Archive: 24/10/2012
EU ex-health commissioner to challenge ouster
Former EU health commissioner John Dalli on Wednesday vowed to issue a legal challenge to Brussels following his forced resignation over a tobacco-linked influence-peddling fraud probe.
Oct 24, 2012
Medical studies with striking results often prove false
If a medical study seems too good to be true, it probably is, according to a new analysis.
Oct 24, 2012
Researchers uncover new target for cancer research
In a new paper released today in Nature, BioFrontiers Institute scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder, Tom Cech and Leslie Leinwand, detailed a new target for anti-cancer drug development that is sitting at the ...
Oct 24, 2012
Global 'war on drugs' a failure, future in regulation, prevention: experts
The Global Commission on Drug Policy (GCDP), a new international lobby group for liberalisation, called Wednesday for what it termed the failed war on drugs to be replaced by policies oriented to regulation and prevention.
Oct 24, 2012
Italy, Switzerland, Austria freeze sales of Novartis flu vaccines
Italian, Swiss and Austrian authorities on Wednesday halted the sale of flu vaccines made by Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis.
Oct 24, 2012