Medications
FDA OKs Merck drug, first in new cancer drug class (Update)
Merck & Co. on Thursday won the first U.S. approval for a new kind of cancer drug with big advantages over chemotherapy and other older cancer treatments.
Sep 4, 2014
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Medications
FDA approves new sleeping drug from Merck (Update)
Merck & Co. Inc. has won federal approval for a new type of sleeping pill designed to help people with insomnia stay asleep.
Aug 13, 2014
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Medications
Review of ADHD drug approvals highlights gaps between approval process, long-term safety assessment
Over the last 60 years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved 20 medications for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) based on clinical trials that were not designed to study their long-term efficacy ...
Jul 9, 2014
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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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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
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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Medications
Africa hopes to speed up medicine approval systems
Bringing a new medicine to market in Africa requires 54 separate applications to each country on the continent, a time-intensive process that could be costing lives. African leaders are now trying to move toward a regional ...
Jun 8, 2013
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