News tagged with pharmaceutical industry
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Patient preference doesn't affect chemo in advanced CRC
(HealthDay)—For patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), most patients are treated with chemotherapy, even if they express negative or marginal preferences, according to a study published online ...
Cancer
Sep 21, 2012 |
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New guidelines issued for pediatric fever and neutropenia
(HealthDay)—New evidence-based guidelines have been compiled on the management of fever and and neutropenia (FN) in children with cancer and/or who are undergoing hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation; ...
Cancer
Sep 19, 2012 |
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Can disclosure hurt the translation of research?
All major clinical trials now include disclosures detailing who funded the study to ensure transparency. However, is it possible that this transparency is actually hurting research? One might assume that the methodological ...
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Sep 19, 2012 |
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10 drugmakers team up to improve testing process
(AP)—Pharmaceutical industry heavyweights are teaming up to address a challenge that's long vexed drugmakers: how to improve the way experimental drugs are tested so they can get approved, and reach patients, faster.
Medications
Sep 19, 2012 |
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Prolonged dexamethasone cuts delayed nausea after chemo
(HealthDay) -- Adding dexamethasone to prochlorperazine on days two and three, following palonosetron and dexamethasone on day one, reduces delayed nausea (DN) in patients receiving chemotherapy containing ...
Cancer
Aug 22, 2012 |
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Reasons for discontinuation vary by psoriasis treatment
(HealthDay) -- The reasons for discontinuation of commonly used treatments for psoriasis vary by treatment, according to a study published online July 30 in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 10, 2012 |
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Nonoperative approach feasible in advanced colon cancer
(HealthDay) -- Treating patients with surgically unresectable metastatic colon cancer and an asymptomatic intact primary tumor with bevacizumab and infusional fluorouracil, leucovorin, and oxaliplatin (mFOLFOX6) ...
Cancer
Aug 09, 2012 |
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Innovation crisis in drug research is a myth, warn experts
They say the real crisis stems from current incentives that reward companies for developing large numbers of new drugs with few clinical advantages over existing ones.
Medications
Aug 07, 2012 |
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Taxane-induced neuropathy not tied to breast cancer outcome
(HealthDay) -- For patients with operable breast cancer, peripheral neuropathy due to adjuvant taxane therapy does not correlate with improved outcomes, according to research published online July 30 in the ...
Cancer
Aug 02, 2012 |
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Short/long-term analyses deem etanercept safe for psoriasis
(HealthDay) -- Etanercept treatment is well tolerated for psoriasis, with no indication of dose-related or cumulative toxicity in short- or long-term analyses, according to a study published in the August ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 29, 2012 |
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GlaxoSmithKline to pay $3 billion for health fraud
(AP) — GlaxoSmithKline LLC will pay $3 billion and plead guilty to promoting two popular drugs for unapproved uses and to failing to disclose important safety information on a third in the largest health ...
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Jul 02, 2012 |
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Hep B screening urged before TNF-alpha inhibitor therapy
(HealthDay) -- All patients with psoriasis should be screened for hepatitis B surface antigen and hepatitis B core antibody prior to the initiation of tumor necrosis factor-alpha inhibitor therapy, according ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 01, 2012 |
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New stable antibodies created
(Medical Xpress) -- Australian scientists have overcome one of the most pressing problems facing the pharmaceutical industry – how to create antibodies that are stable enough to meet stringent requirements necessary ...
Medications
Jun 29, 2012 |
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Scientists explain how they created bird flu that spreads easily among mammals
Scientists have created versions of the H5N1 bird flu that spread easily among mammals through droplets in sneezes and have concluded that the deadly virus could trigger a global pandemic in humans.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 22, 2012 |
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Many psoriasis patients undertreated for CV risk factors
(HealthDay) -- A large proportion of patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis are underdiagnosed and undertreated for cardiovascular (CV) risk factors, according to a study published in the July issue ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 22, 2012 |
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