Patients with advanced kidney cancer and gastrointestinal stromal tumours in British Columbia will be the first in Canada to benefit from coverage for the medication Sutent (sunitinib) or Nexavar (sorafenib), announced Health Minister George Abbott today.
The Province has allocated the $100-million Health Innovation Fund to British Columbia?s six health authorities, announced Health Minister George Abbott today.
Health Canada is reminding Canadians and health care professionals that lancing devices must be used as directed in order to minimize the risk of transmitting blood-borne pathogens, including hepatitis B, hepatitis C. and HIV.
The UK High Court ruled that the process which resulted in Alzheimer’s drugs being restricted on the NHS was generally fair.
Abbott has received a supplemental Premarket Approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its recently introduced RealTime HIV-1 viral load test.
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (NYSE:WYE), and Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced the receipt of an action letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in response to the New Drug Application (NDA) for bifeprunox, an atypical antipsychotic that was reviewed for the acute treatment of schizophrenia, as well as the maintenance of stable adult patients.
With the arrival of August, back-to-school shopping is replacing trips to the park or pool. But it’s still important to replace those almost-empty sunscreen bottles, according to a University of Iowa dermatologist.
Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY, TSX: SHQ) the global specialty biopharmaceutical company welcomes the decision of Judge Linda Dobbs in the Judicial Review that the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) Appraisal Committee acted unlawfully by not having due regard to anti-discriminatory legislation in the formulation of their Guidance, potentially resulting in discrimination against mild patients with learning or language difficulties.
Weather conditions permitting, spraying to control adult mosquito populations will be conducted during the evening hours on Tuesday, Aug. 14, in Bristol and Bensalem townships, Bucks County.
A new study suggests that women with chronic issues with their body image are more likely to benefit from an exercise class where the instructor emphasizes the health benefits of the workout over improved appearance, even if those women chose the class in hopes of improving their physique.