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All sterile drug products from NuVision Pharmacy lack sterility assurance, FDA warns

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting health care providers of concerns about a lack of sterility assurance of all sterile drug products made and distributed by NuVision Pharmacy of Dallas, Texas.

20 May 2013

Research highlights benefits of vitamin D, diet changes in patients with Crohn's disease

Research presented at Digestive Disease Week explores new methods for managing digestive health through diet and lifestyle.

20 May 2013

Impax announces shipment of authorized generic Zomig tablets and orally disintegrating tablets

Impax Laboratories, Inc. today announced that its generics division, Global Pharmaceuticals, commenced shipment of authorized generic Zomig (zolmitriptan) tablets and orally disintegrating tablets, 2.5 mg and 5 mg, in the U.S., as part of a Distribution, License, Development and Supply Agreement with AstraZeneca UK Limited.

20 May 2013

Boehringer Ingelheim to highlight respiratory research work at ATS 2013

Boehringer Ingelheim will contribute to advancing the scientific discussion in respiratory disease at the American Thoracic Society International Conference in Philadelphia, PA, May 17 – 22.

20 May 2013

Patient and physician prescribing information a powerful aide in drug marketing

The information allows drug makers to know which drugs a doctor is prescribing and how that compares to a colleague across town.

18 May 2013

Neupro reduces PLMS and total NSBP elevations in patients with RLS, study finds

UCB today announced data from a double-blind, placebo-controlled study that found that Neupro (Rotigotine Transdermal System) reduced total nocturnal systolic blood pressure elevations associated with periodic limb movements during sleep and total PLMS in patients with idiopathic moderate-to-severe Restless Legs Syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disease.

18 May 2013

Boehringer Ingelheim updates HCPs, patients on COMBIVENT RESPIMAT Inhalation Spray

As part of the company's commitment to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leader in respiratory health, is updating healthcare professionals and patients that the transition to COMBIVENT RESPIMAT (ipratropium bromide and albuterol) Inhalation Spray for the maintenance treatment of COPD is nearly complete.

18 May 2013

FDA to review QRxPharma's resubmitted MOXDUO NDA in July 2013

QRxPharma Limited announced today the US Food and Drug Administration has set 17 July 2013 as the date of the Advisory Committee meeting to consider the Company's resubmitted MOXDUO New Drug Application.

18 May 2013

Thioridazine works by weakening staphylococcal cell wall, new study reveals

In 2008 researchers from the University of Southern Denmark showed that the drug thioridazine, which has previously been used to treat schizophrenia, is also a powerful weapon against antibiotic-resistant bacteria such as staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus).

18 May 2013

Newer class of diabetes medications may also improve cardiovascular health, researchers report

A newer class of medications used to control blood sugar levels in type 2 diabetics may also improve cardiovascular health, researchers from The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center reported in a new meta-analysis presented yesterday at the American Society of Hypertension's Annual Scientific Meeting and Exposition.

17 May 2013

FDA approves Mylan's ANDA for Fenofibrate Tablets

Mylan Inc. today announced that its subsidiary Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. has shipped Fenofibrate Tablets, 48 mg and 145 mg.

17 May 2013

FDA clears Oramed Pharmaceuticals' IND for ORMD-0801

Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc., a developer of oral drug delivery systems, announced today that the United States Food and Drug Administration has cleared the Company's Investigational New Drug application for ORMD-0801, its oral insulin capsule.

17 May 2013

WHO: Single dose of vaccination sufficient to confer life-long immunity against yellow fever disease

The yellow fever 'booster' vaccination given ten years after the initial vaccination is not necessary, according to WHO.

17 May 2013

Regularly taking prescription painkillers is associated with higher risk of ED in men

Regularly taking prescription painkillers, also known as opioids, is associated with a higher risk of erectile dysfunction (ED) in men, according to a study published online today in the journal Spine.

17 May 2013

Simvastatin hinders positive effects of exercise for obese adults, say researchers

Statins, the most widely prescribed drugs worldwide, are often suggested to lower cholesterol and prevent heart disease in individuals with obesity, diabetes and metabolic syndrome, which is a combination of medical disorders including excess body fat and/or high levels of blood pressure, blood sugar and/or cholesterol.

17 May 2013

RuiYi signs agreement with Genor BioPharma for development of RYI-008 in China

RuiYi Inc. announced today that it has entered into an exclusive license and collaborative development agreement with Genor BioPharma for the development of RYI-008 in China.

16 May 2013

Scientists reveal inside story of European regulatory review and approval of Glybera

The scientists who led the team that developed Glybera, the first gene therapy drug approved for use in the Western world, provide a fascinating first-person account of their pioneering work in Human Gene Therapy, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers.

16 May 2013

Study underscores new paradigm in cancer therapy

In the largest clinical trial to date to examine the efficacy of PARP inhibitor therapy in BRCA 1/2 carriers with diseases other than breast and ovarian cancer, the oral drug olaparib was found to be effective against advanced pancreatic and prostate cancers.

16 May 2013

Simponi injection gets FDA approval to treat adults with ulcerative colitis

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a new use for Simponi (golimumab) injection to treat adults with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis.

16 May 2013

Prostate cancer drug Xofigo gets FDA approval

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Xofigo (radium Ra 223 dichloride) to treat men with symptomatic late-stage (metastatic) castration-resistant prostate cancer that has spread to bones but not to other organs.

16 May 2013

Pharmaceutical News

All sterile drug products from NuVision Pharmacy lack sterility assurance, FDA warns

Research highlights benefits of vitamin D, diet changes in patients with Crohn's disease

Impax announces shipment of authorized generic Zomig tablets and orally disintegrating tablets

Boehringer Ingelheim to highlight respiratory research work at ATS 2013

Patient and physician prescribing information a powerful aide in drug marketing

Neupro reduces PLMS and total NSBP elevations in patients with RLS, study finds

Boehringer Ingelheim updates HCPs, patients on COMBIVENT RESPIMAT Inhalation Spray

FDA to review QRxPharma's resubmitted MOXDUO NDA in July 2013

Thioridazine works by weakening staphylococcal cell wall, new study reveals

Newer class of diabetes medications may also improve cardiovascular health, researchers report

FDA approves Mylan's ANDA for Fenofibrate Tablets

FDA clears Oramed Pharmaceuticals' IND for ORMD-0801

WHO: Single dose of vaccination sufficient to confer life-long immunity against yellow fever disease

Regularly taking prescription painkillers is associated with higher risk of ED in men

Simvastatin hinders positive effects of exercise for obese adults, say researchers

RuiYi signs agreement with Genor BioPharma for development of RYI-008 in China

Scientists reveal inside story of European regulatory review and approval of Glybera

Study underscores new paradigm in cancer therapy

Simponi injection gets FDA approval to treat adults with ulcerative colitis

Prostate cancer drug Xofigo gets FDA approval

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