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Pfizer Lifted By FDA Statements, New Drugs
Forbes - USA
... benefits and its decision not to remove the drugs from the market are encouraging for the company." The research firm also said Pfizer's "new product outlook ...

A round-up of new drugs, devices in '04
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
Here are a few of the major prescription and over-the-counter drugs and medical devices introduced this year that may help you or ... Have a safe and happy new year ...

THE RIGHT ROAD TO SAFE DRUGS
New York Post - New York,NY,USA
... But the added cost and delay will deny people with serious illness access to new drugs, denying them the chance of living fuller and longer lives. ...
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Drug majors fail in core business
Deepika - India
... Meanwhile, they have tried to offset their weakness in creating profitable new drugs with aggressive marketing campaigns to doctors and patients for existing ...
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Myths and fallacies about high prices
Financial Express - New Delhi,India
... After 2005, the number of new drugs receiving patent protection will only be a handful, since only those invented after 1995 can get a patent in India. ...
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There is no substitute to living healthy lifestyle
Troy Record - Troy,NY,USA
... the money on research and development that they shell out on commercials touting their products, maybe strong follow up testing of their new drugs would have ...

Health service directors named ahead of merger
ABC Online - Australia
Health services from Bathurst to Broken Hill will be administered under the one amalgamated organisation later this week. From Saturday ...

Social Factors, Health Status Predict Depression in Heart Failure ...
Medscape (subscription) - USA
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Dec 27 - Social factors and health status predict the onset of depression in patients with heart failure, the results of a study ...

Health accounts gain popularity
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - Atlanta,GA,USA
... feels is a winning insurance combination. Tindall, 34, and his wife had no health insurance before last year. But he now has a family ...

In health field, flu shot should not be optional
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - Atlanta,GA,USA
... One key group on the priority list is health care workers with patient contact. However, to date, despite long-standing CDC recommendations ...

Health care burden lighter than expected
MSNBC - USA
Employers in upstate New York were not surprised to see the cost of health benefits rise again in 2004, but at least some of them may have have been pleasantly ...

Just say `no' to new drugs
Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
... Here's the problem: Most brand-name drugs are new drugs, and new drugs are not being adequately tested for safety. Don't take my ...

What do you believe when drug messages conflict?
USA Today - USA
... Some large insurers already do that, placing most new drugs in a category that either requires prior approval before a prescription is written or requires that ...
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Banning a drug carrying some risk is not always best prescription
USA Today - USA
... Dec. 20: A study links Aleve (naproxen) to increased cardiac risk. The Vioxx debacle exposed a much larger danger: The FDA's monitoring of new drugs is inept. ...
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Health in 2005: What May Come
CBS News - USA
... and the dawn of implantable contact lenses to a scaling back of the low-carb craze, a beefing up of basic physical fitness, and an influx of new drugs to treat ...

Vioxx Backlash Could Derail Future of Medicine
The Heartland Institute - Chicago,IL,USA
... patients earlier in the development process. Faster and more efficient drug development will mean lower drug prices for new drugs. ...

India accedes to pressure over generic drugs
Taipei Times - Taipei,Taiwan
... As of Jan. 1 international patenting regulations will apply, with all new drugs appearing on the market protected for 20 years. ...

FDA needs a dose of ethics, common sense
Cheboygan Daily Tribune (subscription) - Cheboygan,MI,USA
... Also, more than one-third of those scientists had some doubts about the process for approving new drugs. The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, GOP Sen. ...

Klein pushes private health care option
The Globe and Mail (subscription) - Toronto,ON,Canada
Edmonton -- Premier Ralph Klein says Albertans should be given the opportunity to purchase elective health services in the province rather than have to go out ...

Appointments announced for new health service
ABC Online - Australia
Three executive appointments have been announced for the new Greater Southern Area Health Service, which comes into effect on January 1. ...

Health is wealth
Economic Times - New Delhi,India
Family first Cholamandalam General Insurance's family health plan is bundled with life cover too medical insurance is a must for everyone. ...

Indonesian Health Ministry says 1,873 killed by tsunami
Xinhua - Beijing,China
... At least 1,873 people have beenkilled by a powerful tsunami triggered by a massive earthquake that hit parts of Indonesia on Sunday, the Health Ministry said. ...

Electronic Health Network head named
Galveston County Daily News - Galveston,TX,USA
... at the University of Texas Medical Branch have named Dr. Glenn Hammack assistant vice president and executive director of UTMB's new Electronic Health Network ...