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Efficacy Defined
The ability of a drug to control or cure an illness.
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Dicked Over
Published August 27, 2008, 4:35 pm, Washington City Paper
"I was very, very, very active sexually," says the 68-year-old. Active, that is, until August 1994, when he had a penile implant installed to treat a rare erectile problem.
Experimental RNA drug may cause blindness
Published August 27, 2008, 3:47 pm, Nature
Caution needed in clinical trials, scientists urge.
Takeda's Velcade Found Better Than Standard Blood-Cancer Drug
Published August 27, 2008, 3:27 pm, Bloomberg.com
Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. 's Velcade helped keep the blood cancer multiple myeloma at bay in newly diagnosed patients longer than standard therapy alone did, a study in tomorrow's New England Journal of Medicine found.
Stem Cell Therapeutics Corp. Announces Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results
Published August 27, 2008, 3:17 pm, Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance
Stem Cell Therapeutics Corp. today announced its financial results for the period ended June 30, 2008.
Gleevec receives FDA priority review for gastrointestinal stromal tumors after surgery
Published August 27, 2008, 3:12 pm, News-Medical-Net
Novartis has announced that Gleevec (imatinib mesylate) tablets, (known as Glivec (imatinib) outside the US, Canada and Israel), has been granted priority review status by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as the first therapy to be reviewed for use after surgery in kit-positive gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST).
NexMed shares plunge on move to nix product filing
Published August 27, 2008, 2:35 pm, INO News
(AP:NEW YORK) Shares of drug developer NexMed Inc. plunged Wednesday after the company said its development partner, Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis AG, will not ask for regulatory approval of a developing nail fungus treatment.
Another Storm Brewing For Vytorin
Published August 27, 2008, 2:12 pm, Forbes
Data on whether it causes cancer are set to be released next week.
New England Journal of Medicine Publishes Phase III Results of VELCADE(R) (Bortezomib) for Injection in Previously ...
Published August 27, 2008, 2:00 pm, PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company today announced the publication of results from the 682 patient, randomized, Phase III VISTA trial in this week's edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Enrollment Complete in 15-Year Long-Term Follow-Up Study Evaluating Impact of AVONEX(R) in Patients with Relapsing ...
Published August 27, 2008, 1:44 pm, Centre Daily Times
Biogen Idec today announced that enrollment is complete in the ASSURANCE trial, a long-term follow-up study which will assess up to 15 years of AVONEX(R) (interferon beta-1a) treatment in an effort to provide detailed data on the long term efficacy of the drug. ASSURANCE is a multi-center, open-label follow-up study of patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS) treated with AVONEX or ...
Enrollment Complete in 15-Year Long-Term Follow-Up Study Evaluating Impact of AVONEX(R) in Patients with Relapsing ...
Published August 27, 2008, 1:30 pm, wallstreet:online AG
Biogen Idec today announced that enrollment is complete in the ASSURANCE trial, a long-term follow-up
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Tue Aug 19
- NextBio: Comparative effects of ivabradine, a selective heart rate-lowering agent, and propranolol on systemic and cardiac haemodynamics at rest and during exercise.: ivabradine, a selective heart rate-lowering agent, decreased myocardial oxygen demand to the same extent as a reference beta-blocker, propranolol, but without evidence of depressant effect on cardiac function.
- Long-term safety and efficacy of ivabradine in patients with chronic stable angina.
- Ivabradine is Best Avoided in Stable Angina...: Ivabradine is metabolised by cytochrome P450 isoenzyme CYP 3A4; there is therefore a potentially high risk of pharmacokineti c interactions.
- Drinking fruit juice can make common prescription drugs almost 'useless'. Timing is everything but like most things, antioxidants and other compounds are not simple. Nor is their absence.: "Professo r Bailey, of the University of Western Ontario in Canada, said: 'The concern is loss of benefit of medications essential for the treatment of serious medications. 039; Drugs so far shown to be weakened by grapefruit, orange and apple juices include the blood pressure-lower ing beta blockers atenolol, celiprolol, and talinolol and the hay fever treatment fexofenadine. The popular antibiotic ciprofloxacin is also affected, as are the cancer drug etoposide and a drug given to prevent transplanted organs being rejected." ;
Thu Aug 14
- Effect of membrane sweeping at term pregnancy on d...[Gynecol Obstet Invest. 2006] - PubMed Result
- Online learning results mixed, 'messy' | argusleader.co m | Argus Leader
- Quackwatch
Wed Aug 6
- Some Reasons Why You Should Support the National Anti-Vaccinati on League - Wikisource: compulsion and ineffective
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