Rejected Alzheimer’s drug shows new potential
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11:22 am | NBC News, Maggie Fox, Oct 20, 2012- At least 91 people have been infected with an unusual type of meningitis caused by contaminated steroid injections, federal health officials…
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01:01 pm | Yahoo! News, Jonny Hogg & Richard Valdmanis, Sept 13, 2012- An outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo risks spreading to major towns if not brought under control soon after…
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02:07 pm | NBC News, Maggie Fox, August 20, 2012- Every parent dreads it — holding the baby still while a nurse or technician pushes a needle into the tender flesh…
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03:57 pm | ABC News, Susan Donaldson James, July 30, 2012- The Food and Drug Administration has approved a phase 1 clinical trial to evaluate the safety of transplanting human Schwann…
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11:25 am | The Independent, Ben Mitchell, May 25, 2012- A national screening programme is needed to tackle the “ticking time bomb” of liver disease caused by alcohol, obesity and hepatitis, according…
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10:35 am | The Guardian, May 24, 2012- Italian doctors have saved the life of a 16-month-old boy by implanting the world’s smallest artificial heart to keep the infant alive until…
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04:31 pm | Michael Smith, MedPage Today, May 09, 2012- An anti-HIV combination pill appears to be safe for use as HIV prophylaxis in healthy people, FDA reviewers said in briefing documents released…
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06:02 pm | BBC News, James Gallagher, May 3, 2012- Aspirin could be as effective as more expensive drugs for heart failure patients with a normal heart rhythm, according to researchers. Their…
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05:56 pm | New York Times, Donald G. McNeil Jr., May 2, 2012- Fifteen million babies are born prematurely each year, and the United States fared badly in the first country-by-country global…
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05:44 pm | CNN, Jeanne Sahadi, April 23, 2012- Highlighting the fiscal problems posed by growing health costs and an aging population, the trustees of the nation’s main entitlement programs estimated…
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06:11 pm | CNN, Amanda MacMillian, April 3, 2012- Doctors and health officials have relied for decades on body mass index (BMI), a ratio of height to weight, to categorize people…
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Biotechnology
New Microscope Enables Needle Free Blood Testing »
12:06 pm | Medgadget, Gavin Corley, May 23, 2012- For most people blood tests are synonymous with needle-sticks. However, researchers from the biomedical engineering department at the Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) may have found a way…
May 25 2012 / No Comment / Read More »‘Bionic eye’ operation helps blind man to see »
05:30 pm | Independent, Charlie Cooper, May 3, 2012- Three weeks ago, Chris James, who has been blind for 20 years, saw a sudden pulsating light in his left eye, like a camera bulb or a…
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Pharmaceuticals
Innovative public-private collaboration launches to tackle antibiotic research »
11:50 am | WorldPharmaNews, May 25, 2015- GlaxoSmithKline and AstraZeneca welcomed the launch of a pioneering approach to antibiotic research in Europe…
May 25 2012 / No Comment / Read More »F.T.C. Approves Merger of 2 of the Biggest Pharmacy Benefit Managers »
06:02 pm | New York Times, Reed Abelson and Natasha Singer, April 2, 2012- Despite potential antitrust concerns and vocal opposition by…
Apr 3 2012 / No Comment / Read More »Development costs will constrain biosimilar entry »
06:40 pm | Evaluate Pharma, March 23rd 2012 – It was never assumed that the biosimilar space would look the same as…
Mar 23 2012 / No Comment / Read More »Merck Fails To Get FDA Nod For New Cholesterol Lowering Combo Pill »
11:28 pm | Medical News, Dr Ananya Mandal, March 5th, 2012- The U.S. Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) have rejected Merck &…
Mar 5 2012 / No Comment / Read More »FDA updates statin safety guidelines »
05:32 pm | Washington Post, Jennifer LaRue Huget, Februaury 28, 2012- The FDA Tuesday issuedupdated safety labeling information for the class of drugs…
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