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Bayer Cancer Drug Can Be Combined with Other Drugs
• Drug News • Nov 02 04
Bayer AG’s key experimental anti-cancer drug BAY 43-9006 can be combined with other anti-cancer agents, according to results from a Phase I trial, the…
Merck tried to bury Vioxx concerns for years
• Drug News • Nov 01 04
Internal e-mails and other documents from Merck & Co. show the company fought for years to keep safety concerns from undermining the drug’s commercial…
Viagra promising in pulmonary hypertension
• Drug News • Oct 27 04
Viagra, Pfizer Inc’s famous impotence treatment, demonstrated promise in a late-stage clinical trial for use in treating the often-fatal disease pulmonary arterial hypertension.
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New TB vaccine promising in early clinical trials
• Drug News • Oct 25 04
The results of the first early test of a new type of tuberculosis vaccine show that it elicits strong immune responses in adults with…
State negotiating purchase of flu vaccine in Europe
• Drug News • Oct 25 04
Blagojevich’s office says a letter would be sent to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today requesting its approval of the deal. Approval would…
Bush signs law banning certain steroid-like drugs
• Drug News • Oct 25 04
President Bush signed a law on Friday banning certain steroid-like drugs, used by some athletes as performance enhancers.
The new law adds 18 substances…
Onyx Shares Fall on Cancer Drug Filing
• Drug News • Oct 25 04
Shares of Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc. plunged after it and partner Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corp. said Monday they will use ongoing late-stage clinical trial data to…
High drug prices
• Drug News • Oct 23 04
Medication costs are skyrocketing, thanks to increasing prescription drug costs and a growing number of people taking drugs for chronic conditions. People with multiple…
Diet-pill seller agrees $155 mln fraud settlement
• Drug News • Oct 22 04
A Texas diet-pill marketer has agreed to pay back up to $155 million he earned from selling weight-loss pills that did not work as…
Europe orders full safety probe of Cox-2 drugs
• Drug News • Oct 22 04
The European Commission has ordered a full-scale probe into the safety of five remaining Cox-2 arthritis drugs, following last month’s worldwide withdrawal of Merck…
Pfizer says net profit leaps 50 percent
• Drug News • Oct 20 04
Pfizer, the world’s biggest drugs company, said quarterly net profit leapt 50 percent as it halved production costs, predicting a strong but challenging outlook.
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UK scientists develop new vaccine technology
• Drug News • Oct 19 04
British scientists have taken tips from Mother Nature to develop a new technology that could deliver cheaper, life-saving vaccines that don’t require refrigeration…
Consumers Sue Pharmaceutical AstraZeneca Over Misleading Nexium Campaign
• Drug News • Oct 18 04
Consumers of the heartburn medication Nexium(R) today filed a lawsuit against the drug’s distributor, AstraZeneca . The suit alleges that the pharmaceutical company sought…
Pfizer arthritis drug gets heart test
• Drug News • Oct 18 04
Pfizer Inc. said Monday it plans to sponsor a major clinical study to further assess the cardiovascular safety of its arthritis drug Celebrex following…
Bristol-Myers arthritis drug promising in trial
• Drug News • Oct 18 04
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. said on Sunday its experimental drug for rheumatoid arthritis showed highly promising results in two late-stage clinical trials.
The drug, abatacept,…
Drugs must have warnings on suicide
• Drug News • Oct 16 04
The federal government on Friday ordered that all antidepressant drugs be sold with a prominent “black-box” to warn doctors that the medications increase the…
Cholesterol meds highlight conflict of interest debate in medicine
• Drug News • Oct 16 04
They led influential medical groups, starred at prestigious meetings, published in top journals and were undisputed giants in their field.
But when these…
FDA Says None of Chiron Influenza Vaccine Safe for Use
• Drug News • Oct 16 04
WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that none of the influenza vaccine made by Chiron Corp. (CHIR) is safe for use.
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The first and only fusion inhibitor for the treatment of HIV
• Drug News • Oct 16 04
Roche and Trimeris, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) has granted traditional approval to FUZEON(R)
(enfuvirtide), the…
Pfizer says Bextra, heart problems linked
• Drug News • Oct 15 04
Pfizer Inc. on Friday said two small clinical trials showed heart bypass surgery patients taking Bextra, an anti-inflammatory in the same class as the…
Price gouging reported for flu vaccine
• Drug News • Oct 14 04
US hospitals are being solicited by secondary pharmaceutical distributors offering flu vaccine at highly inflated prices, according to a new survey of hospital pharmacy…
FDA approves deep wrinkle filler
• Drug News • Oct 14 04
Inamed Corp. and Genzyme Corp. on Wednesday said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a larger-particle version of its injectable gel…
MRI Scan Can Monitor Cholesterol Health
• Drug News • Oct 12 04
A modified magnetic scan can tell patients whether cholesterol-lowering statin drugs are actually unblocking their clogged arteries, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
The magnetic…
Vaccine Makers Need Shot In Arm
• Drug News • Oct 11 04
If the United States wants to avoid future shortages of flu vaccine it must take steps to draw drug companies back into the business…
Glaxo Seeks Entry Into U.S. Flu Vaccine Mkt
• Drug News • Oct 11 04
GlaxoSmithKline Plc is exploring ways to sell its Fluarix flu vaccine in the United States, where supplies have run short this season after Chiron…