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The Multi-Faceted Chemical Benzene

...al processes and human activities. Benzene is also manufactured from the low-boiling fractions of the coal-tar distillate. It is of exceptional importance commercially on account of the many valuable compounds derivable from it. Benzene is used mainly as a raw material for synthesizing chemicals such as styrene, ...

OTC sale for Xenical; Diet Drug; gets FDA approval

Prescription diet drug Xenical manufactured by GlaxoSmithkline got a nod for OTC sale from FDA.It received an "approvable" letter from the Food// and Drug Administration so that it can be marketed once the company addresses additional questions from regulators. An estimated arrival time for th...

Drug Trial Turned Into a Terrible Nightmare

A drug trail was conducted to test the drug manufactured by German pharmaceutical company TeGenero by medical research company Parexel. // The drug TGN1412 which was designed to treat rheumatoid arthritis, leukaemia and multiple sclerosis was tested on volunteered healthy men. One of six men who fell se...

NGO Files Pre-Grant Opposition Against Anti-HIV Drug, Combivir

...as been filed against the anti-HIV drug, Combivir, manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline, a leading pharmaceutical compa...sed regarding patenting anti-cancer drug, Gleevac, manufactured by Novartis. The patent was turned down subsequently as it was found to nothing more than a new form...

Mama’s milk on sal

...w that human breast milk is better for babies than manufactured formula. A number of premature babies, some as young as 24 weeks, are kept alive by advanced medical interventions such as this. A 1997 article in the medical journal Pediatrics documented breast milk’s ability to decrease the incidence of diarrh...

False Sense Of Security

...f smoking. This brand of low-nicotine cigarettes manufactured by Vector Tobacco, Inc. have been marketed, as enabling smokers to reduce nicotine levels to eventually enjoy nicotine free smoking. Anti-smoking campaigners highlight health risks like cancer and emphysema as a result of long-term smoking or chewing...

Sodium Hyaluronate Shows Promise In Treatment Of Shoulder Pain

...vital building block of healthy cartilage is being manufactured under the brand name Hyalgan, by Sanofi Aventis, a leading pharmaceutical company. The researchers analyzed the safety and effectiveness of the drug in a group of 602 patients, divided into three groups. One group of the drug received 5 injections of...

IMA against Spiritual Guru Baba Ramdev

...ed earlier this year that some ayurvedic medicines manufactured by Ramdev' pharmacy used animal and human bones. EditedIANS...

Drug Company Admits Knowledge Of Side Effects In Monkeys

TeGenero, a German based drug firm that had manufactured TGN-1412, has now admitted that the drug had showed adverse effects//, when tested on monkeys. Four out of the six who were admitted to the intensive care unit of a London based hospital following the drug administration are recovering, according to ...

Cholesterol Drug Has a Favorable Effect on the Chronic Kidney Disease

...nction in patients with heart disease. // It is manufactured by Pfizer Inc. he said that those patients who took 80 mg of the drug showed the highest improvement in the kidney function. The drug is the world's top-selling prescription drug. The data of the study was presented at the American College of Cardi...

Pfizer Launches Viagra For Lung Disease In UK

...eer medicine, a leading product for the condition, manufactured by Switzerland based Actelion is facing a tough competition. ...

Inclination of North Carolina’s Elderly Population towards Home Remedie

...others who knew about the usage of herbs. Popular manufactured products available in that area are flax seed, amino acids and glucosamine sulfate.CAM therapies such as imagery, biofeedback and energy healing.CAM practitioners include chiropractor, herbalist and acupuncturist. It was also astounding to find tha...

Parents Warned About Contaminated Teething Rings By FDA

...ntamination of fluid filled plastic teething ring, manufactured by The First Years, a unit of RC2 Corp., parents have been urged by the Food and Drug Administration to stop providing // their babies with the product. The contaminated liquid if swallowed or absorbed through a cut in the oral cavity, could lead t...

Marketing of Low Tar Cigarette Brand by BAT Unethical

...en adopting a strategy to mask the toxicity of the manufactured cigarettes. // In an audit conducted to review the internal documents of the company by Canadian researchers, it has been found that the cigarettes actually delivered elevated levels of tar and nicotine under real life situations, while in documenta...

Monkeys Respond To HIV Treatment

...ough injecting them with a version of the Truvada, manufactured by Gilead Sciences. This pill is a combination of Emtriva, or emtracitibine and Viread, or tenofovir. The combination has not yet cured a human being from the HIV infection, even though it helps in maintaining the existing state of health. After the ...

Macugen drug for treating degenerative eye disease

...neovascularization. The new drug Macugen, which is manufactured by Pfizer and OSI Pharmaceuticals, is found to be very effective in treating this degenerative disease by preserving the visual integrity of the macula, the drug is found to stop bleeding and accumulation of fluid in the retina and is found to be ver...

Hospital To The Rescue Of Disabled Children

...oviding mobility to disabled children. The limbs manufactured here are different from the Jaipur Foot, Joshi added, referring to the highly successful artificial limb project launched in Rajasthan in 1968. The limbs provided by the hospital are much lighter, and also provides the scope for adjustment. Hospital ...

ARIXTRA drug for venous thromboembolism

...ous thromboembolism is high. The drug ARIXTRA is manufactured by the pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline and is found to inhibit the factor Xa protein which is present in the coagulation cascade pathway and the drug is found to effectively control venous thromboembolism and pulmonary embolism in patients who u...

GlaxoSmithKline launches diabetes and cancer drugs

... treating type 2 diabetes. The drug Avandaryl is manufactured by combining the two drugs Avandina and Sulphonylureas and the drug Avandamet is produced by the combination of Avandina and Metformin. Glaxo drug Hycamtin is found to be effective in improving the quality of life in patients with cancer and is also ...

Bush’s new prescription drug plan, a complex puzzle for the citizen

...ack to their doctors for to prescribe a medication manufactured by their chosen plan that matched their medical needs. The worst affected are the senior citizens when they found out that the plans keeps changing according to the change in the medical needs. The members of Medicaid said that it was very diffic...

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