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COX-1 and COX-2 enzymes may be blocked by pain medications
• Drug News • May 30 06
COX-1 and COX-2 enzymes may be blocked by pain medications such as Advil and Vioxx in a more complex manner than was previously understood,…
Senior FDA staff left out of contraceptive ruling
• Drug News • May 26 06
The former U.S. Food and Drug Administration chief shut out two senior agency officials from a decision to indefinitely postpone action on Barr Pharmaceuticals…
Arthritis drug wins approval for use in children with Crohn’s disease
• Drug News • May 22 06
The Food and Drug Administration in the U.S. has given approval for the drug Remicade for use in children with active Crohn’s disease(CD), a…
Sanofi in talks with FDA over Ketek label
• Drug News • May 19 06
French drug maker Sanofi-Aventis confirmed on Friday it was in talks with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration about its antibiotic Ketek following a…
FDA approves Azilect for the treatment of Parkinson’s
• Drug News • May 18 06
The Food and Drug Administration today approved Azilect (rasagiline), a new molecular entity, for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease.
The drug is a monoamine…
FDA statement on Bausch & Lomb inspection
• Drug News • May 17 06
Yesterday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued Bausch & Lomb a report detailing its observations at the conclusion of the inspection of the…
FDA sets strong warnings for asthma drug labels
• Drug News • May 16 06
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Monday that product labels for three popular asthma medications have been updated to state that the…
FDA approves Pfizer drug to help smokers
• Drug News • May 12 06
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday it approved Pfizer’s Chantix tablet to help cigarette smokers stop smoking. The active ingredient in…
Elderly skip cholesterol and blood pressure drugs
• Drug News • May 10 06
A review of the medical records of a group of elderly patients shows that only 32.9 percent took the drugs prescribed to treat high…
Nevada launching Web site for Canada drug imports
• Drug News • May 08 06
Over objections by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Nevadans will be able to buy prescription drugs from Canada over the Internet starting next…
Tamiflu can prevent mortality in mammals
• Drug News • May 04 06
Tamiflu, a flu drug manufactured by Swiss company Roche, can prevent mortality in mammals infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus, according US researchers…
Chamomile plus warfarin:a potentially dangerous mix
• Drug News • May 04 06
People taking warfarin to prevent blood clots should stay away from chamomile products, Canadian doctors caution. They describe the case of a 70-year-old woman,…
Novartis wins $220 mln U.S. flu vaccine contract
• Drug News • May 04 06
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded Novartis an order of up to $220 million to develop a cell culture-derived influenza…
Australia’s medicines regulator close to decision on herceptin
• Drug News • Apr 21 06
Australia’s medicines regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is considering a recommendation by its expert committee, the Australian Drug Evaluation Committee (ADEC), to conditionally…
Hypertension Drug Reverses Death of Cells
• Drug News • Apr 18 06
Purdue University researchers have identified a drug commonly used to treat hypertension that may also reverse damage from spinal cord injuries, cancer and…
Possible alternatives found for Vioxx and Celebrex
• Drug News • Apr 18 06
According to Canadian and American researchers they have identified one reason why drugs like Celebrex and Vioxx - once popular for the treatment of…
Scientists find more potent anti-TB drugs
• Drug News • Apr 14 06
A team of scientists has synthesized two antibacterial compounds that may prove to be significantly more effective against tuberculosis (TB) than isoniazid, the leading…
Vaccine thwarts drug-resistant pneumonia, meningitis
• Drug News • Apr 06 06
Immunizing children with Prevnar to guard against life-threatening meningitis, pneumonia and blood infections can also protect adults who have not been vaccinated, a new…
Merck says poor health, not Vioxx, caused attacks
• Drug News • Apr 04 06
Merck & Co. concluded its defense of the latest Vioxx product-liability trial on Monday, saying that two men who blame the withdrawn pain drug…
Court upholds Vioxx class action against Merck
• Drug News • Apr 02 06
A New Jersey appellate court on Friday upheld a judge’s decision to certify a national class action against Merck & Co. Inc. for some…
FDA Approves Relenza for Prevention of Seasonal Flu
• Drug News • Mar 31 06
The FDA, which had already approved Relenza (zanamivir for inhalation) for treatment of seasonal flu, has okayed it for prevention as well in adults…
GlaxoSmithKline announces start of clinical trials to test two pandemic vaccines against the H5N1
• Drug News • Mar 30 06
GlaxoSmithKline has announced the start of an international clinical trial program to test two pandemic vaccines against the H5N1 strain of the avian influenza…
Advair may improve COPD survival: clinical trial
• Drug News • Mar 28 06
Advair improves survival rates for patients with chronic obstruction pulmonary disorder (COPD), the drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline Plc’s announced on Tuesday, but the improvement fell just…
ADHD drug use in US rose among ages 20-44: study
• Drug News • Mar 21 06
The use of attention deficit drugs rose nearly 19 percent among adults between the ages 20 to 44 in 2005, while the use of…
WHO calls for urgent studies on best use of Tamiflu
• Drug News • Mar 18 06
The World Health Organization (WHO) called on Friday for urgent studies to determine optimal doses of the drug Tamiflu to be used in the…