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Read More....FDA Warnings Added to Bristol-Myers/GE Heart Drugs
Posted by Paul Fiddian on 09/10/2007 - 22:43:36
Drugs manufactured by both General Electric and Bristol-Myers Squibb, employed to generate clearer images of human hearts, will now be issued with warnings after the US Food and Drug Administration discovered they could induce potentially l...
Read more....Uganda to Open Initial HIV/Aids Drug Factory
Posted by Paul Fiddian on 09/10/2007 - 19:42:35
Uganda has opened its first HIV/Aids treatment production factory, in a bid to lower the costs traditionally generated by importing drugs to the area. The factory, which is located in the Ugandan capital of Kampala, will be formally opened ...
Read more....'Gene Targeting' Innovators Receive Nobel Prize
Posted by Paul Fiddian on 09/10/2007 - 11:10:26
This year's Nobel Prize for medicine has been awarded to a trio responsible for significant innovation in the field of gene technology. The group is comprised of a pair of US scientists - Mario Capecchi and Oliver Smithies - and Martin Evan...
Read more....US FDA Unveils Generic Drug Approval Speed-Up Plan
Posted by Paul Fiddian on 06/10/2007 - 15:34:24
The US Food and Drug Administration unveiled a proposal on the 4th October in which the approval process for generic drugs would be quickened. Additionally, said the US regulator, it would deal with the large number of applications made by ...
Read more....US FDA Considers Creating New Drug Class
Posted by Paul Fiddian on 04/10/2007 - 13:25:04
The US Food and Drug Administration made an announcement on the 3rd October 2007 that hinted at the creation of a new class of drugs that could be purchased, without a prescription, at pharmacies. Stipulated within this, however, would be a...
Read more....Stem Cell Database Proposed to Assess Drug Safety
Posted by Paul Fiddian on 03/10/2007 - 19:11:32
On the 2nd October 2007, a consortium composed of drug firms and scientists announced plans by which a database of stem cells will be constructed. Its purpose will be to assess how safe new medicinal products are, and it has the support of ...
Read more....Child Cancer Drug Trialled — Results Promising
Posted by Paul Fiddian on 03/10/2007 - 18:00:25
Laboratory trials indicate that a new drug could be a valuable asset in combating three forms of cancer in children. The announcement, made at the National Cancer Research Institute Conference, was in respect of RH1 — described as possessin...
Read more....GSK Applies to Sell Obesity Drug Off-Prescription
Posted by Paul Fiddian on 02/10/2007 - 18:52:11
The pharmaceutical manufacturing firm GlaxoSmithKline today announced that it has made an application for the licence required to sell its drug Orlistat over-the-counter. If successful, GSK's weight-loss product would become the first drug ...
Read more....NICE to Reconsider Approving Lung Cancer Drug
Posted by Paul Fiddian on 02/10/2007 - 15:21:32
Patients with lung cancer may yet receive a treatment aimed at extending life expectancy after the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) pledged to reconsider its previous ruling on the drug, in which cost factors pre...
Read more....Alzheimer’s Drugs Proposed for Breast Cancer Patients
Posted by Paul Fiddian on 02/10/2007 - 10:44:08
The current National Cancer Research Institute conference has seen the unveiling of new methods by which breast cancer can be both controlled and treated. As showcased by scientists working at the University of Manchester, studies conducted...
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