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Government May Have To Develop HIV Vaccine

... reservations have been expressed by the country’s pharmaceutical research companies to Tramont’s statement. The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) sources insist that as many as 15 potential vaccines are under development. Several billions of dollars have already been spent on developing ...

Pakistan drug companies seek trade ties with India

After an unhappy experience with China, Pakistani pharmaceutical companies are keen to enhance business with India,...iation, told IANS. He said a number of Pakistani pharmaceutical companies were contacting their Indian counterparts especially for herbal, unani and homoeopathic me...

Medicare Queries Expected To Increase Over Time

...deal with this today," said Andrew Cacciapaglia, a pharmaceutical technician at Eckerd in Bellmore. Recipients of Medicaid would be enrolled into the program automatically. For other, it would be based to their own personal interest. Individuals with either Medicare Part A or Part B, that comprises of hospital an...

Study Reveals Better Results in Patients Suffering From Depression.

...and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered that the pharmaceutical companies include the risks of children on the product labels. The study also said that in the future they would analyze the adult risk of usage of these antidepressants. The results of the study were that it did not show any suicidal tendencies...

The Unpredictable Face Of Science

.... On the other hand whether these are due to the pharmaceutical companies, which try to boost their sales of dietary supplements. Vitamin D intakes are boosted after the result of this study claiming that deficiency of Vitamin D not only prevents arthritis and osteoporosis but also prevents risks of certain t...

Australia to Show Leniency towards U.S. Pharmaceutical Companies

...ies have the power to levy heavy fines and ask the pharmaceutical company to reimburse for the lost sales. Apart f...Australian government also considers the risks the pharmaceutical company has to face and has told that this act would be reviewed. The government told the compan...

Diarrhea Vaccine Trials Promises Prevention of Rotavirus Infection

... of proper health care access. Merck, a leading pharmaceutical company, has developed the vaccine, Rotateq. The vaccine can effectively manage five major strains of the rotavirus, believed to be associated with 90% of the infections. The study participants were divided into two groups; one group received the va...

Starpharma Develops New Gel (Vivagel) To Prevent HIV Transmission

The pharmaceutical company Starpharma saw an 8% increase in its share, following approval of Vivagel by the FDA, a new formulation, believed to prevent transmission of HIV. // The company even signed a $20 million (US) contract with the US National Institute of Allerg...

Roche offers HIV drug expertise to poor nations

Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche announced transfer technology to generic drug manufacturers in the least developed countries and sub-Saharan Africa// to produce versions of the HIV drug saquinavir. As part of its new Technology Transfer Initiative, Roche has announced...

Europe Seeks Indian Expertise

...y "the strong networking partnership between large pharmaceutical firms and biotechnology firms". Indian consumption of biotech products was "expected to quadruple in the next decade", he said. A Belgian trade mission will visit India from March 20. Its organizers, representing the Wallonia region of Belgiu...

Countries Step up Battle Against Bird Flu

...d while comforting a sick chicken. International pharmaceutical giant Roche AG, maker of Tamiflu, the best-known drug defense against flu, said it would donate more antiviral pills to Asia, the epicenter of the pandemic threat. Turkish doctors feel early use of the drug would help save some young victims of the H...

Pill splitting program of University of Michigan can save money

...University of Michigan could save lot of money but pharmaceutical companies are not happy with the program as they f... about the money saving due to pill splits. The pharmaceutical industry is not happy with the new program as they feel that the new program will cause heavy loss t...

BioCryst’s Bird Flu Drug Enjoys Fast-Track Review By FD

...nistration. // This novel drug, produced by the pharmaceutical company BioCryst can be injected intravenously. Promising results have been obtained from drug trials conducted against different bird flu strains. If successful and approved we could soon have a new form of anti-viral therapy to effectively manage t...

Anti-obesity drugs for FDA approval

...ing FDA approval and if approved could provide the pharmaceutical manufactures with high profits due to sales of these drugs. These new drugs are to be reviewed by the federal regulators before it could be available as a counter sales drug.// Acomplia and Alli are the two new anti-obesity drugs and could help in we...

Cervical Cancer Vaccine Show Promise In Prevention

...ical cancer) that has been haunting the world. The pharmaceutical giant Merck had submitted details of a cervical cancer vaccine, // shown to offer protection against 70% of the known types of infection with the human papilloma virus (HPV) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Another vaccine, develop...

Bacteria born with drug resistance

...o requires better and new antibiotic production by pharmaceutical industries....

Old flu drugs not effective against seasonal influenza

...nst the seasonal influenza virus infection. The pharmaceutical manufacturers of Relenza and Tamiflu were not happy with the review results and has said that the results are not very encouraging as they feel in their trial on humans they found both these drugs Relenza and Tamiflu were very effective in controllin...

Drug Firms To Produce Single Pill AIDS Treatment

...ned into a single salmon-colored tablet by the two pharmaceutical firms. The side effects of the drug will not be much while at the same time it will be highly effective. Test lots are already being produced at a manufacturing facility in Ontario. The only problem with regard to this tablet is ensuring that it ha...

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

...rship with the private insurance companies and the pharmaceutical industry. The plan offered 30-50 separate plans ...oose a plan that covered them all. But different pharmaceutical industries do not manufacture the same drugs. If the people were unable to find they were asked to t...

Male Contraceptive Pill Being Developed By Berlin Pharmaceutical

A Berlin-based pharmaceutical company, Schering, has obtained promising results in the development of a male contraceptive pill//. The male contraceptive, which comes almost 45 years after Schering developed the female contraceptive pill, is just skin deep - in the form of an i...

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