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Daily MedNews
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
Salmonella Reported in Frozen Chicken Dinners
Details were sketchy Sunday, but the U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued an alert concerning 32...
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
Norovirus Outbreak Strikes Georgetown University
More than 170 Georgetown University students in Washington D.C. have become ill from a norovirus...
MONDAY, Oct. 6 -- Exposing your children to the joys of pet ownership may, in some cases, also mean exposing them to infections and injuries.
Parents need to be aware of the dangers -- including salmonella infection and even monkey pox -- of owning...
MONDAY, Oct. 6 -- Free prescription drug samples distributed to pediatric patients may be unsafe, research suggests.
The study, published in the October 2008 issue of Pediatrics, examined data on 10,295 children and adolescents from the 2004 Medical...
-- Proper supervision and wearing protective gear, especially a helmet, are critical to biking safely.
The Nemours Foundation offers these safety tips for children to prevent biking accidents:
Wear fluorescent, brightly-colored or reflective...
Pharma Industry News
Court Also Upholds Validity of Patent Claim in TKT and Aventis Litigation
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) announced today that the United States (U.S.) District Court in Boston issued its written decision upholding the...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Cardinal Health Inc., one of the nation's largest distributors of pharmaceutical drugs, has agreed to settle allegations that it violated federal reporting provisions relating to its handling of certain...
Company expects to resume shipments of controlled substances from its Auburn, Wash., Lakeland, Fla. and Swedesboro, N.J. distribution facilities by end of November
DUBLIN, Ohio, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cardinal Health, a global...
GENEVA, Switzerland, October 2/PRNewswire/ -- Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, announced today that Genentech Inc. has reported a case of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) in a 70-year old patient who had...
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- October 2, 2008 -- Genentech, Inc. (NYSE: DNA) announced today that the company has issued a Dear Healthcare Provider letter to inform potential prescribers of a case of progressive multifocal...
New Drug Approvals
PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 1, 2008-- BUSINESS WIRE --Bristol-Myers Squibb Company announced today that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of Reyataz (atazanavir sulfate) 300 mg once-daily boosted with ritonavir 100 mg as part of...
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eli Lilly and Company announced today it received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the use of Alimta (pemetrexed for injection), in combination with cisplatin, in the...
Company also announces FDA approval of TAXUS Express2 Stent System for treatment of in-stent restenosis
NATICK, Mass., September 25, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation today announced that it has received approval from the...
JERUSALEM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 23, 2008 - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ProAir HFA (albuterol sulfate) Inhalation Aerosol for use in patients as young as 4 years...
BRIDGEWATER, N.J., September 23, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sanofi-aventis announced today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Nasacort AQ Nasal Spray (triamcinolone acetonide) for children aged 2-5 years old for the...
New Drug Applications
PT. RICHMOND, Calif., Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Transcept Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately-held specialty pharmaceutical company, announced today that it has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for...
HUDDINGE, Sweden, Oct. 1, 2008-Medivir has today submitted an NDA to the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for Lipsovir, a topical product for prevention and treatment of cold sores. Lipsovir is a patented combination of hydrocortisone (an...
CHICAGO, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Advanced Life Sciences Holdings, Inc. today announced the submission of a new drug application (NDA) for cethromycin in mild-to-moderate community acquired pneumonia (CAP). Advanced Life Sciences also...
TOKYO and INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited, and Eli Lilly and Company confirmed today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) did not complete its review for the prasugrel new drug application...
LEXINGTON, Mass., September 26, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Indevus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that it has reached agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with regard to the additional data and risk management...
Clinical Trials
"Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Engineered with mRNA Encoding Chimeric Tumor Antigen Receptor for Cancer Therapy" AND "Use of Platelets as Therapeutic Delivery Vehicles"
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Oct. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- MaxCyte, Inc., a...
BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 3, 2008-A single injection of carboplatin – a chemotherapy drug commonly used to treat ovarian and lung cancer – can replace radiotherapy to cure a common type of testicular cancer, according to results presented at...
ECLIPSE Data Published in Anesthesia and Analgesia
FOR U.S. AUDIENCES ONLY
PARSIPPANY, N.J., Oct. 3, 2008--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Medicines Company (NASDAQ: MDCO) today announced that ECLIPSE, the largest safety program to date comparing...
SYDNEY, Australia, Oct. 3 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pharmaceutical company Pharmaxis has announced that researchers will present 12 abstracts from its respiratory disease program at the 2008 European Respiratory Society Congress (ERS) being...
PV-10 Treatment for Metastatic Melanoma Well-Tolerated by Patients
Evidence of “Bystander Effect” Observed in Phase 1 Trial
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 2, 2008--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Provectus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTC BB: PVCT), a...
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