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Blog posts address goal of universal immunization

World Immunization Week (April 21-28) aims to raise awareness that immunizations avert two to three million deaths annually, but an estimated 22 million infants are not fully immunized with routine vaccines.

24 Apr 2013

Bill Gates reflects on Global Vaccine Summit in foundation blog

"This week I'm going to Abu Dhabi to attend the Global Vaccine Summit to celebrate the tremendous progress the world has made in ending polio and immunizing children," Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, writes in the foundation's "Impatient Optimists" blog.

24 Apr 2013

Metals in medicines webinar to be presented by SPECTRO

Arsenic has many facets. Arsenic compounds are not only deadly poisons to which many crowned heads fell victim in previous eras, but in small doses arsenic was also given to horses because it promotes appetite and the growth of hair. In this way, horse traders could revitalize old nags and sell them for more money.

24 Apr 2013

FDA grants orphan-drug designation to XEN402 for treatment of pain associated with EM

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration has granted orphan-drug designation to the investigational drug XEN402 being developed for the treatment of pain associated with erythromelalgia.

24 Apr 2013

Sucampo's supplemental new drug application for AMITIZA gets FDA approval

Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. announced today that the United States Food and Drug Administration has approved Sucampo's supplemental new drug application for AMITIZA (lubiprostone) (24 mcg twice daily) as the first and only oral medication for the treatment of opioid-induced constipation in adult patients with chronic, non-cancer pain.

24 Apr 2013

BD receives FDA approval for second prefilled injectable drug

BD Rx Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of leading global medical technology company BD, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the second drug to be offered in the recently launched BD Simplist line of ready-to-administer prefilled generic injectables.

From BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) 24 Apr 2013

Maternal use of valproate during pregnancy increases risk of autism in offspring

Maternal use of valproate (a drug used for the treatment of epilepsy and other neuropsychological disorders) during pregnancy was associated with a significantly increased risk of autism in offspring, according to a study in the April 24 issue of JAMA.

24 Apr 2013

Researchers uncover potential new way to fight obesity-related illness

A potential new way to fight obesity-related illness has been uncovered, thanks to serendipitous research led by investigators at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

24 Apr 2013

Psychedelics continue to be widely used in US, researchers say

In their article "Over 30 million psychedelic users in the United States", Teri S Krebs and P-l--rjan Johansen from the Department of Neuroscience at Norwegian University of Science and Technology, use data from a randomly-selected sample of over 57,000 individuals surveyed for the 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, to estimate lifetime prevalence of psychedelic use.

24 Apr 2013

Therapy originally conceived for cancer could hold promise for weight loss, say researchers

Researchers have long known that cancerous tumors grow collections of abnormal blood cells, the fuel that feeds this disease and keeps it growing. Now, new evidence in an animal model suggests that blood vessels in the fat tissue of obese individuals could provide the same purpose-and could provide the key to a new way for people to lose weight.

24 Apr 2013

Study suggests lung cancer patients with HER2 mutations may benefit from anti-HER2 drugs

New results from a retrospective study conducted in Europe suggest that anti-HER2 treatments, like the widely used breast cancer agent trastuzumab (Herceptin), have anti-cancer effects in a small subset of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring specific HER2 protein mutations.

23 Apr 2013

Study suggests specific form of vitamin E supplement improves function of blood vessels

Taking a specific form of a vitamin E supplement can accelerate the health benefits that occur when people quit smoking, new research suggests.

23 Apr 2013

1 in 4 teens misused or abused a prescription drug at least once in their lifetime

New, nationally projectable survey results released today by The Partnership at Drugfree.org and MetLife Foundation confirmed that one in four teens has misused or abused a prescription (Rx) drug at least once in their lifetime - a 33 percent increase over the past five years.

23 Apr 2013

Nuvo Research reaches another milestone with the launch of Pliaglis in Europe

Nuvo Research Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company dedicated to building a portfolio of products for the topical treatment of pain and Galderma Pharma, S.A., today announced the European launch of Pliaglis (lidocaine and tetracaine) Cream 7%/7%.

23 Apr 2013

Experimental drug can reduce breast-cancer aggressiveness, restore drug-sensitivity

A new study led by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC - James) suggests that an unusual experimental drug can reduce breast-cancer aggressiveness, reverse resistance to the drug fulvestrant and perhaps improve the effectiveness of other breast-cancer drugs.

23 Apr 2013

Unavoidable damage to heart and lungs can be limited by using CVD drug

Unavoidable damage caused to the heart and lungs by radiotherapy treatment of tumours in the chest region can be limited by the administration of an ACE inhibitor, a drug commonly used in the treatment of cardiovascular disease, a group of Dutch researchers have found.

23 Apr 2013

Many parents give young kids medicines that they should not use

Children can get five to 10 colds each year, so it's not surprising that adults often turn to over-the-counter cough and cold medicines to relieve their little ones' symptoms. But a new University of Michigan poll shows that many are giving young kids medicines that they should not use.

23 Apr 2013

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to hold national drug take-back day this weekend

On April 27, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will be running a national drug take-back day. It is an opportunity for everyone to safely remove unwanted, unused, or expired medication from medicine cabinets.

23 Apr 2013

Experts call for better vaccine supply, logistics systems ahead of World Immunization Week

In recognition of World Immunization Week, which began April 21, the WHO "is calling on nations to help immunize more children against preventable diseases so more lives can be saved," VOA News reports, noting the U.N. health agency "estimates immunization saves the lives of two to three million children every year."

23 Apr 2013

New collaboration to expand vaccine approaches for melanoma

Aduro BioTech, Inc. announces a collaboration with Charles G. Drake, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Oncology, Immunology and Urology at the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center to evaluate the therapeutic approach of anti-PD-1 in combination with one or both of Aduro's vaccine technologies based on live, attenuated Listeria monocytogenes and STING-activating adjuvants.

23 Apr 2013

Pharmaceutical News

Blog posts address goal of universal immunization

Bill Gates reflects on Global Vaccine Summit in foundation blog

Metals in medicines webinar to be presented by SPECTRO

FDA grants orphan-drug designation to XEN402 for treatment of pain associated with EM

Sucampo's supplemental new drug application for AMITIZA gets FDA approval

BD receives FDA approval for second prefilled injectable drug

Maternal use of valproate during pregnancy increases risk of autism in offspring

Researchers uncover potential new way to fight obesity-related illness

Psychedelics continue to be widely used in US, researchers say

Therapy originally conceived for cancer could hold promise for weight loss, say researchers

Study suggests lung cancer patients with HER2 mutations may benefit from anti-HER2 drugs

Study suggests specific form of vitamin E supplement improves function of blood vessels

1 in 4 teens misused or abused a prescription drug at least once in their lifetime

Nuvo Research reaches another milestone with the launch of Pliaglis in Europe

Experimental drug can reduce breast-cancer aggressiveness, restore drug-sensitivity

Unavoidable damage to heart and lungs can be limited by using CVD drug

Many parents give young kids medicines that they should not use

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to hold national drug take-back day this weekend

Experts call for better vaccine supply, logistics systems ahead of World Immunization Week

New collaboration to expand vaccine approaches for melanoma

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Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

How industrial hygiene flow calibration supports defensible exposure data

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