17/06/2013 - 10:30:00
Liver Concerns End Lilly Alzheime...
US firm Eli Lilly ends its LY2886721 Alzheimer's dis...
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US Morning-After Pill Age Limits Sc...
Previously-applied morning-after pill age limits are being lifted in the Un...
Read More....07/06/2013 - 09:45:00
PTSD Treatment Drug In Prospect
A compound initially meant to provide addiction relief might also be able t...
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Alzheimers Drugs May Safeguard Agai...
Drugs used to treat Alzheimers disease may safeguard against heart attacks ...
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Drug Delivery Drones In Prospect
Californian firm is exploring the idea of using unmanned aerial vehicles to...
Read More....FDA Officials At Odds Over ARBs Cancer Risk
Posted by Paul Fiddian - Pharmaceutical International's Lead Reporter on 31/05/2013 - 09:45:00
US drug regulators are at odds over whether drugs used to manage high blood pressure increase the chances of cancer developing in the patients that take them
Read more....FDA Meets US TPN Drug Shortages With Imports
Posted by Paul Fiddian - Pharmaceutical International's Lead Reporter on 30/05/2013 - 10:40:00
US Food and Drug Administration obtains total parenteral nutrition drugs components from abroad to meet recently-developed national shortfall
Read more....Painkillers Found to Increase Heart Problems
Posted by Victoria Knowles - Pharmaceutical International Reporter on 30/05/2013 - 05:50:00
A study has found that commonly used painkillers such as ibuprofen and diclofenac has the potential to increase the likelihood of heart problems if used for a sustained period of time in high doses.
Read more....First-Time HFMD Protection Vaccine Unveiled
Posted by Paul Fiddian - Pharmaceutical International's Lead Reporter on 29/05/2013 - 08:20:00
Chinese scientists have developed a first-time anti-hand, foot and mouth disease vaccine that's proved 90 per cent successful against one virus under trial conditions
Read more....A New Universal Flu Vaccine Has Been Created in the USA
Posted by Victoria Knowles - Pharmaceutical International Reporter on 23/05/2013 - 10:05:00
A technique to create more efficient vaccines that could safeguard against an extensive range of flu viruses has been described by researchers in the US.
Read more....Immunotherapeutic Cancer Drugs Tipped For Success
Posted by Paul Fiddian - Pharmaceutical International's Lead Reporter on 22/05/2013 - 10:30:00
Financial analysts have tipped the newly-emerging immunotherapeutic class of cancer drugs for success, forecasting $35bn in annual sales for them
Read more....One in Ten Teenagers in the USA Using Study Drugs
Posted by Victoria Knowles - Pharmaceutical International Reporter on 22/05/2013 - 06:20:00
According to a new study, one in ten US sophomore students are using prescription drugs to aid studying without their parents knowing.
Read more....Aspirin Prescription Algorithm Guides Doctors
Posted by Paul Fiddian - Pharmaceutical International's Lead Reporter on 21/05/2013 - 05:55:00
Newly-developed prescription algorithm gives doctors the tools to weigh up the risks and benefits of prescribing aspirin to particular patients
Read more....Three Quarters of Pharmacies Give Poor Advice
Posted by Victoria Knowles - Pharmaceutical International Reporter on 20/05/2013 - 11:00:00
According to a new study, up to three quarters of pharmacies give poor medical advice, including giving dangerous drug combinations.
Read more....Opioid Drugs Linked to Erectile Dysfunction
Posted by Paul Fiddian - Pharmaceutical International's Lead Reporter on 16/05/2013 - 10:35:00
Men who take high-dose opioid drugs for four months or more are 50 per cent more likely to experience erectile dysfunction than non-opioid users, a new study states
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