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First Edition: July 12, 2013

Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including articles on data tracking of doctors and comparing the rollout of the Medicare Part D drug plans to implementation of the federal health law.

12 Jul 2013

Aflibercept drug shows minor added benefit for overall survival in colorectal cancer patients

The drug aflibercept (trade name: Zaltrap) has been approved in Germany since February 2013 in combination with a certain chemotherapy for adults with metastatic colorectal cancer in whom chemotherapy with oxaliplatin could not stop the disease from progressing.

12 Jul 2013

Study sheds new light on causes, health consequences of drug use among street children

Drug use is common among street children, posing serious threats to both their health and their chances for reintegration into society. It's difficult to reduce drug use among street children without a good understanding of the problem, and up to now the research has been confined mainly to local studies with inconsistent results.

12 Jul 2013

Scientists set out to develop safer versions of acetaminophen

Efforts to develop a safer form of acetaminophen - the pain and fever-reducer that is one of the most widely used drugs - have led to discovery of substances that may have less potentially toxic effects on the liver. A report on the research appears in ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters.

12 Jul 2013

Research: Experimental drug can protect kidneys from acute kidney injury

New research reveals the mechanism by which an experimental drug can protect the kidneys from sudden damage, called acute kidney injury (AKI). The findings, which appear in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN), show how the drug may be able to save many lives and cut medical costs related to the condition.

12 Jul 2013

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories launches Decitabine for Injection

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories announced today that it has launched Decitabine for Injection (50mg) a therapeutic equivalent generic version of Dacogen (Decitabine for Injection) in the US market on July 11, 2013, following the approval by the United States Food & Drug Administration of Dr. Reddy's ANDA for Decitabine for Injection.

12 Jul 2013

UIC researchers help minority patients to manage their health with common blood thinner

Minority patients trying to self-manage their health with the blood-thinning drug warfarin face difficulties, and researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy are trying to help overcome them.

12 Jul 2013

London research fellow says clinical study reports and trial results should be shared publicly

Ben Goldacre, research fellow at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, says we need all the evidence to make informed decisions about medicines.

12 Jul 2013

Infant vaccination against pneumonia helps protect elderly

Children who receive a vaccine to prevent blood and ear infections, appear to be reducing the spread of pneumonia to the rest of the population, especially their grandparents and other older adults.

11 Jul 2013

Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pfizer announce FDA acceptance of Eliquis sNDA for review

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Pfizer Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has accepted for review a Supplemental New Drug Application for Eliquis (apixaban), for the prophylaxis of deep vein thrombosis, which may lead to pulmonary embolism, in adult patients who have undergone hip or knee replacement surgery.

11 Jul 2013

Pharmaceutical companies race for new cholesterol drugs, Roche abandons diabetes drug development

A discovery of a rare mutation that affects cholesterol has ignited hopes of a prescription that can help prevent heart attacks. In the meantime, the announcement by Roche could pose more questions about controversial diabetes medicines. Also a federal report warns Americans of using some Internet pharmacies.

11 Jul 2013

Creating a value development plan should be at the forefront of biopharmaceutical market

Mitch DeKoven, Director, HEOR, Real-World Evidence Solutions, IMS Health Inc. and Won Chan Lee, Ph.D., Principal, Health Economics and Outcomes Research, IMS Health, Inc. will present Optimizing Strategic Direction with Systematic Value Development at the Pharmaceutical Market Access Pricing and Reimbursement Conference in San Francisco on October 29, 2013.

11 Jul 2013

Research on activating Glial Cells to be presented at 7th Annual Pain Therapeutics Summit East

Linda Watkins, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology & Neuroscience and Center for Neuroscience, University of Colorado, Co-Chair, Advisory Board, Xalud Therapeutics, Inc. will present research on activating Glial Cells as part of the speaking faculty at the 7th Annual Pain Therapeutics Summit East in Boston, MA.

11 Jul 2013

FDA issues warning on blood pressure drug, olmesartan medoxomil

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulators have issued a warning on the blood pressure drug known generically as olmesartan medoxomil. The drug can cause intestinal problems known as spruelike enteropathy, which has side effects including severe, chronic diarrhea and substantial weight loss, sometimes requiring hospitalization.

11 Jul 2013

Research shows proton pump inhibitors may cause cardiovascular problems

Drugs that help millions of people cope with acid reflux may also cause cardiovascular disease, report scientists from Houston Methodist Hospital and two other institutions in an upcoming issue of Circulation (now online). It is the first time researchers have shown how proton pump inhibitors, or PPIs, might cause cardiovascular problems.

11 Jul 2013

MDPV stimulant effects could be more addictive than methamphetamine, say TSRI researchers

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have published one of the first laboratory studies of MDPV, an emerging recreational drug that has been sold as “bath salts.”

11 Jul 2013

NPS MedicineWise calls on every Australian to fight against antibiotic resistance

In light of a paper released by the Office of the Chief Scientist today, NPS MedicineWise is calling on every Australian to do their part in the fight against antibiotic resistance in our community.

11 Jul 2013

Researchers confirm that bath salts could be more addictive than methamphetamine

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have published one of the first laboratory studies of MDPV, an emerging recreational drug that has been sold as "bath salts." The TSRI researchers confirmed the drug's powerful stimulant effects in rats and found evidence that it could be more addictive than methamphetamine, one of the most addictive substances to date.

11 Jul 2013

New concept could improve cancer drug delivery

Researchers have developed a concept to potentially improve delivery of drugs for cancer treatment using nanoparticles that concentrate and expand in the presence of higher acidity found in tumor cells.

11 Jul 2013

Pharmacyclics submits ibrutinib NDA to FDA for two B-cell malignancies

Pharmacyclics, Inc. today announced that it has submitted a New Drug Application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the investigational oral Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor, ibrutinib, for two relapsed/refractory B-cell malignancy indications: mantle cell lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma.

10 Jul 2013

Pharmaceutical News

First Edition: July 12, 2013

Aflibercept drug shows minor added benefit for overall survival in colorectal cancer patients

Study sheds new light on causes, health consequences of drug use among street children

Scientists set out to develop safer versions of acetaminophen

Research: Experimental drug can protect kidneys from acute kidney injury

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories launches Decitabine for Injection

UIC researchers help minority patients to manage their health with common blood thinner

London research fellow says clinical study reports and trial results should be shared publicly

Infant vaccination against pneumonia helps protect elderly

Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pfizer announce FDA acceptance of Eliquis sNDA for review

Pharmaceutical companies race for new cholesterol drugs, Roche abandons diabetes drug development

Creating a value development plan should be at the forefront of biopharmaceutical market

Research on activating Glial Cells to be presented at 7th Annual Pain Therapeutics Summit East

FDA issues warning on blood pressure drug, olmesartan medoxomil

Research shows proton pump inhibitors may cause cardiovascular problems

MDPV stimulant effects could be more addictive than methamphetamine, say TSRI researchers

NPS MedicineWise calls on every Australian to fight against antibiotic resistance

Researchers confirm that bath salts could be more addictive than methamphetamine

New concept could improve cancer drug delivery

Pharmacyclics submits ibrutinib NDA to FDA for two B-cell malignancies

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

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