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A Cheap Device to Stop Snoring from New Zealand

... used to them. It has Federal Drug Administration approval in the US and is about to become widely available in New Zealand on prescription through GPs. He said the device had a 90 percent success rate in clinical trials and was also being tried with patients undergoing general anaesthetics and in emergenc...

Exubera could mean the end of an insulin injection era for diabetics

...ue, though ... is huge.'The companies did not seek approval for adolescents and children -- two groups that could benefit greatly from a needle-free product. It has been proposed to restart pediatric studies with special emphasis on breathing problems....

Child Friendly Zidovudine Preparation for treating HIV infection Approved By The FDA

...and Drug Administration has now issued a tentative approval to an anti-AIDS drug developed by the Hyderabad ba...ity standards established by the FDA. Following approval the drug is to be in combination with other drugs used for the same purpose. The generic drug, howev...

Abbott’s Laboratories R&D Capabilities Questione

...g. As FDA as put stringent and tough rules against approval of new drugs following the awful effects of the painkiller drug, Vioxx produced by Merck. Mike Barr of Victory Capital Management said that, "What's a little disturbing is that Abbott's R&D productivity hasn't been all that great the last few years...

AIDS Generic Drugs Approved by FDA for Sale in US

...nt period for branded Zidovudine in US has lead to approval of FDA for new generic version of AZT, which would cost less and can be imported from other countries. Zidovudine (AZT), is an anti-retroviral drug used in the // treatment of AIDS, the drug prevents the replication of the virus inside the humans b...

Magnets May Not Relieve Pain

...evidence (and lack of Food and Drug Administration approval for pain relief), many people have used magnets to relieve their pain, spending approximately $5 billion worldwide on magnetic pain-relieving devices. Source: Newswise...

Drug Herceptin To Be Recommended To All Breast Cancer Patients

...sh, but campaigners say lack of funds and official approval mean that many women who could benefit are being denied the drug. The Government is considering Her-2/neu testing to all breast cancer patients during their breast cancer surgery, using the tissue sample obtained during the surgery procedure. The c...

Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibody Production Is More Profitable Than Small Molecule Drugs

...respectable data showing that obtaining regulatory approval tends to be easier for antibodies than for other drug classes, he warns it is too early to make firm predictions. “The mid and longer term future may look quite different in terms of competitive threats, so past performance is not necessarily a guide...

Novel drug holds promise for treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis

...t available therapy. The researchers intend to get approval and funding to move into Phase III clinical trials. This is a very exciting and novel therapeutic approach, which holds the promise to be an entirely new type of immunomodulatory drug – one that can shape a patient’s immune system, rather than suppr...

Tigecycline – New Generation Tetracycline With Broad Spectrum Antibacterial Activit

...ng the active effect of Tigecycline as lead to FDA approval of Tigecycline for treatment of bacterial infections. Study I: Tigecycline was tested on patients with complicated skin and skin-structure infections. The study was performed in 800 adult patients. Tigecycline was given in a concentration of 100...

Remote Robotic Surgery Using Miniature Robots

...nd the researchers plan to seek federal regulatory approval sometime next year. The army of robots would provide access to areas in human body, movements and to maneuver that surgeon hands can never perform. Moreover several robots can be inserted through one incision hence the number of cuts would be redu...

Law ensuring safety and quality of Herbal drugs

...ill not allow registering of the new drugs without approval about the usage, quality and safety of the herbal drug is tested and validated by an independent agency. The government adds that before the directive was introduced, reputable companies following high standards were left at a commercial disadvantage...

Faster way of producing Bird flu vaccine using Reverse Genetics

...his technique including bulk preparation, storing, approval and clinical trials”. Source: BBC News...

A Blow To Lycopene Supplements Claim To “Health” Fae

...w the evidence. Companies do not need FDA's prior approval for manufacturing and selling lycopene supplement. The FDA would intervene only when the companies make qualified health claims without prior approval, or the FDA finds the supplement or food is not safe. Along with the letter to American Longevity...

Relief For British MS Patients: Cannabis-Based Oral Spray

...de available to them for the first time, following approval from the Home Office for its importation from Canada. // Patients in Britain will soon be able to obtain an unlicensed, cannabis-based medicine on prescription to treat multiple sclerosis and possibly rheumatoid arthritis even though it is yet to b...

Aurobindo gets U.S. FDA approval for Cephalexin

...her major milestone by obtaining the first product approval from the dedicated Cephalosporin facility (Unit VI, situated in Medak District, Andhra Pradesh, India). The company has set up three (Unit III, Unit VI, Unit XII) multi module formulation manufacturing facilities. Earlier products from Unit III onl...

Cadila gets US FDA approval for Promethazine tablets

... has received US Food Drug Administration (US FDA) approval to market Promethazine tablets 12.5 mg, 25 mg and ...d at $116 million. The group had recently received approval to market Ribavirin capsules in the US market through its US subsidiary Zydus Pharmaceuticals Inc, i...

Vaccine For Dengue Fever On Trial In Asia-Pacific

... and serving as "a reference country". A stamp of approval here would give other countries the confidence to shorten or do away with their own approval processes, he said, getting the vaccine approved by 2010, one or two years ahead of schedule. The d...

Three More Bird Flu Cases Reported By China

...ases of bird flu, even as the government has given approval to clinical trials of a human vaccine against the virus.// The latest outbreaks of the deadly H5N1 strain of the flu were in the far-western region of Xinjiang, the southwestern province of Yunnan and the northwestern region of Ningxia, the agricult...

NHS Staff To Face Ban On Smoking

...T) combined board has been called upon to give its approval for the new smoking policy during its next meeting on 30 November 2005. Unison, the health workers' union has called this an unworkable proposal, as it bans even smoking in the car park. This is in spite of the fact that the union is opposed to smok...

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