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New patent rules drive Indian drug firms to research
Nature.com - London,England,UK
... "Indian drug firms can survive only if they have new drugs in their intellectual property pipeline," says Sudhakar Bangera, head of clinical research of ...
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Painkiller panic
Town Hall - Washington,DC,USA
... he has done. Yet if zero risk from new drugs was really ideal, then it would be best to simply ban all new drugs. The FDA does not ...
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Indian Pharma in the pink in 2004
Sify - Delhi,India
... Besides launching new drugs in different segments throughout the year, the Indian pharma companies adopted the acquisition route to achieve faster growth. ...
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Drug gangs see new opportunity
Bangkok Post - Bangkok,Thailand
... Drug merchants are setting up new factories, and producing new drugs. The trend, according to experts in the field, is to produce ...
 

A dose of caution
Fort Worth Star Telegram (subscription) - Fort Worth,TX,USA
... In 1992, Congress passed the Prescription Drug User Fee Act, which expedited the process by which new drugs are tested and approved by the FDA. ...

 

Health Fitness slims down its debt
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) - Minneapolis,MN,USA
Health Fitness Corp., its performance and stock price moving into healthier territory, said Wednesday that it has paid back $2 million in debt to Bayview ...
 

Kansas City Star (subscription) - Kansas City,MO,USA
WASHINGTON - Wanted: Good doctors to analyze the health of terrorists and foreign leaders. Must pass polygraph and other "security procedures.". ...
 

Science Daily (press release) - USA
WASHINGTON -- Cumulative trauma during a person's lifetime can have an overall effect on health in one's later years, according to a study that examines the ...
 

TheStreet.com - USA
... to doctors for drugs administered to Medicare patients in their offices. While there already has been much discussion and investor reaction to the new Medicare ...
 

Cardiologist Criticizes Drug Ads Aimed at the Public
Los Angeles Times (subscription) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... Other leading academic researchers have suggested that new drugs should be subject to a trial period before they can be touted directly to patients. ...
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Teen obesity: the down side of anti-psychotic drugs
Seattle Times - Seattle,WA,USA
... As time passes, however, adverse effects also have emerged for these new drugs -- including a ravenous hunger that makes children badly overweight and ...
 

Granholm vetoes mental health agency bills, recycling legislation
Detroit Free Press - Detroit,MI,USA
(AP) -- Gov. Jennifer Granholm vetoed legislation Tuesday that would make the mental health agency for Detroit and Wayne County an independent authority. ...
 

Appointments full for Johnson County Health Department flu shots
Kansas City Star (subscription) - Kansas City,MO,USA
Appointments for flu shots at the Johnson County Health Department's Mission clinic have been filled, a department spokeswoman said today. ...