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Challenges in Entecavir Drug Treatment

...vir is manufactured by Bristol-Myers Squibb and is marketed under the trade name Baraclude. The research team was led by Chloe Thio and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator Robert Siliciano, both at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The analyses reported in the paper were performed by...

Gene Study Throws Up New Targets for Leishmaniasis

... frontline affordable drug, sodium stiboglucomate, marketed as Pentostam, is running into bad resistance problems, leaving many doctors with the option of more expensive treatment that, in the case of visceral leishmaniasis, can cost up to 150 dollars for a four-week course. Cutaneous and mucosal leishmaniasi...

Experts Warn Against Side Effects of the New Weight Loss Drug

... the prescription drug orlistat. The drug has been marketed in prescription form by Roche Holding AG under the brand name Xenical since 1999, but it never turned out to be a blockbuster. GlaxoSmithKline, however, expects Alli ultimately to rake in at least $1.5billion in annual sales, and the company is exp...

UK Reports Psychiatric Reactions to Weight-loss Drug Rimonabant

...received reports of psychiatric reactions to drug, marketed as Acomplia. "Three hundred and sixty-four (364) psychiatric reactions have been reported," it said. "Amongst these, there have been 48 reports of depression, 16 reports of suicidal thoughts and one report of self-injury." It said evidence sugges...

Manufacturer to Pay $20 Million for Improperly Promoting a Sleep Disorder Drug

...nto claims that one of its subsidiaries illegally marketed a narcolepsy drug for other unapproved uses. Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder marked by sudden, uncontrollable urges to sleep, causing an individual to fall asleep at inappropriate times. The case is the latest of several federal drug-marketing pro...

Doctor Pours Ethics Down The Drain In A Bid To Make A Quick Buck

...scheme. Prosecutors say the New Jersey businessman marketed anabolic steroids and human growth hormone to bodybuilders and other customers - including some in Rhode Island - who were seeking to lose weight, prevent hair loss, or stop the effects of aging. Prosecutors say McGlone advised his customers which ...

Functional Food What is That, Ask First

... before they decide to go in for the aggressively marketed brands. Currently the international functional f...sting to note that the majority of the foods being marketed as functional are plant based. There is overwhelming evidence from epidemiological and clinical tr...

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