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Banzel Drug Approved by FDA to Cure Severe Epilepsy

A severe form of epilepsy called Lennox-Gastaut syndrome will be treated with a new drug called Banzel, which has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration on Friday as an extra supplement against the terrible disease. The FDA approved the drug after several tests were made.

Patients aged between 4 and 30 years old were the...

Eli Lilly's New Schizophrenia Drug May Replace Zyprexa

Eli Lilly and Co. announced that it developed a new schizophrenia drug which doesn't have the unpleasant side effects of its current top-selling drug, Zyprexa (substance: olanzapine). Lilly sells billions worth of Zyprexa each year, but there are serious health concerns regarding it, some of which have been systematically played down by...

New Psychiatric Drug Approved for Pediatric Schizophrenia

Until now, only lithium was approved for the treatment of bipolar disorder in adolescents ages 12 and up and no drug could be used for pediatric schizophrenia. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Risperdal (active substance: risperidone), an atypical antipsychotic medication made by Janssen, L.P. of Titusville, N.J., for...

FDA: Prilosec and Nexium Seem Safe

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that AstraZeneca's two top stomach drugs, Prilosec (omeprazole) and Nexium (esomeprazole) do not appear to heighten the risk of cardiac disease over the long term. The two drugs were suspected to generate an increased risk of heart attack and other heart diseases after AstraZeneca...

No Unapproved Drugs for Terminally Ill Patients

A U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday that terminally ill patients do not have a constitutional right to receive experimental drugs not approved by regulators, reversing a May 2006 ruling by a divided three-judge appeals panel, which actually overturned a 2004 district court decision to discard the case.The judges making up the full U.S....

Vitamin D Helps Fight Cancer- Study

A recent study published in the June issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition shows that vitamin D-based nutrients help prevent cancerous cells from forming.The study was conducted on 1179 community-dwelling women randomly selected from the population of healthy postmenopausal women aged >55 y in a 9-county rural area of...

FDA Approves First “No Period” Birth Control Pill

The FDA approved yesterday the first continuous use birth control drug for women which, unlike other similar products, completely excludes the menstrual period. The new contraceptive approved Tuesday by the Food and Drug Administration is called Lybrel and is manufactured by Wyeth of Philadelphia, PA. The product comes in a 28-day-pill...

FluMist May Receive FDA Approval For Children Under 5

The FDA has ruled that FluMist, a nasal spray flu vaccine from MedImmune, is safe for children under 5. FluMist is currently indicated for healthy children and adolescents 5 to 17 years of age and healthy adults 18 to 49 years of age. Previous research showed that FluMist was associated with negative side effects in children under...

Clinton Foundation Announces AIDS Drugs Deals

Former President Bill Clinton has announced agreements with drug companies to lower the price of so-called “second-line” AIDS drugs. The Clinton Foundation has negotiated agreements with generic drug makers Cipla and Matrix that, according to Bill Clinton, will allow an average saving of 25% in low-income countries and 50% in...

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Banzel Drug Approved by FDA to Cure Severe Epilepsy
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