News tagged with drug regimens
US regulators approve new hepatitis C drug
US regulators on Friday approved the first new treatment for hepatitis C in more than a decade, a Merck pharmaceutical known as Victrelis, to be taken with the current two-drug regimen.
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 14, 2011 |
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Landmark study confirms chemotherapy benefit in breast cancer patients
Chemotherapy generally improves survival in postmenopausal breast cancer patients, according to a landmark study led by Dr. Kathy Albain of Loyola University Health System.
Dec 11, 2009 |
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US approves second new hepatitis C drug
The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Incivek to treat hepatitis C when taken along with the current two-drug regimen, marking the second such drug approval this month.
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 23, 2011 |
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Combination antiretroviral therapy effective at reducing HIV resistance in mothers and babies
In a clinical trial investigating mother-to-child HIV transmission in South Africa published this week in PLoS Medicine, Neil Martinson (of the Perinatal HIV Research Unit, Soweto, South Africa) and colleagues find that a ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Triple drug combination is promising option to treat metastatic HER2+ breast cancer
Combining two chemotherapy drugs with trastuzumab (Herceptin) to treat women who have metastatic HER2+ breast cancer may offer physicians another choice in their treatment options.
May 15, 2009 |
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