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Dutch court upholds Lipitor patent
• Drug News • Sep 13 06
Pfizer said today that the District Court of The Hague in the Netherlands has ruled that the basic patent covering atorvastatin - the active…
New compounds could make drug-resistant bacteria harmless
• Drug News • Sep 12 06
Just as the medical world has become concerned over the apparent resistance of some bugs to antibiotics, scientists have made significant progress towards the…
FDA approves limited use of artificial heart
• Drug News • Sep 06 06
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States has given approval for limited use of an artificial heart.
Only those patients who…
FDA drafts new guidance to industry for group of medical tests
• Drug News • Sep 06 06
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today issued draft regulatory guidance for industry and clinical laboratories for a new type of medical test.…
FDA approves AbioCor permanent artificial heart for humanitarian uses
• Drug News • Sep 06 06
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first totally implanted artificial heart for patients with advanced heart failure involving both pumping chambers…
More patients on Pfizer drug stop due to death-FDA
• Drug News • Sep 05 06
Twice as many patients who stopped taking a Pfizer Inc. anti-blood-clotting drug in a trial of cancer patients died, compared with those taking another…
Solution to Bacterial Mystery Promises New Drugs
• Drug News • Aug 31 06
A 25-year quest to identify the first biochemical step that many disease-causing bacteria use to build their membranes has led to a discovery that…
Ortho-McNeil to lower the price of contraceptive pills and patches
• Drug News • Aug 30 06
Ortho-McNeil - which supplies contraceptives to the majority of family planning clinics nationwide - on Thursday announced it will lower the price of its…
Group asks US FDA to stop sales of hormone combo
• Drug News • Aug 23 06
U.S. health officials should halt sales of estrogen and testosterone combinations made by Solvay SA and Breckenridge Pharmaceutical to treat hot flashes, a women’s…
ZymoGenetics files lawsuit against Bristol-Myers Squibb
• Drug News • Aug 15 06
ZymoGenetic has announced that it has filed a lawsuit against Bristol-Myers Squibb for infringement of its patents related to fusion protein technology. In the…
Arthrosurface launches new product for treatment of patello-femoral disease
• Drug News • Aug 15 06
Arthrosurface has received FDA clearance to launch its cartilage surface implant system for the treatment of patello-femoral disease.
Steve Ek, COO, offered, “This is…
FDA warns pharmacies to stop mass-producing unapproved inhalation drugs
• Drug News • Aug 11 06
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned three firms, RoTech Healthcare, Inc., CCS Medical, and Reliant Pharmacy Services, to stop manufacturing and distributing…
Antioxidants may protect against Rocky Mountain spotted fever and other tick-borne illness
• Drug News • Aug 10 06
For hikers, campers and others who enjoy the outdoors, summer can bring concerns about tick bites and related illnesses such as Rocky Mountain spotted…
FDA approves generic version of Effexor (venlafaxine)
• Drug News • Aug 09 06
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first generic version of Effexor (venlafaxine), an important step in the agency’s effort to increase…
Formation of an internal FDA Nanotechnology Task Force
• Drug News • Aug 09 06
Acting Commissioner of Food and Drugs Andrew C. von Eschenbach, M.D., today announced the formation of an internal FDA Nanotechnology Task Force.
The new…
FDA investigates use of identifier system for medical devices
• Drug News • Aug 09 06
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seeking information on how the use of a unique identifier system for medical devices may reduce medical…
Barr to resubmit contraceptive for FDA approval
• Drug News • Aug 08 06
Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc. aims to resubmit within two weeks a request for approval of its morning-after contraceptive pill for over-the-counter use, the company said…
Plan B decision made before data review: FDA staff
• Drug News • Aug 04 06
The decision whether the U.S. Food and Drug Administration should approve wider access to a morning-after contraceptive drug was made well before agency scientists…
FDA, Barr to meet next week on morning-after pill
• Drug News • Aug 03 06
Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc. and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are scheduled to meet Tuesday to discuss the company’s bid to sell its morning-after…
FDA does an about turn on Plan B contraceptive pills
• Drug News • Aug 01 06
After years of dilly dallying over it’s stand on over-the-counter sales of the “morning-after” contraceptive officials at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
U.S. FDA nominee faces senators after Plan B move
• Drug News • Aug 01 06
The acting Food and Drug Administration chief meets U.S. senators on Tuesday armed with a new plan for wider sales of an emergency contraceptive…
Painkillers may raise heart attack risk slightly
• Drug News • Aug 01 06
All painkillers of the type known as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) seem to increase the risk of having a heart attack, according to a…
FDA, Barr to meet on “morning-after pill” status
• Drug News • Jul 31 06
U.S. health regulators will meet immediately with Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc. about the over-the-counter status of the Plan B contraceptive known as the “morning-after pill,”…
FDA warns against use of high-strength hydrogen peroxide to treat serious diseases
• Drug News • Jul 31 06
The Food and Drug Administration in the U.S. has issued a warning against drinking or injecting high-strength hydrogen peroxide products to treat serious diseases…
New group B strep test for newborn babies approved
• Drug News • Jul 27 06
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved a new test studied at the University of Florida that could lead to better screening for…