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Nanoparticle Breast Cancer Drug Approved by FDA

Research at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine played a significant role in Food and Drug Administration approval of Abraxane (paclitaxel protein-bound particles for injectable suspension), indicated for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer. "The approval means that women with metastatic breast cancer no longer need to endure the toxicities associated with solvents and will...

Cloning techniques produce FDA-approved antibiotic

The successful synthesis of an antibiotic in a non-native host has provided a team of researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with the potential for developing new treatments for bacterial infections. The rapid rise of antibiotic resistance poses a serious threat to human health, and demands new treatments effective against resistant pathogens. Fosfomycin is a natural...
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NEW ROBOTIC SURGERY ARM APPROVED BY FDA

FDA today cleared for marketing a robotic device that enables a surgeon to perform laparoscopic gall bladder and reflux disease surgery while seated at a console with a computer and video monitor. The surgeon can use hand grips and foot pedals on the console to control three robotic arms that can perform the surgery using a variety of surgical tools. The product, the Da Vinci Surgical Sys...

Abortion Pill approved by FDA

Mifepristone (known as RU-486 in Europe) has been around for over a decade and used by European women as an alternative to surgical abortion in early pregnancy. It has now been approved by FDA for sale in the USA. It will be avilable as Mifeprex. Gloria Feldt, president of Planned Parenthood Inc said,"Mifepristone, or the early-abortion pill, is assignificant a technological advance...

Another injectable contraceptive Pill approved by FDA

Lunelle-a monthly injectable contraceptive pill has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration in USA. It is more than 99 percent effective when women get the shot once every month according to the company release marketing the pill. Lunelle is an alternative to another injectable contraceptive called Depo-Provera that lasts three months. It works Like many other birt...

Levothyroxine Thyroid Hormone Replacement, Approved for Hypothyroidism

The thyroid hormone replacement prescription drug, levothyroxine sodium (Unithroid) for hypothyroidism in adults and children has been approved for use in the United States by the FDA. The thyroid hormaone is involved in the regulation of a wide range of metabolic processes within the body in all age groups. In children thyroid hormones are essential for normal physical growth and i...

New FDA Approved Drug To Treat Migraine

Axert has been approved by the FDA for the acute treatment of migraine with or without aura in adults. This drug targets serotonin receptors and act against migraine headaches by inducing the constriction...

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Major Manufacturer of Unapproved and Adulterated Drugs

ROCKVILLE, Md., April 25, 2007-The U.S. Food and DrugAdministration (FDA) announced the entry of a Consent Decree ofPermanent Injunction against PharmaFab Inc., its subsidiary, PFabLP, and two company officials, Mark Tengler, PharmaFab's president,and Russ McMahen, PFab's vice president of scientific affairs, tostop the illegal manufacture and distribution of prescription andover-the-cou...

Survey: Migraine Patients Taking Potentially Addictive Barbiturate or Opioid Medications Not Approved by FDA as Migraine Treatments

Addiction can lead to hospitalization and drug withdrawal CHICAGO, May 15, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- A new survey of hundredsof migraine patients and physicians commissioned by the NationalHeadache Foundation and conducted by Harris Interactive shows that20 percent of migraine patients are currently taking potentiallyaddictive medications that contain barbiturates or opioids and havenot been a...
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