Medication

Medication

• Glaxo, US partnering to develop new antibiotics

  GlaxoSmithKline PLC says it's starting an unusual collaboration with the U.S. government to develop several antibiotics for both bioterrorism threats ... 

• US approves radiation-based prostate cancer drug

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new injectable drug that uses radiation to treat advanced prostate cancer that has spread to the ... 

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  Study: Fish oil's work vs. heart attacks limited

  Eating fish is good for your heart, but taking fish oil capsules does not help people at high risk of heart problems who are already taking medicines ... 

• US device will screen for fake medicines overseas

  U.S. health officials are making a high-tech screening device available in Africa to help spot counterfeit malaria pills in hopes that the technology ... 

• US panel backs inhaler drug for lung disease

  A panel of U.S. respiratory experts voted Wednesday in favor of approving an experimental inhaler drug from GlaxoSmithKline and Theravance for ... 

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  Severe US flu season helped Roche's Q1 sales

  Strong sales of new cancer drugs and a severe U.S. flu season helped lift first-quarter revenue at Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG by 6 percent. 

• US approves new multiple sclerosis capsules

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it approved a new drug from Biogen Idec to control multiple sclerosis in adults with ... 

• AstraZeneca settles legal dispute with Watson

  Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has settled a patent dispute with Watson Laboratories, Inc., removing a threat against its ... 

• Many UK doctors give useless drugs, treatments

  More than three-quarters of British doctors prescribe a treatment they know probably won't work at least once a week, like low-dose drugs, vitamins, ... 

• FIFA fears abuse of anti-inflammatory medicine

  The abuse of anti-inflammatory medicine by football players is a bigger problem facing the sport than doping, FIFA medical chief Michel D'Hooghe said ... 

• US probes new pancreas risks with diabetes drugs

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is looking into new evidence that suggests a group of recently approved diabetes drugs can increase the risk of ... 

• US panel sees risk in long-used osteoporosis drug

  A panel of U.S. government health experts says a long-established bone strengthening drug should no longer be used by women because there is little ... 

• FDA expands approval of Bayer cancer drug

  The Food and Drug Administration on Monday expanded approval of a Bayer cancer pill to treat tumors of the intestinal tract that don't respond to ... 

• US approves new targeted breast cancer drug

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a first-of-a-kind breast cancer medication that targets tumor cells while sparing healthy ones. 

• Medical marijuana approved in Czech Republic

  Czech President Vaclav Klaus has signed into law legislation that makes it legal in the Czech Republic to use marijuana for medical treatment. 

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  Study: Fish in drug-tainted water suffer reaction

  What happens to fish that swim in waters tainted by traces of drugs that people take? When it's an anti-anxiety drug, they become hyper, anti-social ... 

• Novo Nordisk says FDA rejects insulin drugs

  Novo Nordisk AS says the Food and Drug Administration rejected its applications for approval of once-per-day insulin drugs to treat diabetes. 

• US warns of new fake batch of cancer drug Avastin

  The Food and Drug Administration is warning U.S. doctors about another counterfeit version of the cancer drug Avastin, the third case involving the ... 

• AstaZeneca in patent warning as net profit falls

  Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca PLC warned over expiring patents on its medicines as the company announced a 37 percent fall in ... 

• Czech lower house approves medical marijuana

  PRAGUE (AP) —Parliament's upper house has approved legislation that makes it legal in the Czech Republic to use marijuana for medical treatment. 

• Cancer drugs give Roche a 2012 profit boost

  Growing demand for its cancer medicines and diagnostic tests used by clinical laboratories helped Swiss drug maker Roche Holding AG post a modest 2. 

• UK considers preventative drugs for breast cancer

  Britain's National Health Service may soon offer women at high risk of developing breast cancer drugs normally used to treat the disease as a ... 

• Germany's Merck suffers setback with cancer drug

  German pharmaceutical company Merck KgaA says a late stage trial of a new lung cancer drug has failed to meet expectations. The company, based in ... 

• Amgen buying deCODE Genetics for $415 million

  Biotech pioneer Amgen Inc., in a bid for a big edge in using people's genetic information to find better ways to attack diseases, is buying human ...