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2 hrs ago | Puget Sound Business Journal

Dendreon says FDA will disclose Provengea s fate by May 1

Puget Sound Business Journal Dendreon Corp. said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it will make a regulatory decision on the biotech's Provenge prostate cancer drug by May 1, 2010.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Dendreon

7 hrs ago | Earth Times

Police seize illicit medicines from web merchants - Summary

Wiesbaden, Germany/Washington - Police in 24 nations raided illegal internet pharmacies this week, intercepted parcels at mail depots and seized stocks of illicit medicines, German police and US officials said Thursday.

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Related Topix: World News, Germany

11 hrs ago | Fort Frances Times

U.S. stops Canadian canola meal shipments at border because of salmonella

The United States has stopped canola meal shipments from five Canadian plants at the border over concerns about potentially dangerous salmonella bacteria.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, US News, United States Department of Agriculture

16 hrs ago | The Sligo Champion

Stem-cell transplants offer hope to patients losing sight

People suffering from a form of incurable blindness could soon become the first patients in the world to benefit from a new and controversial transplant operation using stem cells derived from spare human embryos left over from IVF treatment.

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Related Topix: Stem Cell Research, Science / Technology, Healthcare Law, Law

20 hrs ago | Drugs.com

Genentech, Biogen Get FDA Request on Rituxan

From Associated Press NEW YORK--Genentech Inc. and partner Biogen Idec Inc. said Wednesday the Food and Drug Administration is withholding a decision to expand approval of Rituxan as a leukemia treatment, pending further discussion.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Genentech, Healthcare Industry, Startups, Leukemia, Health, Lymphoma

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Drug Store News

FDA: Anticlotting drugs, PPIs may adversely affect each other

ROCKVILLE,A Md. Patients taking an anticlotting drug should avoid the use of a drug for gastroesophageal reflux disease, the Food and Drug Administration warned Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Plavix, Clopidogrel (generic), Medication, Prilosec, Omeprazole (generic), Stroke

The Post Chronicle

FDA Issues 22 Internet Warning Letters

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it has issued warnings to 22 operators of Web sites about the illegal sale of unapproved or misbranded drugs.

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Related Topix: Health

Bioscience Technology

AstraZeneca seeks Brilinta approval in US

AstraZeneca PLC said Thursday it has applied to U.S. regulators to market its blood clot preventer Brilinta, a potential new big seller for the company.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, AstraZeneca Group, Healthcare Industry

MSNBC

Senate panel passes food safety reform bill

A Senate committee passed legislation on Wednesday that would increase government oversight of the U.S. food supply, which has been battered by a series of high-profile recalls that have soured consumer confidence in the food safety system.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Food Science, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Christopher Dodd

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Judges: Seattle biotech can pursue $23M claim

Seattle biotechnology firm Cell Therapeutics Inc. can pursue claims for nearly $23 million against a former consultant, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Cell Therapeutics, Healthcare Industry, Healthcare Law, US News, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Freerepublic.com

FDA Bows To Pressure From Fans Of Raw Oysters

The FDA's proposal to treat raw oysters had sparked an outcry among diners. Legend has it that raw oysters are good for love - but they're also worth fighting over, as the Food and Drug Administration has learned.

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Related Topix: US Politics, David Vitter, US News, US Senate, Republican, New Orleans, LA, E. Coli, Health, Weather, Life, Food, Seafood

News-Medical.Net

Genentech submits sBLAs to the FDA for Avastin

Genentech, Inc., a wholly-owned member of the Roche Group , today announced that the company submitted two supplemental Biologics License Applications to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for AvastinA for the treatment of women who have not received chemotherapy for advanced HER2-negative breast cancer .

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Genentech, Healthcare Industry, Startups, Health, Breast Cancer, Xeloda, Capecitabine (generic), Medication

ABC News

Medtronic Gets FDA Warning on Heart Implant Unit

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2005, the "Rising Man" symbol stands in front of the Fridley, Minn., based... FILE - In this Aug.

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Related Topix: Medtronic, Medicine, Medical Equipment, Healthcare Industry, Fridley, MN

Newsday

Par Pharma gets FDA approval for generic Ultram ER

Par Pharmaceutical Co. said Monday it received marketing approval for a generic version of Johnson & Johnson 's extended-release chronic pain drug Ultram ER, and has started shipping the drug.

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Related Topix: Ultram, Tramadol (generic), Medicine, Medication, Health, Pain

Science Blog

Majority of Wyoming voters support new government oversight of food, Pew-commissioned poll finds

An overwhelming majority of Wyoming voters -- 88 percent -- support food safety legislation that would give the Food and Drug Administration new authority to ensure the food Americans eat does not make them sick, according to a new poll commissioned by the Pew Health Group and conducted by Hart Research and Public Opinion Strategies.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Food Science

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Drug Store News

FDA approves fifth H1N1 vaccine

ROCKVILLE,A Md. The Food and Drug Administration on Monday announced that it has approved a fifth vaccine for protection against the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus, this one manufactured by ID Biomedical of Quebec, Canada, which is owned by GlaxoSmithKline.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Influenza, Biotech, ID Biomedical, Healthcare Industry

WAFB-TV Baton Rouge

Qutenza approved for post-shingles nerve pain

The Qutenza skin patch has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat pain due to postherpetic neuralgia , the nerve pain that may follow shingles, drug maker NeurogesX said in a news release.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Shingles, Health

WNOL-TV New Orleans

FDA warns that heartburn drug Prilosec can block benefits of blood thinner Plavix

Federal health officials said Tuesday a popular heartburn medication can interfere with the blood thinner Plavix, a drug taken by millions of Americans to reduce risks of heart attack and stroke.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Plavix, Clopidogrel (generic), Medication, Heartburn, Health, Stroke, Biotech, Bristol Myers Squibb, Healthcare Industry

KXAM-TV Austin

Novartis: Lower vaccine dose sufficient

Pharmaceutical maker Novartis AG said Tuesday a U.S. clinical study suggests that half a dose of its swine flu vaccine may be sufficient to protect people from the virus and could allow many more to be immunized with current supplies.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Novartis, Medicine, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Influenza

HON

Lysteda Approved for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding

Tranexamic acid has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as the first non-hormonal drug to treat heavy menstrual bleeding, a medical condition called menorrhagia.

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Related Topix: Hemophilia, Health

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