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Britain's GlaxoSmithKline pulls application to sell enlarged prostate drug for blocking cancer
Trenton :: NJ :: USA | 2 days ago
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British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline PLC says it's withdrawing its application for U.S. approval of a drug to prevent prostate cancer. The drug is already sold under the name Avodart, for treating symptoms of an enlarged prostate. The company was seeking...
Tags: GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Trenton, Prostate cancer, Andrology, Cancer, Prostate, Benign prostatic hyperplasia, Urology, Dutasteride, GlaxoSmithKline, Health Medical Pharma
Severe reactions to swine flu vaccine: WHO
Toronto :: Canada | 2 days ago
Credibility Abraham said, however, that the WHO had not changed its recommendations regarding swine flu vaccines. Last week, the WHO said checks on many of the 30 deaths recorded following mass pandemic flu vaccinations had so far ruled out a direct link to the vaccines.
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Nabi, Glaxo Agree Nicotine Vaccine Licensing Deal
London :: United Kingdom | 9 days ago
Credibility Nabi Biopharmaceuticals and a division of GlaxoSmithKline said Monday they have entered an option and licensing agreement over an investigational vaccine for the treatment of nicotine addiction. GlaxoSmithKline will pay Nabi an upfront fee of $40 million...
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Lupus Drug Shows Promise in New Trial
Tel Aviv :: Israel | 23 days ago
Credibility Human Genome Sciences said early Monday that its experimental drug to treat lupus was effective in its second big clinical trial, raising the chances that the first new treatment for the disease in more than 40 years will make it to market. Doctors,...
Tags: Human Genome Sciences Inc., lupus drug, Benlysta, GlaxoSmithKline Plc, GlaxoSmithKline PLC, drug benlysta, phase iii, experimental lupus, clinical trial
Stocks tumble on US jitters
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago
Credibility THE London market followed Wall Street lower yesterday amid further nervousness over prospects for economic recovery...The disappointing finish followed a brighter start to the session given by Asian markets, which found new impetus after South Korea's...
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SuperGen, GlaxoSmithKline Sign Collaboration Deal
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago
Credibility SuperGen Inc. said it has signed a multi-year collaboration deal with GlaxoSmithKline to discover and develop cancer therapeutics based on epigenetic targets. SuperGen will progress candidate compounds through to early clinical proof of concept. GlaxoSmithKline...
Tags: SuperGen Inc., GlaxoSmithKline Plc, collaboration deal
U.S. approves Glaxo's cervical cancer vaccine
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility GlaxoSmithKline PLC won U.S. approval on Friday to sell a long-delayed vaccine against the virus that causes cervical cancer. The British company's Cervarix vaccine will compete with Merck & Co's blockbuster Gardasil shot. Both injections provide protection...
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Al Jazeera: Understanding the H1N1 vaccine
Madrid :: Spain | about 1 month ago
Credibility The H1N1 virus is a pandemic but at the moment it is still less deadly than the normal seasonal flu...Now a Japanese teenager has been found carrying a version of the virus that's resistant to treatment by Tamiflu, one of a handful of drugs used for the...
Tags: GlaxoSmithKline PLC
The great swine flu mystery
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago
Credibility At least that is how some describe the drug industry's expected windfall from the swine flu pandemic as it prepares to cash in on what could be the most widespread winter flu season for a generation. The H1N1 outbreak will certainly be good news for...
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"Substantial" toxicity with PegIntron use: FDA staff
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Schering-Plough Corp's injectable drug PegIntron carries "substantial toxicity" and had no effect on overall survival in melanoma skin cancer patients undergoing surgery, U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff reviewers said in documents released on...
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