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FDA Advisory Against Anti-depressants to Be Expanded to Cover Young Adults too

...ement. Pfizer spokeswoman Shreya Prudlo said the company would update its label, which she said already calls for close monitoring of patients when they begin taking Zoloft. She added, however, "There is no established causal link between Zoloft and suicide in adults, young adults or children." The propo...

Anti-osteoporosis Drugs Could Result in Irregular Heart Rhythm, New Study

..., for Paget's disease, another bone condition. The company hopes to get an OK later this year to sell it for osteoporosis use. The new study, funded by Novartis, shows that Reclast works at least as well as existing drugs in the same class, researchers say. However, the risk of a serious case of irregular ...

Caffeinated Sunflower Seeds To Hit The Market

A food company from South Dakota is now infusing roasted sunflo...es like adventure sports, hunting and fishing. The company states that the caffeine content is equivalent to that of a typical soda drink. Incidentally, sunf...

Gene Mutations Leave Caucasians Prone To Heart Diseases And Diabetes

...for gauging inherited risk of (heart attack)," the company was quoted....

Now Sex Determination of Fetuses in Six Weeks in UK

...aside the criticism over the ethics of it all, the company says early results, obtained from a finger-prick of blood, allow parents more time to plan for their baby. It boasts "One of the most exciting outcomes of recent genetic research, allows gender testing and is the discovery that there is fetal DNA i...

Galliker Dairy Issues a Product Recall on Half-Gallons of Acidophilus Plus Reduced Fat Milk

...fund. Consumers with any questions may contact the company at 800-477-6455. This recall is being made with the knowledge of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture....

Anti-Epileptic Drug Intake May Result In Children With Mental Retardation

...le in generic forms. As of now, Sanofi is the only company involved in the court action, with a trial date set for October 2008. Lead researcher Kimford Meador, of the University of Florida in Gainesville, looked at IQ results of 187 children born to mothers who had taken the epilepsy drugs carbamazepine, ...

FDA Requests Recall of All Shelhigh Medical Devices

...erform a voluntary recall of its products, but the company declined. FDA recommends that doctors and hospitals consider using alternative products. Physicians and patients concerned about Shelhigh devices can visit www.fda.gov/cdrh/safety/041907-shelhigh.html and www.fda.gov/cdrh/medicaldevicesafety/atp/04...

Genetic Variation is Linked to Substantial Risk in Heart Attack

...research project was led by the Icelandic genomics company deCODE Genetics, along with U.S. researchers at Emory University School of Medicine, Duke University, and the University of Pennsylvania. Myocardial infarction is the death of heart tissue that results when the blood supply to the heart is cut off...

Hemangioblasts Aiding Eye Damage Repair

Massachusetts-based company Advanced Cell Technology, is obviously thrilled ... vessel precursor cells out of the stem cells. The company plans to test them in humans. Says Dr. Robert Lanza, vice president of research and scientific de...

Allergy Alert on Undeclared Peanuts in Mayfield Turtle Tracks Ice Cream

... of the carton. The UPC code is 75243-20120. The company apologizes for any inconvenience to its customers....exchange. Consumers with questions can contact the company at 800-629-3435. The Tennessee Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA...

Dabur India Q4 Profit Surges 31%

...y to consider the audited financial results of the company for the quarter and the full year ending March 31, 2007. Dabur India Limited is one of Indias leading FMCG Companies. Building on a legacy of quality and experience for over 120 years, Dabur today is Indias most trusted name and the worlds largest...

Ranbaxy Labs Extends Roots in South Africa

...e Ranbaxy the fifth largest generic pharmaceutical company in South Africa. Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited, h...ated, research based, international pharmaceutical company producing a wide range of quality, affordable generic medicines, trusted by healthcare professionals...

Nexus Between Psychiatrists and Drug Firms Dangerous, Say Critics

...sts of patients. It wrote about a pharmaceutical company Amgen, which makes the most expensive drugs used in the treatment of kidney disease and which underwrote more than $1.9 million worth of research and education programs led by a Dr. Allan Collins. He is a most influential kidney specialist and pres...

Major Medicare Fraud Detected in Florida

...icials said among those indicted is the owner of a company called Faster Medical Equipment Inc. "When the a...that location where the so-called medical services company was located, they found little more than a small closet," Acosta said. "They found no clinic, and th...

Scientists Develope a New Model of Artificial Canine Skin

...arcelona, in cooperation with the animal nutrition company Affinity Petcare, have developed an artificial cellular model which faithfully reproduces the characteristics of dogs skin and which will allow, therefore, the carrying out of various lines of research related to skin biology and pathology without t...

New Cancer Therapy That can Be Less Painful

...nnifer MacDiarmid, from Sydney-based biotechnology company EnGeneIC, said: "There is no other system where you can get so much drug concentrated into a little parcel." In tests, the technique reduced tumours in animals without side effects - and by using only a very small amount of drug. The mini-cells -...

Anemia Drug Overused and Could Hasten Death in Some, Say Experts

...a placebo. Officials of Amgen, the biotechnology company that makes all erythropoietin sold in this country, countered that in those studies the drug was given earlier and more liberally than is current practice. When physicians and patients use the medicine more sparingly, there is no difference in surviv...

'Cocaine' Turns 'Censored' and Remains 'energy Drink'

...o criminal prosecution." In such a backdrop the company said it was changing the name. Last week , Clegg...ed that even though the the FDA did not order the company to stop marketing the drink, officials were concerned about possible legal action. "What we woul...

Higher Gas Prices Leave Many Workers Running on Empty

...ployees felt alone in their sacrifices or if their company had to tighten its belt as well. "Certainly, only a handful of employees noted that their company changed plans or had to go without because of the price of gas even companies that rely heavily on ...

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