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Drugs and Medication News
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May 17, 2013 Medications and Drugs
Is MRSA the Godzilla of Superbugs?
In the years I’ve spent writing about infectious diseases I can only think of a handful that have made me squirm: Guinea worm disease, which involves painful extractions of long worms from the human body (blech); Naegleria fowleri, the brain-eating… More » -
May 16, 2013 Medications and Drugs
China steps up inspection of meat trade after fake lamb scandal
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has begun a crackdown on the sales of fake, diseased and tainted meat products after a series of scandals that have further dented public confidence in the food industry, the official Xinhua news agency said on Thursday. It… More » -
May 16, 2013 Medications and Drugs
AstraZeneca accelerates cancer drug testing
By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) - AstraZeneca has enrolled the first patient into a final-stage clinical trial of a new drug for a rare type of leukemia as the group's new CEO delivers on a promise to accelerate its oncology programs. Britain's… More » -
May 14, 2013 Medications and Drugs
EU court finds Swiss assisted suicide laws vague
GENEVA (AP) — The European Court of Human Rights has found that Swiss laws on so-called passive assisted suicide are unclear and need revising to clarify when people are entitled to a medical prescription for a lethal dose of drugs. Alda Gross, a… More » -
May 14, 2013 Medications and Drugs
Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy: Q&A
Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie announced on Tuesday that she had a preventive mastectomy after learning she had a gene that significantly raised her risk of breast cancer. Here's a crash course in the procedure Jolie had and why. Q: What kind… More » -
May 09, 2013 Medications and Drugs
Dendreon's cancer vaccine sales drop as competition heats up
By Esha Dey (Reuters) - Sales of Dendreon Corp's prostate cancer vaccine Provenge declined in the first quarter despite efforts by the biotechnology drugs maker to shore up flagging volumes. The company's shares fell 14 percent to $4.06 in morning… More » -
May 09, 2013 Medications and Drugs
IMS: US medicine spending shows rare dip in 2012
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Spending on prescription medicines in the U.S. fell for the first time in decades last year, slipping as cash-strapped consumers continued to cut back on use of health care services. Patients also benefited from a surge of new,… More » -
May 07, 2013 Medications and Drugs
WebMD shakes up top management, CEO to leave
(Reuters) - WebMD Health Corp said Chief Executive Cavan Redmond, appointed last June, will be leaving as the health information provider reported a narrower quarterly loss. Shares of the company were up about 10 percent at $27.94 in after-hours… More » -
April 30, 2013 Medications and Drugs
Transition shares soar on positive diabetes drug results
(Reuters) - Transition Therapeutics Inc said an early-stage study of its experimental drug for type 2 diabetes showed significant improvement in blood sugar control and reduction in body weight, sending its shares up as much as 71 percent. Patients… More » -
April 12, 2013 Medications and Drugs
No Money for Meds? You’re in Good Company
Rachel Orr, head of services for disabled students at a college in the northeastern U.S., recently had a weekend from hell: She saw four upper-class students in a community hospital psychiatric ward for extreme agitation. It was exam time, so it was… More » -
April 04, 2013 Medications and Drugs
Deadly new bird flu vindicates controversial research
By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists in the Dutch city of Rotterdam know precisely what it takes for a bird flu to mutate into a potential human pandemic strain - because they've created just such mutant… More » -
March 27, 2013 Medications and Drugs
Lundbeck to develop, sell Alzheimer's drug with Otsuka
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Danish pharmaceutical group Lundbeck said on Tuesday it had agreed to work with Japan's Otsuka to develop and commercialize an Alzheimer's drug. The agreement covers its Lu AE58054 treatment for the United States, Canada, East… More » -
March 27, 2013 Medications and Drugs
Phytopharm gives up after Parkinson's drug failure
LONDON (Reuters) - British biotech Phytopharm gave up its search for a treatment for Parkinson's Disease using a drug derived from subtropical plants on Tuesday and said it was looking to sell the business. A month after the medicine, Cogane, failed… More » -
March 27, 2013 Medications and Drugs
Michigan official seeks grand jury to probe meningitis outbreak
By Dawson Bell LANSING, Mich (Reuters) - Michigan's attorney general on Tuesday asked state courts to authorize a grand jury to investigate whether a company linked to a deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis and other infections broke any state laws.… More » -
March 25, 2013 Medications and Drugs
Pfizer's drug to treat tuberculosis in short supply
(Reuters) - The Food and Drug Administration has added Pfizer Inc's tuberculosis treatment rifampin to its list of drugs in short supply, the latest in a growing number of spottily available TB medications. The FDA noted in a post on its website on… More » -
March 13, 2013 Medications and Drugs
Two Studies Find Promising New Ways to Detect Alzheimer’s Earlier
Sleep patterns and markers in spinal fluid may hint at the first signs of the neurodegenerative disorder. The Centers for Disease Control estimates that 5 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease, and while there are no effective treatments,… More » -
March 08, 2013 Medications and Drugs
Experts Question So-Called HIV 'Cure'
Dr. Hannah Gay and her colleagues became the rock stars of the medical community this week after they announced at a conference last Sunday that they'd cured a 2-year-old of HIV by using an aggressive three-drug treatment that started when the… More » -
March 01, 2013 Medications and Drugs
What Happens in Vegas Can Actually Be a Big Problem
She was wealthy, successful, intelligent, and influential. In other words, she had a lot to lose. That's why the recent news that former San Diego mayor Maureen O'Connor had a huge gambling problem had residents of her hometown, as well as millions… More » -
February 25, 2013 Medications and Drugs
Chelsea says FDA allows Northera resubmission with existing data
(Reuters) - Chelsea Therapeutics International Ltd plans to repitch its once-rejected hypotension drug Northera in the second quarter after a review by U.S. health regulators determined that the company could use its original data for the… More » -
February 25, 2013 Medications and Drugs
Gilead hepatitis C drug meets goal of fourth late-stage study
(Reuters) - Gilead Sciences Inc said its experimental hepatitis C drug sofosbuvir, in a late-stage clinical study, was clearly superior to historical cure rates at both 12 and 16 weeks of treatment in patients who were not helped by prior therapy.… More » -
February 25, 2013 Medications and Drugs
Texas woman has two sets of identical twins in one day
