

US advises firms on better drug safety monitoring
• Drug News • Mar 25 05

U.S. health officials gave drug companies suggestions on Thursday on ways to improve safety evaluations of medicines during early-stage development and after they are…    

 

U.S. group calls for safer asthma drug compounds
• Drug News • Mar 25 05

U.S. regulators need to do more to protect asthma patients from inhaled medicines created by pharmacists from bulk ingredients, a consumer advocacy group said…    

 

Abbott Says Withdrawing Attention Deficit Drug
• Drug News • Mar 25 05

Abbott Laboratories Inc. said Thursday it was halting sales of a 30-year-old attention deficit drug that a consumer group complained was too dangerous to…    

 

Scientists in Kenya to push African vaccine research
• Drug News • Mar 21 05

Africa risks missing out on the rewards of a revolution in science unless it can win a bigger slice of funding for diseases like…    

 

Obesity drug helpful for polycystic ovaries
• Drug News • Mar 17 05

The prescription weight-loss drug orlistat, sold as Xenical, appears to be as effective as the Diabetes drug metformin, sold as Glucophage, in the treatment…    

 

Canada “nowhere near” Internet pharmacy clampdown
• Drug News • Mar 11 05

Canada said on Friday it was “nowhere near” deciding how to clamp down on Internet pharmacies that send cheap medicine to the United States,…    

 

Actonel helps prevent hip fractures after stroke
• Drug News • Mar 11 05

Elderly women who’ve had a Stroke are prone to fall and break a hip, but drug treatment to strengthen their bones reduces the…    

 

Powerful pain medicine a growing U.S. crime problem
• Drug News • Mar 10 05

Powerful painkillers like OxyContinn, widely known as “hillbilly heroin,” have emerged as a major crime problem in the United States, with many dealers and…    

 

AstraZeneca drug risk higher than others
• Drug News • Mar 10 05

The rate of serious muscle damage reported in patients who took AstraZeneca Plc’s cholesterol-lowering statin drug Crestor was six times higher than with similar…    

 

Study: Plavix saves lives after big heart attacks
• Drug News • Mar 09 05

Patients whose clot-clogged arteries were treated with standard drugs, including aspirin, following serious Heart attack were more likely to maintain opened arteries and…    

 

Pfizer Lipitor study has mixed results
• Drug News • Mar 08 05

Heart disease patients who took high doses of Pfizer Inc.‘s cholesterol-treatment Lipitor had fewer Heart Attack and Strokes, but the risk of death from…    

 

Newer drugs may cut stroke, heart attack risk
• Drug News • Mar 08 05

Patients with high blood pressure taking a combination of newer drugs may cut their risk of Stroke by 25 percent and dangerous heart complications…    

 

UK stockpiles Tamiflu in case of bird flu outbreak
• Drug News • Mar 01 05

Britain is buying 14.6 million courses of Roche’s antiviral drug Tamiflu to protect against a potential flu pandemic, the government said on Tuesday.

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Senators seek mandatory drug study database
• Drug News • Mar 01 05

Drug and medical device companies would be required to report clinical trial results in a public database under legislation unveiled on Monday by a…    

 

Prescription for change
• Drug News • Feb 27 05

Nhs treatment is set to speed up with new rules expected on prescribing, according to Notts health service chiefs.

From March, more health workers…    

 

US poll backs bigger gov’t role on drug prices
• Drug News • Feb 24 05

Nearly two-thirds of people want the U.S. government more involved in limiting the price of prescription drugs, according to a survey released on…    

 

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