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 The Food and Drug Administration says a Johnson &
Johnson and Bayer AG drug helps prevent deadly blood clots in patients getting
hip or knee replacement, but it also puts them at risk for serious internal
bleeding.
The name of the drug is Rivaroxaban and is sold under the
brand name Xarelto in Europe, where it was approved...
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 Dr. Joshua M. Sharfstein will serve as deputy commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration, according to President Barack Obama in his weekly radio address.“Dr. Sharfstein has been recognized as a national leader for his efforts to protect children from unsafe over-the-counter cough and cold medications. And he’s designed an...
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 Pfizer Inc., the world’s largest drugmaker, reportedly ended a late-stage clinical trial of its cancer drug Sutent, because it data showed the drug met its goal of slowing the progression of pancreatic cancer. Pfizer Inc. made the announcement on Thursday, following an independent safety board’s recommendation to stop the study.“These...
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 Human Genome Sciences Inc.’s hepatitis C drug Albuferon met its
primary goal of working as well as a current drug in a late-stage study, but failed
to show numerically better efficacy compared to standard-of-care.
The trial, called ACHIEVE 1, compared Albuferon and
Switzerland-based Roche’s Pegasys. Patients involved in the study...
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 The Food and Drug Administration will need more time to
evaluate Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America Inc.’s experimental diabetes drug
alogliptin, delaying a potential blockbuster billion-dollar seller from
reaching the market.
New safety guidelines of the FDA issued in December 2008 (Guidance
for Industry: Diabetes Mellitus --...
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 An experimental gel that uses a popular anti-HIV drug to protect women from the deadly virus has been shown to offer some protection against HIV. The compound applied vaginally may be able to block the transmission of HIV. Researchers from the University of Minnesota say the gel is already approved as an ingredient in cosmetics and...
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 Heart attack patients who take a combination of Plavix, plus a proton pump inhibitor such as Prilosec or Nexium, may be at increased risk of death or another heart attack, according to a new study. Nexium and other proton pump inhibitors, like Wyeth’s Protonix and Prevacid, Eisai Co.'s Aciphex, are used to treat heartburn, in which...
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 According to recent reports, more than 98 percent of the influenza A viruses which circulate this year is now resistant to common antiviral treatment compared to just 1 percent two years ago. A study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association concludes that the most important antiviral drug no longer works against this...
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 Mass Murder in Memphis Home, 6 Killed
The bodies of six people - 4 adults and 2 children - were found by police in a small brick house in Memphis, Tennessee. Inside the small building were found three other...
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