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Biomarkers Could Prove Significant In Understanding Aging Process

...e Dermatology. “There's a lot of interest in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries in developing products that will minimize or reduce certain signs of aging,” said James Sligh Jr., M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of Medicine and Cell & Developmental Biology. “The quantifiable biomarkers we've characterized...

Australian Snake Venom Can Arrest Bleeding During Surgery And Trauma

...ic human systems, resulting in death. QrxPharma, a pharmaceutical company is currently considering the initiation of clinical trials of the potential 'life-saving drug'. The study is the first extensive study conducted on genes responsible for production of snake's toxins. Factor X has the potential to be exploit...

Pfizer Launches Viagra For Lung Disease In UK

...tension (PAH), a lung disease//. Pfizer, a leading pharmaceutical company, is marketing the drug under the brand name, Revatio, in the UK. The drug approved for use in last November by the European based drug regulatory authority, contains the same active ingredients as the pill, Viagra. The drug is already being...

Britain Approves Indian Company For Supplying Medicines

...back end manufacturing support across the complete pharmaceutical value chain," he said. --Edited IANS...

Large Scale Multiple Sclerosis Vaccine Trial to Be Initiated By PharmaFrontiers

...mall group of patients, PharmaFrontiers, a leading pharmaceutical company is all set to test it’s vaccine on a large scale. Multiple sclerosis is a disease in which the myelin sheath, surrounding the nerve fibers in the spinal cord and brain is destroyed. Owing to destruction of this protective sheath, the transm...

Hungary Develops New Bird Flu Vaccine

...use in Hungary following clearance by the national pharmaceutical agency //. The Prime Minister, Ferenc Gyurcsany, m...The health officials in Hungary have said that the pharmaceutical company, Omnivest is capable of producing as much as 500, 000 vaccines, every week. So far, 40 cases...

Cost-effective Meningitis Vaccine To Be Launched In Africa

..., GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi Aventis, both leading pharmaceutical companies, are producing meningitis vaccine. The h...he developing countries. While the Western based pharmaceutical companies claim that development of such a vaccine would cost at least $800m or more, said the Menin...

Need For Low Cost, Heat Stable HIV Drug in Developing Countries

...cost of production, the MSF has urged the US based pharmaceutical company to manufacture the drug and market the drug at an optimal price, not exceeding the amount charged for the older version in developing countries. A letter drafted reflecting the concern of researchers, doctors and AIDS organizations from aro...

OpenMED Nominated For Stockholm Challenge 2006 Award

...-medical, medical informatics, dental, nursing and pharmaceutical sciences." OpenMED accepts preprints (pre-refereed journal papers), post-prints (refereed journal papers), conference papers, conference posters, presentations, technical reports and departmental working papers and theses. In case of non-English ...

Ambien and the Other Insomnia Drugs

... Good news has been in short supply for the French pharmaceutical company of late. A string of media reports recently highlighted the links between Ambien and sleepwalking, binge eating, and even dangerous nighttime driving. The side effects though already known and mentioned on the product label are attracting i...

Ranbaxy Launches Once-a-day Inhaler For Asthma Patients

Indian pharmaceutical major Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited Friday announced the launch of a branded once-a-day inhaler for asthma patients//. "Ranbaxy has introduced this product for the first time in India. Osonide is available in HFA (Hydroxy fluoro Alkane: the propellan...

Sodium Hyaluronate Shows Promise In Treatment Of Shoulder Pain

...e 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 the drug over a period of 6 months. The second group members received 3 d...

Influenza Vaccination For The Elderly

...amme, //by direct advertising much in the lines of pharmaceutical companies. They are hoping to target individuals more than 65 yrs of age who are at a higher risk of death due to influenza virus. They want the government to introduce direct consumer advertising to promote the flu vaccination. Their studies show ...

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

...mbivir, manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline, a leading pharmaceutical company //. The Manipur Network of Positive People (MNP+) and the Indian Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS have lodged the complaint at the Kolkata patent office. The drug formulation is a combination of two essential anti-HIV drugs Lamivudine...

Ranbaxy Expands By Acquiring A Generic Company In Belgium

Indian pharmaceutical company Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd., announced on Th...nelux countries'. Belgium is the seventh largest pharmaceutical market in Europe. Ranbaxy plans to manage operations in the Benelux territories, including Belgium...

Doctor Grilled In Court For False Report About Vioxx Health Risk

...d Co. Thomas Cona and John Mcdarby have sued the pharmaceutical company, stating that use of the drug had resulted in heart attacks. More than 10, 000 different lawsuits has been filed against the controversial Vioxx, on grounds of product liability. The product, originally intended for arthritis treatment was wi...

Drug Trial Turned Into a Terrible Nightmare

... 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 seriously ill after taking ...

Future of Canadian Medical Association Journal Threatened

...edical profession without being compromised by the pharmaceutical companies which advertised in its pages. Dr. Hoey and Ms. Todkill had signed confidentiality agreements, which prevented them from speaking freely about conflicts that they had the CMA. However they have mentioned that when they were fired on Feb 2...

Bird Flu Not The Cause For Mysterious Bird Deaths

... bird flu cases in the country. Two Peshawar based pharmaceutical companies have started manufacturing medicine for bird flu affected humans. The medicines in the form of capsules are being called “Influed”. The WHO has also recommended the capsules and called it a successful ‘anti-viral medicine’ against the bird ...

UC Researchers Find Potential Drug Target For SARS

..." commented Andrew Mesecar, associate professor of pharmaceutical biotechnology in the UIC College of Pharmacy. "We are attempting to use the same approach that has been accomplished in designing effective drugs against HIV protease, which has led to the development of new drugs to fight the AIDS virus." SARS cause...

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