Archive: 12/02/2016
UK competition authorities fine GSK $54.5 million
Britain's competition authority has fined drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline plc 37.6 million pounds ($54.5 million) for stalling the potential entry of generic competitors of an anti-depressant drug Seroxat into the marketplace.
Feb 12, 2016
New desktop sterilization device disinfects cell phones in just 10 minutes
Cell phones treated for just 10 minutes in a new desktop-sterilization device were fully rid of germs, including those that may be responsible for common skin infections, Weill Cornell Medicine researchers found in a new ...
Feb 12, 2016
WHO says will know if Zika causes microcephaly in weeks
The World Health Organization said Friday that it will know in a matter of weeks whether the Zika virus causes microcephaly and the severe neurological disorder Guillain-Barre syndrome.
Feb 12, 2016
Gene signature could lead to a new way of diagnosing Lyme
Researchers at UC San Francisco and Johns Hopkins may have found a new way to diagnose Lyme disease, based on a distinctive gene "signature" they discovered in white blood cells of patients infected with the tick-borne bacteria.
Feb 12, 2016