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New way of synthesizing organic chemicals mimics nature
Organic chemists have found a new way of synthesizing multiple complex organic molecules that until now have needed to be synthesized using time-consuming methods. The new strategy, which mimics natural biosynthesis methods, ...
Jul 15, 2011 |
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New hope for hepatitis C, an often hidden disease
There's new hope for an overlooked epidemic: Two powerful drugs are nearing the market that promise to help cure many more people of liver-attacking hepatitis C - even though most who have the simmering infection ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 17, 2011 |
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FDA links some prostate drugs to cancer risk
(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration expanded the warning label on a group of prostate drugs Thursday, saying they may increase the risk of a more serious form of prostate cancer.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 09, 2011 |
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UNICEF discloses vaccine prices for 1st time
UNICEF is for the first time publicizing what drugmakers charge it for vaccines, as the world's biggest buyer of lifesaving immunizations aims to spark price competition in the face of rising costs.
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 29, 2011 |
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FDA says Merck drug successfully fights hepatitis
Federal health officials said Monday a highly-anticipated drug to treat hepatitis C made by Merck appears to cure more patients in less time than established drugs that have been used for 20 years. But the agency has questions ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 25, 2011 |
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Merck pays J&J $500mn in drug row settlement
Merck said Friday it has agreed to pay fellow US pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson $500 million to end a two-year tussle over profit-sharing deals for two anti-inflammatory drugs.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 15, 2011 |
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Study raises new questions about Merck pill Zetia
(AP) -- A new study raises fresh concerns about Zetia and its cousin, Vytorin - drugs still taken by millions of Americans to lower cholesterol, despite questions raised last year about how well they work.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Facebook sidelines contested Merck profile page
Facebook will sideline a Merck page at the social network until a pair of US and German companies work out which one gets the online address, a source familiar with the matter told AFP.
Nov 29, 2011 |
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FDA says Vertex hepatitis drug is highly effective
(AP) -- Federal health officials say a highly anticipated hepatitis C drug from Vertex Pharmaceuticals successfully treats a clear majority of patients in less time than older medicines that have been used for 20 years.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 26, 2011 |
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Merck says US rejects its MS drug
German pharmaceutical group Merck KgaA said Wednesday that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has refused to approve use of its multiple sclerosis treatment Cladribine.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 02, 2011 |
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Major international study to test new heart disease drug
(PhysOrg.com) -- A major international study to test whether a new type of cholesterol treatment can prevent coronary deaths and heart attacks will start in early 2011. The study will be coordinated by the ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 18, 2010 |
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Vaccination reduces burden of childhood rotavirus disease
Vaccination of infants with Rotarix or RotaTeq significantly reduces the rate of severe rotavirus diarrhoea, hospitalizations, medical attention due to rotavirus and severe diarrhoea from all causes. The vaccines are not ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 11, 2010 |
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FDA won't accept Merck's application for new drug
(AP) -- U.S. regulators have refused to accept drugmaker Merck & Co.'s application for a new, combination cholesterol pill that includes rival Pfizer's Lipitor, the world's top-selling drug.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Bristol-Myers gets EU approval for diabetes drug
(AP) -- Drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. said Monday that its new diabetes drug, Onglyza, has been approved for sale in the European Union's 27 countries.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 05, 2009 |
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WHO approves cervical cancer vaccine Cervarix
(AP) -- The World Health Organization has approved a second cervical cancer vaccine, this one made by GlaxoSmithKline, meaning U.N. agencies and partners can now officially buy millions of doses of the vaccine for poor countries ...
Jul 09, 2009 |
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