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New research may help treat HIV patients without elevating risk for liver disease

As a raft of new treatments for HIV infection have come on the market in the past 20 years, AIDS patients got access to drugs that allowed them to live longer.

1 Feb 2019

New method predicts how drug molecules arrange themselves under changing energetic conditions

One major factor that determines the efficacy of a drug is the structure that its molecules form in a solid state.

1 Feb 2019

New study compares chemotherapy drugs with development of cardiomyopathy

In long-term survivors of childhood cancer, cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of early death from non-cancer causes.

1 Feb 2019

AGS Beers Criteria tool aims to make medications appropriate for older people

The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) today unveiled its latest update to one of geriatrics' most frequently cited reference tools: The AGS Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults.

1 Feb 2019

Canbiola announces launch of revolutionary Sustained Acoustic Medicine wellness solution

Canbiola, Inc. a developer, manufacturer and seller of a variety of Cannabidiol based products such as oils, creams, moisturizers, chews, isolate, gel caps, concentrate and water, announced today the launch and availability of a revolutionary Sustained Acoustic Medicine wellness solution.

31 Jan 2019

New approach helps clinicians to decide most effective antibiotic treatment courses

A scientific team from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Cleveland Clinic has developed a new way to identify second-line antibiotics that may be effective in killing germs already resistant to a first-line antibiotic - potentially helping overcome antibiotic resistance.

31 Jan 2019

New type of genomic screening developed to produce novel drugs

Prof. Dr Mikhail Yakimov, a researcher from the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, together with his colleagues from the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Norwegian Research Centre NORCE AS, School of Natural Sciences of CEU San Pablo University and Institute of Catalysis and Petrochemistry in Madrid (Spain), has conducted a study of universal transaminase enzymes.

31 Jan 2019

Patients taking anti-depressants more likely to develop gastrointestinal bleeding

Patients taking anti-depressant medications classified as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are 40 percent more likely to develop severe gastrointestinal bleeding, particularly when they also use common over-the-counter pain relievers, according to a research review in the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association.

31 Jan 2019

New drug for sleeping sickness approved in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Marketing authorization of fexinidazole for the treatment of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), more commonly known as sleeping sickness, has been granted in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

31 Jan 2019

FDA approves first generic version of commonly prescribed asthma inhaler

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first generic of Advair Diskus (fluticasone propionate and salmeterol inhalation powder) for the twice-daily treatment of asthma in patients aged four years and older and maintenance treatment of airflow obstruction and reducing exacerbations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

30 Jan 2019

Congress wades into emotional debate over high-cost prescription drugs

Senators railed against pharmaceutical executives Tuesday for declining to testify before Congress about out-of-control drug prices, as lawmakers on both sides of the U.S. Capitol kicked off investigations sure to rattle one of the nation's most powerful industries.

30 Jan 2019

Fibrosis-targeting drugs may benefit patients with late-stage, metastatic breast cancer

A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research team has found that the overgrowth of connective called fibrosis may block the effectiveness of immunotherapies against metastatic breast cancer.

29 Jan 2019

Study highlights the detrimental effect of prescription opioids on labor markets

Prescription opioids may be negatively affecting labor force participation and unemployment nationwide, according to findings in a new study co-authored by economists at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and published in The Journal of Human Resources.

29 Jan 2019

Pharmaceutical News

New research may help treat HIV patients without elevating risk for liver disease

New method predicts how drug molecules arrange themselves under changing energetic conditions

New study compares chemotherapy drugs with development of cardiomyopathy

AGS Beers Criteria tool aims to make medications appropriate for older people

Canbiola announces launch of revolutionary Sustained Acoustic Medicine wellness solution

New approach helps clinicians to decide most effective antibiotic treatment courses

New type of genomic screening developed to produce novel drugs

Patients taking anti-depressants more likely to develop gastrointestinal bleeding

New drug for sleeping sickness approved in the Democratic Republic of Congo

FDA approves first generic version of commonly prescribed asthma inhaler

Congress wades into emotional debate over high-cost prescription drugs

Fibrosis-targeting drugs may benefit patients with late-stage, metastatic breast cancer

Study highlights the detrimental effect of prescription opioids on labor markets

New research reveals that prescription opioids are used long-term to treat severe osteoarthritis

Newly designed drugs could help combat any potential flu pandemic

Regular use of aspirin may help some patients survive head and neck cancer

Regular use of common pain relief medicines improves survival for head and neck cancer patients

Cognetivity signs agreement to become ninth industry partner of Dementias Platform UK

UK launches plans to help combat antimicrobial resistance by 2040

Thousands of girls in the UK have not been vaccinated against HPV

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Reducing polypharmacy through innovative drug formulation technologies

How innovation in dried blood spot testing is transforming neurological disease monitoring

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