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Experimental drug prevents gallstones, in mice
• Drug News • Nov 22 04
Treatment with a synthetic agent that stimulates activity of receptors that latch on to bile acid prevents cholesterol gallstone disease in mice, new research…
Drug for osteoporosis sufferers
• Drug News • Nov 21 04
A new drug that both builds new bone while slowing down bone loss has been launched with hopes it could help hundreds of thousands…
Get your free prescriptions here
• Drug News • Nov 21 04
Little known to most patients, many big prescription drug companies offer their products free or at deep discounts to needy individuals and families. The…
FDA stands by safety of approved drugs
• Drug News • Nov 19 04
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday that Senate testimony by a veteran FDA researcher regarding safety risks for five drugs does…
Transipeg effective for childhood constipation
• Drug News • Nov 18 04
A formulation of polyethylene glycol with electrolytes, known as Transipeg or PEG 3350, successfully relieves chronic constipation in kids while causing few side effects,…
Congress told FDA failed public on Vioxx
• Drug News • Nov 18 04
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration failed the public in its oversight of Merck & Co Inc.‘s painkiller Vioxx, which has been withdrawn, and…
FDA reviewer says five drugs need closer scrutiny
• Drug News • Nov 18 04
A Food and Drug Administration reviewer who has accused the agency of being lax in monitoring drug safety on Thursday said five medicines on…
D-cycloserine may improve autism symptoms
• Drug News • Nov 17 04
D-cycloserine, a drug that has shown to reduce symptoms in schizophrenics, appears to significantly improve social and communication skills in children with autism, according…
Diabetes drug useful for ovary disease
• Drug News • Nov 17 04
Treatment with the diabetes drug rosiglitazone, which is marketed under the trade name Avandia, can restore ovulation in obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome…
US FDA allows tracking tags on drug bottles
• Drug News • Nov 15 04
Viagra, OxyContin and some AIDS drugs will be among the first to carry radio chip tracking devices under a new Food and Drug…
Pfizer pulling ‘wild thing’ Viagra ads
• Drug News • Nov 15 04
Pfizer Inc. has begun pulling two television advertisements for its Viagra impotence drug after U.S. officials said the “wild thing” ads made unsubstantiated…
Merck decided against 2000 Vioxx study
• Drug News • Nov 15 04
Top executives at pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. Inc. decided in May 2000 against developing a study to test directly whether its Vioxx painkiller…
Drug Company’s Greed Coming Around to Bite Them
• Drug News • Nov 14 04
Merck faces not only Congressional and Justice Department investigations, but also potentially thousands of personal-injury lawsuits that could tie the company up in litigation…
Dutch re-open some farms after dioxin scare
• Drug News • Nov 12 04
The Dutch authorities on Friday re-opened 96 livestock farms out of nearly 200 it had sealed off as a precaution after discovering cancer-causing dioxin…
Prozac Use Weakens, Shrinks Young Bones
• Drug News • Nov 11 04
You may remember how relieved I was, about a month ago, the FDA had finally begun to force drug companies to stamp their antidepressants…
Study Shows That Splitting Prescription Drugs Is Safe and Much Cheaper
• Drug News • Nov 11 04
A Florida pharmacist has hit upon an antidote to the skyrocketing cost of some prescription drugs: splitting the tablets in half.
David Parra, a…
SARS Vaccine May Not Be Available Soon
• Drug News • Nov 11 04
A SARS vaccine is unlikely to be available soon because few drug companies want to invest in a product that may have no demand…
‘Me-too’ prescription drugs win support in Tufts study
• Drug News • Nov 10 04
An independent academic center at Tufts University said yesterday that critics who blast the American pharmaceutical industry for developing “me-too” prescription drugs are wrong.
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Actos diabetes drug bests Avandia in lipid study
• Drug News • Nov 10 04
A Takeda Pharmaceuticals diabetes drug was more effective in dealing with patients’ cholesterol problems than a rival made by GlaxoSmithKline in a head-to-head study…
‘Statin’ drugs lower blood pressure somewhat
• Drug News • Nov 10 04
Cholesterol-lowering ‘statin’ drugs - such as Lipitor or Zocor, for example - also lower blood pressure to a modest extent, according to a report…
Canada warns it cannot be the drugstore to U.S.
• Drug News • Nov 10 04
Canada warned the United States on Wednesday that it would not be able to meet its prescription drug needs.
“To me it is a…
India drug firm pulls antiretrovirals from WHO list
• Drug News • Nov 09 04
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday that Indian drug maker Ranbaxy had voluntarily withdrawn all of its antiretroviral AIDS drugs from the…
Outsourced heart study shows cheap drugs can help
• Drug News • Nov 08 04
A heart-drug trial that was “outsourced” to India and China - an approach many industries are taking to save money - demonstrates the…
Efficacy of blood pressure drug questioned
• Drug News • Nov 05 04
A leading drug used by millions of people to lower blood pressure does not prevent deaths from heart attacks or other cardiovascular problems as…
Two Abbott HIV drug ads misleading, FDA says
• Drug News • Nov 02 04
Two Abbott Laboratories Inc. promotions for its HIV-fighting drug Kaletra exaggerated benefits and left out information about life-threatening safety risks, U.S. regulators charged…