Tag: clinical-trial
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Statins’ benefits understated and harms exaggerated, scientists warn
By Kate Kelland LONDON, (Reuters) – – The benefits of statins – cholesterol-busting drugs that can dramatically reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes – have been underestimated and their harms exaggerated, scientists said on Thursday in a major review of research. In an effort to counter what they said were misleading reports of…
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Three probes launched into tragic France drug trial
French authorities launched three investigations Saturday at a research laboratory in the northwestern city of Rennes into a drug trial that left one person brain-dead and three others facing potentially irreversible brain damage. On Saturday they were joined by representatives of France's social affairs inspectorate general (IGAS) and the national drug safety agency (ANSM). A…
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Brazil to fund development of vaccine for Zika virus
SAO PAULO (AP) — The Brazilian government announced it will direct funds to a biomedical research center to help develop a vaccine against a virus linked to brain damage in babies.
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Eli Lilly’s diabetes pill takes market share from J&J, Astra
Eli Lilly and Co’s new Jardiance diabetes treatment has begun stealing market share from rival drugs in its class, the company said on Tuesday, bolstered by clinical trial data showing it slashed deaths by 32 percent in patients with Type 2 diabetes. In a three-year study whose results were released last summer, Jardiance became the…
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Eli Lilly’s diabetes pill takes market share from J&J, Astra
Eli Lilly and Co’s new Jardiance diabetes treatment has begun stealing market share from rival drugs in its class, the company said on Tuesday, bolstered by clinical trial data showing it slashed deaths by 32 percent in patients with Type 2 diabetes. In a three-year study whose results were released last summer, Jardiance became the…
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BTG gets triple dose of good news on new products
LONDON (Reuters) – Specialist medicine company BTG received a triple dose of good news on Monday as U.S. regulators approved two new treatments and a clinical trial of a novel lung device produced positive results. U.S. green lights for Vistogard and Lumi, for chemotherapy overdoses and tumors, and the success of PneumRx coils in severe…
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‘Grandma’s magic remedy:’ Mexico’s medical marijuana secret
When her legs ache, this Mexican grandmother rubs them with marijuana-infused alcohol. My grandmother used it,” she said, holding a plastic bottle filled with the leaves and liquid. When they're congested, the alcohol is rubbed on the chest and back.