Medications
Glaxo recalls flu vaccine due to potency problem
GlaxoSmithKline is recalling remaining doses of a popular four-in-one flu vaccine because of effectiveness problems.
Apr 17, 2015
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Medications
Britain to offer all infants meningitis B vaccine
Britain says it will become the first country to offer all babies a vaccine for potentially fatal meningitis B after it reached a price deal with GlaxoSmithKline PLC.
Mar 29, 2015
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Two experimental Ebola vaccines appear safe says US agency
Two experimental Ebola vaccines, tested in Liberia on more than 600 people in a phase 2 clinical trial appear to be safe, the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) said Thursday.
Mar 27, 2015
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Medications
Nonprescription diet pill alli back in stores after recall
(AP)—GlaxoSmithKline's diet pill, alli (ow-LEYE'), is now back in most U.S. stores.
Feb 25, 2015
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Other
Drugs giant GSK says net profits plummet in 2014
GlaxoSmithKline's net profits almost halved last year, hit partly by a large Chinese fine following a bribery probe, the British drugmaker said Wednesday.
Feb 4, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Two leading Ebola vaccines appear safe, further tests starting (Update)
The World Health Organization says the two leading Ebola vaccines appear safe and will soon be tested in healthy volunteers in West Africa.
Jan 9, 2015
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Medications
British drugmaker cutting hundreds of US jobs
Hundreds of British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline's 17,000 U.S.-based employees will lose their jobs by the end of next year under the pharmaceutical industry's latest restructuring.
Dec 4, 2014
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Neuroscience
Obama's BRAIN initiative gets more than $300 million
President Barack Obama's initiative to study the brain and improve treatment of conditions like Alzheimer's and autism was given a boost Tuesday with the announcement of more than $300 million in funds.
Oct 1, 2014
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Inflammatory disorders
ERS: Mepolizumab is glucocorticoid-sparing in asthma
(HealthDay)—For patients with eosinophilic asthma, mepolizumab has a glucocorticoid-sparing effect and reduces exacerbations when administered intravenously or subcutaneously, according to two studies published online Sept. ...
Sep 9, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Ebola vaccine trials being fast-tracked: researchers (Update)
Safety trials on an Ebola vaccine are being fast-tracked, meaning it could be given to healthy volunteers as early as September, researchers said Thursday.
Aug 28, 2014
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