News tagged with drug trials
Viagra for women? Drug developed as antidepressant effective in treating low libido
The drug flibanserin, which was originally created as an antidepressant, is effective in treating women with low libido, pooled results from three separate clinical trials have found.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Drugs encased in nanoparticles travel to tumors on the surface of immune-system cells
Clinical trials using patients' own immune cells to target tumors have yielded promising results. However, this approach usually works only if the patients also receive large doses of drugs designed to help immune cells multiply ...
Aug 15, 2010 |
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Glowing Cornell dots -- a potential cancer diagnostic tool set for human trials
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first clinical trial in humans of a new technology: Cornell Dots, brightly glowing nanoparticles that can light up cancer cells in PET-optical imaging.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 13, 2011 |
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New antibiotic proves safe and well tolerated
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new antibiotic to combat drug-resistant bacteria has proved safe and well tolerated in a phase I clinical trial with plans for a phase II trial underway.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 03, 2010 |
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First human gets new antibody aimed at hepatitis C virus
Building upon a series of successful preclinical studies, researchers at MassBiologics of the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) today announced the beginning of a Phase 1 clinical trial, testing the safety ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 06, 2009 |
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Areva to begin US trial of cancer-fighting isotope
A subsidiary of the French nuclear giant Areva said Monday it had received US clearance to begin a clinical trial of an isotope that targets cancer cells.
Jan 24, 2011 |
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Researchers find drug combination may treat traumatic brain injury
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a serious public health problem in the United States. Recent data show that approximately 1.7 million people sustain a traumatic brain injury annually. While the majority of TBIs are concussions ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 17, 2010 |
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Questions of ethics and quality cloud globalization of clinical trials
Top-tier U.S.-based pharmaceutical companies are moving their clinical trials overseas at warp speed, raising questions about ethics, quality control, and even the scientific value of their findings for people back in the ...
Feb 18, 2009 |
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Study makes exciting progress in elucidating the mechanisms of bortezomib in lymphoma
A new study by researchers from the John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center sheds light on how bortezomib (VELCADE), the first in a new class of cancer drugs known as proteasome inhibitors, works ...
Jul 12, 2010 |
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Drug trials funded by industry are more likely to publish favorable results
When published results are systematically tracked for drug trials registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, those from industry-funded trials are the likeliest to be favorable to the drug in question, report researchers at Children's ...
Aug 02, 2010 |
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Call for full access to Tamiflu trial data to allow for independent scrutiny
Leading researchers today call for access to all clinical trial data (published and unpublished) to allow drugs to be independently assessed by the scientific community.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 11, 2011 |
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Conflicts-of-interest in drug studies sneaking back into medical journals, say investigators
Hidden financial conflicts-of-interest are sneaking into published drug research through the back door, warns an international team of investigators, led by researchers from the Jewish General Hospital's Lady Davis Institute ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 08, 2011 |
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Research Exposes the Risk to Infants from the Chemicals Used in Liquid Medicines
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of medical scientists from the University of Leicester has published research which looks into the harmful substances in liquid medicines that premature babies are being exposed to.
Jan 19, 2009 |
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Designing drugs and their antidotes together improves patient care
Imagine a surgical patient on a blood-thinning drug who starts bleeding more than expected, and an antidote that works immediately - because the blood thinner and antidote were designed to work together. Researchers at Duke ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 04, 2009 |
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Scientists put psoriasis drugs to the test
Clinical trials to test the effectiveness of two prescription drugs for the debilitating skin condition psoriasis have revealed significant differences that should help inform physicians treating patients with the condition.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 13, 2010 |
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