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34 min ago | WHAS-TV Louisville

FDA clears Eli Lilly's blood thinner Effient

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a highly anticipated blood thinner from Eli Lilly, though the drug must carry the agency's sternest warning because of its bleeding risks.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Eli Lilly, Healthcare Industry, Plavix, Clopidogrel (generic), Medication, Stroke, Health

4 hrs ago | Express India

Ranbaxy recalls skin infection drug

New Delhi: Princeton-based US subsidiary of the largest India-based drug maker, Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd, has voluntarily recalled a single batch of skin infection drug Sotret Isotretinoin capsules of 40mg strength from the US market.

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Related Topix: World News, India, Princeton, NJ

9 hrs ago | C-Health

Health Canada probing potential link between diabetes drug and cancer

Health Canada is investigating the diabetes drug Lantus after research suggested there may be an increased risk of developing various types of cancer among those taking the medication.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Lantus, Insulin Glargine (generic), Medication, Diabetes, Health, Insulin (generic), Humulin, Novolin

13 hrs ago | Medical News Today

Lilly Receives Fourth FDA Approval For ALIMTA(R) - First...

Lilly Receives Fourth FDA Approval For ALIMTA - First Chemotherapy Approved As Maintenance Therapy For Nonsquamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Main Category: Lung Cancer Also Included In: Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals Article Date: 08 Jul 2009 - 1:00 PDT Eli Lilly and Company announced it received a fourth approval from the U.S. Food and Drug ...

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Biotech, Medicine, Eli Lilly, Healthcare Industry, Health

Thu Jul 09, 2009

Effingham Herald

FDA creates database of products involved in Plainview Milk recall

For a list of some of the products that have been recalled click here . news@effinghamherald.net The Food and Drug Administration has created a searchable database of products connected to the Plainview Milk Products Cooperative recall.

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WIS-TV Columbia

New drug fights anthrax toxin

Scientists report that experiments in animals show that a new, monoclonal antibody drug might safely cure anthrax poisoning in humans.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Human Genome Sciences, Healthcare Industry, Healthcare Law, Law, University of Rochester, Immunology, Biology, Science

KHWB-TV Houston

Lab finds arthritis supplements for pets sometimes skimp on ingredients, contain lead

Chart shows pet supplement sales in the U.S. Arthritis supplements bought by millions of pet owners for their dogs, cats and horses sometimes skimp on the ingredients the makers claim can help aching paws and aging joints, and some contain high amounts of lead, an independent laboratory found.

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National Post

Health Canada, FDA warn of swine flu scams

A technician works in the inoculation area during preparations to produce vaccines for the H1N1 flu virus at a lab in Wuhan, Hubei province.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Medicine, Influenza, World News, China, Marketing

Med Ad News

Pharmasset Nominates PSI-938 as a New Nucleotide Analog Inhibitor of...

Pharmasset, Inc. announced today the nomination of PSI-352938 as a lead development candidate from two series of purine analogs for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus infection.

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Related Topix: Pharmaceuticals, Pharmasset, Hepatitis, Medicine, Health, Healthcare Law, Law

Drug Store News

George Washington University professor appointed senior adviser to FDA commissioner

ROCKVILLE,A Md. A research professor from George Washington University will become senior adviser to Food and Drug Administration commissioner Margaret Hamburg, the agency announced Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, George Washington University, Food Science

Wed Jul 08, 2009

MediLexicon

New Drug Application For Exenatide Once Weekly Accepted For Review By FDA

Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., , Eli Lilly and Company and Alkermes, Inc. announced that the New Drug Application for exenatide once weekly has been accepted for review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration .

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare Industry, Alkermes, Eli Lilly, Diabetes, Health, Life, Food, Nutrition

Triangle Business Journal

FDA puts Biogen Idec multiple sclerosis drug on Fast Track

The Biogen Idec sign welcomes visitors to the company's RTP operations. View Larger A multiple sclerosis drug being developed by Biogen Idec has won Fast Track designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration opening the door for a quicker trip through the approval process.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Biotech, Biogen Idec, Medicine, Multiple Sclerosis, Health, Avonex, Interferon Beta-1a (generic), Medication

Kansas City Star

Stricter labeling urged for bottled water

Consumers know less about the water they pay dearly for in bottles than what they can drink almost for free from the tap because the two are regulated differently, congressional investigators and nonprofit researchers say in new reports.Both the Government Accountability Office and the Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit research and advocacy ...

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Life, Food, Nutrition, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Bart Stupak, Democrat

Macon Area Online

Action on food safety

Tue Jul 7, 2009 6:13am EDT - Workers process farmed salmon in a plant at Acuinova Chile, located in Puerto Chacabuco, which lies 1,625 km south of the capital Santiago February 28, 2009.

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Related Topix: Food Science

Mass High Tech

Shire to offer alternative to shelved Genzyme drug

Shire plc has filed a treatment protocol with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for velaglucerase alfa, its enzyme replacement therapy in development for the treatment of Gaucher Disease.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Shire plc, Medicine, Genzyme General, Healthcare Industry

Tue Jul 07, 2009

Macon Area Online

FDA cracks down on eggs

Tue Jul 7, 2009 6:22pm EDT - Eggs are processed at an egg farm in San Diego County in this picture taken July 29, 2008.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Food Science

GlobeNewswire

King and Pain Therapeutics Announce REMOXY(r) NDA Update

King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Pain Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that on July 2, 2009, King met with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to discuss the Complete Response Letter regarding the New Drug Application for REMOXY .

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Related Topix: Pain Therapeutics, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Startups, King Pharmaceuticals, OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone (generic), Medication, Marketing

KLEW-TV Lewiston

FDA orders stronger overdose warnings for Darvocet

The government is letting the painkillers Darvocet, Darvon and their generic cousins stay on the market but ordered stronger warnings against deadly overdoses.

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Gouverneur Times

Gov't Tightening Food Safety Standards

A food safety panel established by President Barack Obama developed the new rules for eggs, poultry, beef, leafy greens, melons and tomatoes as well as for better coordination and communication among the agencies overseeing the nation's food supply.

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Related Topix: Food Science, E. Coli, Health, Agriculture, Science

Crain's Detroit Business

Caraco Pharmaceutical to lay off 350 employees

Detroit-based Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories said today it will lay off 350 employees - more than half of its 650 workers - for an indefinite time after the Food and Drug Administration ordered the seizure of more than 30 generic drugs and related ingredients because of unresolved manufacturing problems.

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Related Topix: Detroit, MI, Detroit Metro, Biotech, Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare Industry

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