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FDA Grants Standard Review for GSK's Experimental HPV Vaccine Cervarix

...s Administration last week granted the first major market license for Cervarix, approving the vaccine for girls and women ages 10 to 45. According to Reuters, the European Medicines Agency could recommend the vaccine next month. FDA will most likely take action on GSK's application in January 2008, accordin...

World No Tobacco Day Focuses on Secondhand Smoke

...uced today, cigarettes would not be allowed on the market because of the death and disease that they cause. When used as directed, they actually kill one half of lifelong users," Legacy President and CEO Cheryl Healton, Dr. PH, said. "On World No Tobacco Day -- and every other day -- we must act to address ...

New Strains of TB Can Be Used as a Powerful Bioterror Weapon

... publisher and editor of the online investment and market advisory. 'We were taken back by the tremendous danger, and at the same time the lack of attention the U.S. government is giving it, after our interview with one of the world's foremost experts on this potentially lethal form of tuberculosis, Dr. K...

Nutrient-rich Dairy Beverages an Emerging Market

The global food market is estimated at around $2.5 trillion per annum, wh...nts. Such products are being targeted at the niche market globally. There is a rapidly growing functional food market with products such as probiotic yoghur...

Young Indians Say Cheers to White Spirits

...gory has been outperforming the others in terms of market growth, which stood at 2.8 million cases with a CA...retail price is prohibitive. As a result, the grey market continues to thrive and deprive the exchequer of billions of rupees," Kapur said. If tariffs are l...

Vaccine-Induced Autism Victims in the Thousands Will Finally Get Day in Court

...cines endorsed by the CDC were pulled off the market after a number of infants and adults appear to have suffered devastating side effects, and some died. Critics now worry about a possible link between vaccines and autism, diabetes, asthma and sudden infant death syndrome, among other a...

Mylan Wins Its Amlodipine Case With Pfizer

...ur years. We are further pleased that our first to market generic amlodipine products have saved patients, corporations, the government and taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars in healthcare costs." Amlodipine Besylate Tablets are the generic version of Pfizer's Norvasc(R) Tablets, which had U.S. sal...

FDA Approves Divigel(R) for Treatment of Hot Flashes Linked With Menopause

...e lowest approved dose of estradiol therapy on the market to treat hot flashes," said Dr. Hedrick. "Hot flashes are one of the most common symptoms of menopause, so safe, low-dose therapy is critical to help women cope with them." The estrogen in Divigel(R) is derived from plant sources and is identical t...

Taiwan Skincare Empire Built on 'Natural Beauty'

...ys, 'the cultural background, social structure and market conditions were just like Taiwan when I first star...f young women across China. 'I have to cope with market trends and changing consumer behaviour,' she said of her evolving business strategy. 'Besides, in ...

Drugs Lure Hong Kong Youth Across China Border

...me addicted. Club owners here target the Hong Kong market because they can afford higher entrance fees than local people and drinks that cost three times more. "Most of our customers are from Hong Kong as local people cannot afford our drinks," said one manager who called himself Ah Kit. "We have people w...

Cynosure Introduces Higher Power Smartlipo(TM) LaserBodySculpting Workstation

...ved U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance to market Smartlipo in the fourth quarter of 2006. Accordi...dded a 10-person specialty surgical sales force to market its Smartlipo family of workstations in North America. About Cynosure, Inc. Cynosure, Inc. devel...

Eliminating Cellulite

...ed a detailed analysis of the US aesthetics lasers market in its US Markets for Aesthetics Lasers and Energy...te reduction procedures, will drive growth in this market through 2011 and beyond." The US Markets for Aesthetics Lasers and Energy Devices 2007 report incl...

LCA Hails Congressional Front Against Pink Camel Cigarette Campaign

...arettes deliberately targeting young women off the market completely." Fenton-Ambrose recognized Congressw...lse interested in getting these cigarettes off the market entirely," she said. Lung Cancer Alliance is the only national non-profit organization dedicated e...

Second CyberKnife(R) System to Meet Growing Demand for Radiosurgery

...ystem demonstrates the breadth of the radiosurgery market and we believe, based on this increase in demand, that more hospitals will follow suit." About the CyberKnife(R) Robotic Radiosurgery System The CyberKnife System represents the next generation of radiosurgery systems, combining continual image-g...

1,600 Roller Shoe Injuries Reported

...nly related to the children as they are the target market for these wheeled shoes. The shoe has resulted in an increase in the emergency room visit. Children with the wheeled shoes can be seen cruising down the sidewalk, through crowded malls and playgrounds. Scott Wolfson, a spokesman for the Consumer...

Export of Herbal Products to Reach Rs.120 Billion by 2012: Study

...rcent of global diversity. However, India's global market share is a paltry 2.5 percent against China's 13 percent. The leading producers of medicinal plants are Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and the Himalayan range, which together account for 75 percent of India's total herbal m...

New Balloon Catheter Available Worldwide for Carotid and Renal Angioplasty

...he AVIATOR(TM) Plus gets its strength from Cordis' market leading DURALYN(R) Balloon Material which allows for precise and consistent inflation diameters. "The AVIATOR(TM) Plus is one of only two carotid indicated PTA balloon dilatation catheters available and further supports Cordis Endovascular's contin...

Improved Meningitis Vaccine for Africa Expected to End Deadly Scourge

...heir communities than any vaccine currently on the market in the region. MVP, a partnership between the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Seattle-based non-profit, PATH, is collaborating with Pune-based vaccine producer, Serum Institute of India Limited (SIIL), to produce the new vaccine against ser...

Maninder Singh Hospitalised After Suicide Attempt

...nd 1.5 grams of the contraband, with international market price of about Rs 5,000, was found in his possession at the time of arrest from his Gagan Apartments flat in Defence Enclave in Preet Vihar by the Narcotics Branch of Delhi Police. A case was registered against Singh, who played for India in the 19...

Ukraine Struggles Against Fake Drug Trade

...n (WHO) estimates that more than 20 percent of the market in ex-Soviet republics like Russia and Ukraine cou...arm over possible pharmaceutical fakes in case the market for their products drops like a stone," Anderson said. Government checks, he added, are also "wild...

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