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FDA to review Banner's Bexarotene ANDA for CTCL skin cancer treatment

Banner Pharmacaps Inc. has confirmed that its Abbreviated New Drug Application for Bexarotene 75 mg soft gelatin capsules, a generic version of Targretin, has been accepted for review by the US Food and Drug Administration.

11 Oct 2011

Merck’s diabetes combo pill gets FDA nod

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Merck & Co.’s Juvisync diabetes drug, a combination pill for type 2 diabetes. Juvisync combines two Merck drugs already on the market, 1) glucose-lowering Januvia (Sitagliptin) medication and 2) cholesterol-lowering Zocor (Simvastatin).

10 Oct 2011

Targacept commences AZD3480 Phase 2b study in Alzheimer’s disease

Targacept, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel NNR Therapeutics™, today announced the initiation of a potential registration study of AZD3480 in mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease. The study is the subject of a Special Protocol Assessment (SPA) agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

10 Oct 2011

Cardium's Excellagen topical gel for diabetic foot ulcers receives FDA 510(k) clearance

Cardium Therapeutics announced today that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market and sell the Company's new Excellagen™ professional-use, sterile, syringe-based advanced wound care product for the management of diabetic foot ulcers and other dermal wounds.

10 Oct 2011

AIT Laboratories introduces new suite of services for prescription compliance monitoring

Chronic pain affects an estimated 116 million adults in the U.S.—more than the number affected by heart disease, diabetes, and cancer combined, according to a recent report by the Institute of Medicine.

10 Oct 2011

Osteoporosis drug protects against bone damaging side effects of breast cancer medications

A new study has found that an osteoporosis drug protects against the bone damaging side effects of certain breast cancer medications. Published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study indicates that some breast cancer patients could take zoledronic acid in addition to their anti-cancer medications to maintain bone health.

10 Oct 2011

Boehringer Ingelheim receives FDA approval for COMBIVENT RESPIMAT to treat COPD

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved COMBIVENT RESPIMAT, a new, propellant-free inhaler product that uses a slow-moving mist to deliver the same active ingredients of COMBIVENT Inhalation Aerosol in a metered dose inhaler.

10 Oct 2011

Merck receives FDA approval for JUVISYNC to treat type 2 diabetes

Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved JUVISYNC(sitagliptin and simvastatin), a new treatment for type 2 diabetes that combines the glucose-lowering medication sitagliptin, the active component of JANUVIA (sitagliptin), with the cholesterol-lowering medication ZOCOR.

10 Oct 2011

UMass Amherst SPHHS wins HHS award to create Public Health Training Center

Training to improve the nation's public health system by strengthening the technical, scientific, managerial and leadership competence of current and future public health workers will soon be underway in Springfield, Holyoke, Pittsfield and the Berkshires, supported by a four-year, $2.5 million grant to the School of Public Health and Health Sciences (SPHHS) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

10 Oct 2011

CMS, FDA launch 'parallel review' pilot program for medical devices

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today launched a "parallel review" pilot program for concurrent review of medical devices for FDA approval and Medicare coverage.

10 Oct 2011

FDA plans study on the effects of tough tobacco laws on smokers

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will be looking at the behavior and health of 40,000 smokers aged 12 and older to study the effects of new tobacco regulations.

9 Oct 2011

Junk food ads entice kids but parents can still make them eat healthy: Study

A new study showed that food advertisements influence what children want to eat but healthy messages from parents may help to temper the influence.

9 Oct 2011

First combination drug to treat type 2 diabetes and high cholesterol receives FDA approval

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Juvisync (sitagliptin and simvastatin), a fixed-dose combination (FDC) prescription medication that contains two previously approved medicines in one tablet for use in adults who need both sitagliptin and simvastatin.

7 Oct 2011

IPS examines the issue of gender-based violence against women fleeing Somalia for Dadaab

Inter Press Service examines the issue of gender-based violence (GBV) against women as they make the journey from their homes in Somalia to Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp in search of food aid and refuge, calling it a "hidden side" of the famine crisis in the Horn of Africa.

7 Oct 2011

FAO report warns increases in cereal production may not be enough to offset global economic downturn

Worldwide cereal production is expected to increase in 2011-2012, but "there is uncertainty about the improvement's impact on food security because of the global economic slump and increased risks for recession," according to a U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report released on Thursday, the Associated Press/Washington Post reports.

7 Oct 2011

Chicago Council on Global Affairs report calls on agriculture, food sectors to fight global rise in NCDs

"A new report released by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, 'Bringing Agriculture to the Table: How Agriculture and Food Can Play a Role in Preventing Chronic Disease,' calls on the agriculture and food sector to play a role in mitigating the global rise in non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and identifies new opportunities for those in health and agriculture to work together to promote better health."

7 Oct 2011

AlertNet footage shows scenes of food shortages in North Korea, says appeals for aid go unanswered

"Footage of malnourished North Korean orphans and official warnings over failed harvests have given a rare glimpse at the scale of devastating food shortages in the country following a harsh winter and widespread flooding," the Guardian reports.

7 Oct 2011

Nutrition tips for long-distance runners

With marathon trainees about to take to the streets of Chicago this Sunday, Loyola University Health System registered dietitian Brooke Schantz offers the top 10 nutrition tips runners can follow to help them cross the finish line.

7 Oct 2011

Researchers show how nuclear receptors battle each other during fruit fly metamorphosis

Growing up just got more complicated. Thomas Jefferson University biochemistry researchers have shown for the first time that the receptor for a major insect molting hormone doesn't activate and repress genes as once thought. In fact, it only activates genes, and it is out-competed by a heme-binding receptor to repress the same genes during the larval to pupal transition in the fruit fly.

7 Oct 2011

Study explores link between ads, parental influence and food choices made by children

Directly advertising food items to children worries many parents and health care providers, and the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Psychological Association have expressed concern about the negative impact of advertising on children's healthy food choices.

7 Oct 2011

Food News and Research

FDA to review Banner's Bexarotene ANDA for CTCL skin cancer treatment

Merck’s diabetes combo pill gets FDA nod

Targacept commences AZD3480 Phase 2b study in Alzheimer’s disease

Cardium's Excellagen topical gel for diabetic foot ulcers receives FDA 510(k) clearance

AIT Laboratories introduces new suite of services for prescription compliance monitoring

Osteoporosis drug protects against bone damaging side effects of breast cancer medications

Boehringer Ingelheim receives FDA approval for COMBIVENT RESPIMAT to treat COPD

Merck receives FDA approval for JUVISYNC to treat type 2 diabetes

UMass Amherst SPHHS wins HHS award to create Public Health Training Center

CMS, FDA launch 'parallel review' pilot program for medical devices

FDA plans study on the effects of tough tobacco laws on smokers

Junk food ads entice kids but parents can still make them eat healthy: Study

First combination drug to treat type 2 diabetes and high cholesterol receives FDA approval

IPS examines the issue of gender-based violence against women fleeing Somalia for Dadaab

FAO report warns increases in cereal production may not be enough to offset global economic downturn

Chicago Council on Global Affairs report calls on agriculture, food sectors to fight global rise in NCDs

AlertNet footage shows scenes of food shortages in North Korea, says appeals for aid go unanswered

Nutrition tips for long-distance runners

Researchers show how nuclear receptors battle each other during fruit fly metamorphosis

Study explores link between ads, parental influence and food choices made by children

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