Category: Pharmaceuticals
5 latest treatments for diabetes
The following are the five new medical options that enhance blood glucose control for people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. Consult with your doctor before taking any of these drugs. Treatment: Exenatide injection (Byetta®) What it is: BYETTA […]
Single dose of vaccine may prevent cervical cancer
A single vaccine shot, rather than the recommended triple dose, may be enough to protect women against cervical cancer, a study said on Wednesday. If further work validates the findings, there could be major gains for campaigns to vaccinate young […]
‘Female Viagra’ gets green light from US expert panel
A US advisory panel on Thursday urged regulators to approve a drug nicknamed the “female Viagra” because it could help increase women’s sex drive. If the US Food and Drug Administration gives flibanserin the go-ahead, it would be the first […]
Celldex vaccine helps brain cancer patients live longer: study
Adding an experimental Celldex Therapeutics Inc vaccine that enlists the immune system to fight cancer to standard therapy helped patients with the deadliest type of brain cancer live longer, according to data from a midstage trial presented on Sunday. In […]
Cancer drug combination ‘shrinks 60% of melanomas
A pair of cancer drugs can shrink tumours in nearly 60% of people with advanced melanoma, a new trial has suggested. An international trial on 945 patients found treatment with ipilimumab and nivolumab stopped the cancer advancing for nearly a […]
The drugs you are taking may be fake
Many of us have a strong faith in the power of modern medicine. We go to the doctor or pharmacist, get the prescribed pills, take them religiously and expect to be cured of whatever ails us. Oftentimes, this faith is justified, […]
Illegal aphrodisiacs and diet pills uncovered: Taiwan FDA
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Those who take aphrodisiacs or diet pills should be extremely careful as according to the Food and Drug Administration yesterday morning, over 25 per cent of Chinese medicines inspected were found to illegally contain chemical compounds. FDA […]
China puts new lupus drug to clinical tests
BEIJING – Chinese researchers are submitting a new drug for lupus to clinical trials, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) said on Wednesday. The new drug SM934, a water-soluble artemisinin derivative, has been approved by the China Food and Drug […]
Pharmaceutical groups punished for misleading ads
BEIJING – Thirty enterprises have been banned from advertising products as they continued to publish “severely illegal” adverts despite multiple warnings, the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) said Monday. The advertisements — involving 33 products ranging from capsules, medical […]
GSK and U.S. experts team up to find AIDs cure
Britain’s GlaxoSmithKline, which decided last week to retain rather than float off its HIV drugs business, is to collaborate with U.S. scientists in developing a cure for AIDS. Until recently, many researchers were reluctant to even discuss the possibility of […]
