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Health Anti-Obesity Drugs Produce Only Minimal Weight Loss
Health Anti-Obesity Drug Rimonabant Linked to Depression
Development Patients' Own Tissue Could be Used for Cancer Vaccine
Health Study Links Acne Drug Roaccutane to Depression
Development Low Cost Drug Production Talks End Inconclusively
Drug Trial Blood Pressure Drug May Aid Multiple Sclerosis Patients
Health Treatment of ADHD with Drugs Ineffective, Says Report
Health Oral Contraceptive Pill’s Cancer Risk Drops Over Time
Government Policy US/ China Sign Drug Safety Agreement
Health Universal Chickenpox Vaccination Programme Vital
Development Dog Stem Cell Could Aid Child Bone Cancer Patients
Investigations US FDA Lax on Foreign Drug Firm Inspections
Drug Trial Vitamin A Derivative Could Reduce Risk of Lung Cancer
Development Scientists Trial Light-Activated Cancer Treatment Drug
Government Policy China’s Drug Regulator Tightens Industry Further
Health NICE Rules Against Arthritis Drug Orencia
Health Cervical Cancer Vaccine for British Schoolgirls From 2008
Development Scientists Study Genetics' Part in Alzheimer's Disease
Health Flu Vaccinations in Elderly May not be Effective
Health US to Assess if Cold Drugs do Ease Nasal Congestion
Drug Trial New Asthma Drug Could Benefit Thousands
Health NICE Osteoporosis Drug Guidance Criticised
Health US FDA Panel: Cough Medicine Ban for Children Under 6
Health US FDA Orders Hearing Loss Warning Added to Viagra
Health UK Doctors Still Over-Prescribing Antibiotics
Health Aspirin Heart Benefits More Likely in Men
Drug Trial Prednisolone "Best Treatment" for Bell's Palsy
Development US Scientists Propose New Breed of Birth Control Drugs
Industry Reports Report Highlights African Anti-Retroviral Drug Issues
Development UK Scientists Angry at US Firm's Stem Cell Bank Plan
Drug Trial Ovarian Cancer Vaccine Trialled: Results 'Encouraging'
Health Drug Firms Withdraw Children's Cold Medicines
Health Statin Drug Heart Benefits May be Long-Lasting
Health Report Suggests Breast Cancer Chemo Drug Ineffective
Drug Trial Elderly Walk Further/Exercise More in Heart Drug Study
Health FDA Warnings Added to Bristol-Myers/GE Heart Drugs
Development Uganda to Open Initial HIV/Aids Drug Factory
Development 'Gene Targeting' Innovators Receive Nobel Prize
Development US FDA Unveils Generic Drug Approval Speed-Up Plan
Development US FDA Considers Creating New Drug Class
Development Stem Cell Database Proposed to Assess Drug Safety
Drug Trial Child Cancer Drug Trialled – Results Promising
Health GSK Applies to Sell Obesity Drug Off-Prescription
Health NICE to Reconsider Approving Lung Cancer Drug
Drug Trial Alzheimer’s Drugs Proposed for Breast Cancer Patients
Government Policy President Bush Signs US FDA Bill Into Law
Investigations New Group Formed to Investigate Drug Side Effects
Health US FDA Issues Safety Warning on Cancer Drug Fentora
Development Scottish Researchers to Develop New Eczema Drugs
Health US Research Highlights Paracetamol/Caffeine Liver Risk
Health Genetic Research May Benefit Breast Cancer Patients
Drug Trial Bowel Cancer Drug Trial Yields Promising Results
Development Pfizer’s Oral HIV Drug Celsentri Approved for EU
Drug Trial Infections Halt Merck HIV Vaccine Trial
Industry Reports Increasing Use of Generic Drugs Slows Prescription Prices
Government Policy New Bill Strengthens US Regulator's Drug Safety Powers
Government Policy China Considers New Drug Recall Measures
Industry Reports US FDA Issues Initial Drug Safety Newsletter
Drug Trial Osteoporosis Drug Study Produces Reduced Death Rates
Health Doctors Failing to Discuss Drug-related Pregnancy Risks
Investigations Two-Year-Long Study to Assess ADHD Drugs’ Heart Risk
Drug Trial New Cancer Drug Offers 2x Life Expectancy
Investigations Chinese Leukaemia Drugs Withdrawn
Health Report Highlights GSK Avandia Heart Attack Risk Again
Health Study Highlights Female Contraceptive Pill/Cancer Link
Industry Reports Increase in Drug-Related Death/Injury Reports to US FDA
Health Diabetes Patients Could Soon Take Insulin Pills
Health Research Highlights GPs Overprescribing Modern Drugs
Health The Risks of Overprescribing Asthma, Hay Fever Drugs
Drug Trial Approval Set for New Drug Class Aids Treatment
Health Go-Ahead Given for Human/Animal Embryo Research
Drug Trial Drug Trial: Kidney Cancer Patients Treated for Free
Drug Trial 50p Diabetic Pill Could Save Thousands of Lives
Drug Trial New Schizophrenia Drug Under Test: Results Promising
Health Aids Drug Viracept May Have Cancer-Fighting Potential
Health UK Typhoid Cases on the Ascent
Health Asbestos Drug Delayed in Northern Ireland
Investigations Drug Industry Needs to Adapt Regulatory Procedures
Health Report: Statins Decrease Death Rate in Stroke Patients
Health Government Proposes Eye Specialists Able to Prescribe
Industry Reports Home Drug Deliveries Becoming More Prolific
Industry Reports Report: NICE Could be Approving Too Many New Drugs
Health Report Highlights Concern Over Nurse-Issued Prescriptions
Industry Reports India’s Drug Market to Join World’s Top 10 by 2015
Health WHO Report: Disease Epidemic More Likely Than Ever
Investigations US FDA Launches Study into TV Drug Advertising
Health NICE Approval Provides New Drug for Arthritis Patients
Health New Zealand Follows Australia in Banning Arthritis Drug
Investigations Why Nerve Cells Remain Intact When Limbs Operate
Investigations Drugs Bought Online Are Dangerous, Says Research
Drug Trial Boost for Production of Bird Flu Vaccine
Health US FDA: Genes Should Influence How Warfarin Prescribed
Health Safety of Children's Cough/Cold Medicines Queried
Drug Trial Campaigners Highlight Arthritis Drug's Safety Hazards
Drug Trial Research Highlights Possibilities for MS Vaccine
Government Policy Hunter Syndrome Drug Denied to Scottish Patients
Drug Trial Study Links Cluster Headache Drug to Heart Problems
Drug Trial FDA’s Tighter Approval Measures Affecting Drug Industry
Health Statins Could Transfer Cause of Death in Elderly
Government Policy Court Decision Made: NICE Alzheimer’s Drugs Guidance Stands
Government Policy Court Decision Imminent on NICE Alzheimer’s Drug Guidance
Drug Trial Funding Provided for Bowel Cancer/Aspirin Research
Industry Reports Funding Confirmed for Chinese Drug Industry
Government Policy Novartis’ Indian Generic Drug Challenge Overruled
Development New and Innovative Pfizer HIV Drug Approved
Drug Trial Strokes/Death in Elderly Lessened by Hypertensive Drugs
Drug Trial Alzheimer's Drugs Could Prevent Glaucoma, Say Researchers
Drug Trial New Important Influenza/Avian Flu Drug Under Trial
Drug Trial Schizophrenia Drug Offers Potential for Cancer Patients
Government Policy UK Government Announces Drug Pricing Overhaul
Investigations NICE Guidance: Arthritis Drug Funding Should Stop
Investigations US FDA Panel: Avandia Should Stay, But With Warning
Industry Reports Breakthrough in Multiple Sclerosis Genetic Research
Investigations US FDA Verdict Could Ban GSK's Avandia Diabetes Drug
Industry Projects Bill Clinton Launches Malaria Drug Scheme in Tanzania
Investigations EU Medicines Agency Recommends Veralipride Withdrawal
Development Cancer-Busting Gene Can Delay Old Age - Report Shows
Drug Trial Drug's Performance Improved When Taken With Food
Industry Reports Faster Drug Treatment for Heart Attack Victims
Government Policy New Measures Announced for Chinese Drug Industry
Development Former Head of Chinese Drug Regulator Executed
Investigations Aids Drug Viracept Banned in Zambia
Health Charity Attacks SMC’s Kidney Cancer Drug Ruling
Health NICE Reverse Asbestos Cancer Drug Decision
Development Stem Cell Treatments Revolutionised by 'Missing Link'
Development Bad Memories Dispelled by New Drugs
Industry Reports Stroke and Prostate Cancer Risks Predicted by Gene Tests
Development Warning About Stem Cell Heart Trials
Development 5 Year Old Female Cancer Patient Given Future Fertility Hope
Government Policy Generic Drug Ruling Challenged by Drug Firms
Health Sore Throats Could Be Cured by Wine
Health Cholesterol-Lowering Statins May Be Harmful
Health Brazil/Abbott Deal Provides Reduced-Rate Aids Drugs
Health Prostate Cancer Risk from Multivitamins
Industry Reports Pharma Figures Request Faster Approval for New Drugs
Investigations Chinese Ruling Bans Bribery Within Pharmas Sector
Health Type 1 Diabetics Avoiding Injections to Lose Weight
Industry Reports GSK Avandia Now Linked to Male/Female Bone Risk
Development Initial Fibromyalgia Treatment Drug Approved by US FDA
Development First Baby Born From Frozen and Lab-Matured Egg
Industry Reports German Drug Firm Merck Could Face Regulatory Action
Development US Scientists Highlight Artificial Life Research
Health Alzheimer's and Diet
Development Rodent Stem Cell Research: New Findings Made
Investigations Pfizer Trovan Lawsuit Commences in Nigeria
Development NICE Alzheimer's Drugs Decision Leads to Court Case
Development Diabetes Pill Could Replace Insulin Injections
Health Gene for Rare Skin Disorder Found
Development Research on Stem Cells Aided by Human Proteins
Acquisitions / Mergers Merge of Drug Firms Sanofi and Bristol Myers Possible
Drug Trial Study Highlights Sea Squirt’s Cancer-Treating Potential
Development US FDA Approval for Novartis' Exforge Hypertension Drug
Health Cervical Cancer Jab Recommended For Girls
Industry Reports New Pharmas Report Issued: Research and Value Emphasised
Development Scientists Advance Towards Human Therapeutic Cloning
Industry Reports Report Highlights Future Russian Pharmas Market Growth
Investigations Pharmaceutical Regulatory Authority Checks Zambian Viracept Supply
Industry Reports Ovarian Cancer Hope from Hormone Drug
Industry Reports NICE Blindness Drug Proposal Sparks Outrage
Vaccine Manufacturers Bird 'Flu Vaccine to be Stockpiled by World Health Organisation
Industry Reports Americans Choose their Prescription Drugs, Survey Shows
Development Wyeth Cures Alzheimer’s Disease in Mice
Development New Clinical Imaging Centre opened by GlaxoSmithKline
Industry Reports Report Highlights Unstable Nature of Pharmaceutical Industry
Health Pesticides Raise Risk of Brain Tumours
Health Viagra Raises Hopes of Jet Lag Sufferers
Investigations Shareholder Lawsuit Caused by GlaxoSmithKline's Avandia Drug
Investigations Ex Chinese Drug Authority Head Appeals Death Sentence
Investigations Fake Blood Protein Affects China's Pharmaceutical Industry
Cancer Treatment Complementary Medicine Offers Relief to Breast Cancer Sufferers
Acquisitions / Mergers Merck Gains Aptamer Technology from Archemix Acquisition
Drug Development Sanofi’s Pentacel Vaccine Delayed by US FDA
Drug Research Bayer Schering Pharma Drop Male Pill
HRT Risks HRT Heart Disease Risk Remains Controversial
Health "Death Risk" from Low Testosterone
Research World's Most Common Diseases Now Better Understood
Health Health Minister Makes Bird 'Flu Call
Acquisitions Acquisitions and Departures at AstraZeneca
Cancer Treatment NICE Endorses Cancer Drug
Smallpox Vaccine Danish Biopharmaceutical Company Wins US Vaccine Order
Development Bristol-Myers Schizophrenia Drug Fast Tracked by FDA
Investigations GlaxoSmithKline Further Defends Avandia Drug
Investigations Chinese Drug/Food Safety Plan Announced
Drug Development Are Patients’ Lives at Risk in Diabetes Rift ?
Drug Trial Pre-surgery Treatment ‘Herceptin’ for Breast Cancer
Development GSK’s Cervarix Drug Denied Fast Track Review
Drug Control Tobacco Use and Nicotine Addiction Urges FDA Control
Development NHS Approval Given to Anti-Smoking Drug Camplix
Investigations Drugs Discussed in George Michael Court Case
Antibiotic Drug Tests Pfizer Sued by Nigeria Over Trovan Use.
Investigations Execution for Ex-Head of Chinese Drug Regulator
Development Criticism of High Drug Prices by Irish Drugs Company CEO
Development Brazil Could Produce AIDS-Aimed Pharmaceutical Plant in Mozambique
Drug Counterfeiting Zyprexa Counterfeits Discovered in UK Supply Chain
Development Roche’s Mircera Drug Receives EU Recommendation
Development GlaxoSmithKline’s Tyverb Breast Cancer Pill Approved
Corporate Merrill Lynch to Provide Discovery Labs with $12.5m Credit
Development VASTox Parkinson’s Treatments Enter Next Trial/Development Phases
Online Security Sun Pharmaceuticals Purchase Taro Pharmaceutical Industries
Development Elan/Wyeth Trials of Alzheimer’s Drug Enter Phase III Ahead of Schedule
Diabetic Treatment GlaxoSmithKline Dispels Avandia Heart Attack Risk
Developments KV Pharmaceutical’s Metoprolol Hypentension Drug Approved by FDA
Development Shire PLC Receives Approval for New ADHD Treatment Drug
Corporate Collaboration Pharmaceutical TV Channel Proposal Launched
Development Novartis seeks approval for Tekturna/Hydrochlorothiazide combination
Development US Approval granted for AstraZeneca’s Seroquel XR Drug
Drug Market National Audit Office Report Highlights Wastage Among British Doctors
Corporate Collaboration Pharmaceutical Company added to Genesis Partnering Programme
Corporate Collaboration VASTox Announces Collaboration with US Pharmas Co.
Vaccine Development FDA Staff Move Towards Approving Acambis Smallpox Vaccine
Drug Market Cancer Drugs Unaffordable to UK Market
Legislation / Drug Counterfeiting Pfizer attacks Parallel Trading-linking it to Counterfeit Drugs
Investment / Development GlaxoSmithKline Withdraws from Futura Medical Development Deal
Market Growth Earnings Growth Predicted by Japanese Drug Manufacturers

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