Medications
FDA approves new nail fungus treatment
(HealthDay)—A new topical nail fungus treatment, Jublia, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Jun 12, 2014
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Medications
Drug-target database lets researchers match old drugs to new uses
There are thousands of drugs that silence many thousands of cancer-causing genetic abnormalities. Some of these drugs are in use now, but many of these drugs are sitting on shelves or could be used beyond the disease for ...
May 22, 2014
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Health
US states move to expand experimental drug use (Update)
Nick Auden didn't live to see the legislation, but the case of the Colorado melanoma patient who died while seeking access to an experimental drug helped inspire a first-of-its kind law.
May 17, 2014
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Medications
Sen. Joe Manchin seeks to block new painkiller
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin is calling on the government's top health official to overturn the approval of a powerful painkiller, arguing that the pill Zohydro could add to the national epidemic of prescription drug abuse.
Mar 11, 2014
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Medications
Endo gets US approval for long-acting testosterone (Update)
Drugmaker Endo Pharmaceuticals announced Thursday that it received U.S. approval for its long-acting testosterone injection Aveed, which joins a crowded field of hormone-boosting drugs aimed at aging American men.
Mar 6, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers discover new way to treat deadly childhood brain cancer
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from the University of Toronto's Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (LMP) have discovered a new way to effectively target a previously difficult-to-treat form of childhood brain ...
Feb 20, 2014
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Medications
New drug approvals from FDA declined in 2013
(AP)—The Food and Drug Administration approved fewer first-of-a-kind drugs in 2013 compared with 2012, when new drug approvals reached a 15-year high.
Jan 2, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
New drug, study method show breast cancer promise (Update 2)
A novel way to speed the testing of cancer drugs and quickly separate winners from duds has yielded its first big result: an experimental medicine that shows promise against a hard-to-treat form of breast cancer.
Dec 13, 2013
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HIV & AIDS
Drug design success propels efforts to fight HIV with a combination of two FDA-approved drugs
A University of Minnesota research team featuring researchers from the Institute for Molecular Virology, School of Dentistry and Center for Drug Design has developed a new delivery system for a combination of two FDA approved ...
Aug 30, 2013
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Medications
FDA approves first topical gel to ease redness of rosacea
(HealthDay)—Patients with the common skin condition rosacea can now turn to the first topical gel aimed at easing the redness that comes with the ailment.
Aug 27, 2013
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