Pharmaceutical International News Archives - July 2012

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Week 2 - July 2012

Flab Jab Vaccine Trials

'Flab Jab' to Undergo Human Trials

Posted by Ben Morgan - Pharamaceutical International Reporter on 06:00:00

Scientists have developed a vaccine that can combat obesity. The vaccine has proven successful in animal trials and will soon be tested on h...

Silk-Based Drug Storage

Silk-Based Drug Storage Breakthrough

Posted by Paul Fiddian - Pharmaceutical International's Lead Reporter on 08:15:00

US researchers have come up with a way of keeping certain antibiotics and vaccines stable in hot conditions through using a silk-based stabi...

Ineffective Malaria Drugs

Some WHO-Approved Malaria Drugs Ineffective

Posted by Paul Fiddian - Pharmaceutical International's Lead Reporter on 09:30:00

Up to 8 per cent of WHO-approved malaria drugs do not contain the right amount of medication and may be responsible for driving up malaria r...

Stem Cell Arthritis Treatment

Stem Cell-Based Arthritis Treatment Trial

Posted by Paul Fiddian - Pharmaceutical International's Lead Reporter on 06:20:00

Australian researchers are working on a stem cell extraction technique that could soon produce a viable new osteoarthritis drug treatment

Week 3 - July 2012

Metformin Cancer Treatment

Metformin May Be Key New Prostate Cancer Drug

Posted by Paul Fiddian - Pharmaceutical International's Lead Reporter on 09:50:00

A low-cost diabetes drug could be a key treatment for patients with prostate cancer, researchers have said

FDA Truvada Approval

FDA Approves Truvada as HIV Preventative Drug

Posted by Paul Fiddian - Pharmaceutical International's Lead Reporter on 10:40:00

US Food and Drug Administration gives historic approval to Truvada - the last step needed to confirm the drug can be used as an HIV preventa...

New Stroke Treatment Drug

Stroke Treatment Drug Lowers Brain Damage Levels

Posted by Paul Fiddian - Pharmaceutical International's Lead Reporter on 09:40:00

A team of US researchers has produced a stroke treatment drug that's already been successfully tested on rodents - human trials now await

Polypill Drug Study

Statin and Blood Pressure Drug Polypill Excels

Posted by Paul Fiddian - Pharmaceutical International's Lead Reporter on 10:25:00

Polypill blending blood pressure treatments with cholesterol-lowering statin might have potential to stop thousands of strokes and heart att...

3D Rhinovirus Model

3D Rhinovirus Models Could Lead to New Cold Drugs

Posted by Paul Fiddian - Pharmaceutical International's Lead Reporter on 09:40:00

The University of Melbourne's new 3D cold virus computer models could be the foundations of a new generation of treatment drugs