Roche announces several new research initiatives to further study the use of Tamiflu against the evolving H5N1 avian influenza virus and outlined the future production strategy for Tamiflu.
Solvay announced that its dossier for intravenous tedisamil (intended brand name: PULZIUM? IV), a new chemical entity coming from Solvay Pharmaceuticals R&D laboratories, has been filed for approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as well as by the authorities of European U nion countries.
Janssen-Cilag International NV announced that the Committee for Human Medicinal Products (CHMP) in the European U nion, has granted a positive opinion recommending approval of INVEGA? (paliperidone prolonged release tablets). INVEGA? is a new, once-daily, prolonged release oral medication, for the treatment of schizophrenia.
?”Children are like snowflakes, each one different, each one needing a different biomedical intervention,” said Shelley Reynolds of Unlocking Autism. ?”What makes treating autism difficult is that each combination to unlock each person affected is so unique.” As a result of advocacy efforts, the U.S. Congress provided $7.5 million in appropriations directed to the Department of Defense to initiate the Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Program in 2007.
Despite the potential for conflict of interest, virtually all practicing physicians in the U.S. have some form of relationship with pharmaceutical manufacturers but the nature and extent of those relationships vary, depending on the kind of practice, medical specialty, patient mix, and professional activities, reports a study in the April 26 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
A simple modification in an anti-cancer treatment currently in clinical trials substantially improves the drug?s effectiveness and reduces side effects in experiments with laboratory mice, researchers are reporting in an article scheduled for the May 16 edition of ACS? Bioconjugate Chemistry, a bi-monthly journal.
Allergy season is here, and over-the-counter allergy medications are flying off the shelves. But did you know that mixing certain allergy medications with other medicines can have hazardous effects on your health?
Alcohol dependence (AD) is more common among partners of alcoholics than among partners of non-alcoholics. A new study examines two kinds of spousal similarity for influence on AD risk: assortative mating (like marries like), and reciprocal spousal interaction (an individual?s behavior directly influences his/her spouse?s behavior).
German researchers have found a natural component of human blood that block the HIV virus from infecting cells, and would be more potent to fight the HIV virus.
HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt released for display in the Federal Register the Department’s new roadmap for developing and purchasing medical countermeasures against a host of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) threats.