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Low-Cost Diarrhoea Vaccine – A Breakthrough In India
May. 16 | India showed a major breakthrough by its scientists who have unveiled a low-cost vaccine against a deadly virus that causes severe diarrhoea that kills about half-a-million children worldwide every year. The vaccine, Rotavac, against the deadly Rotavirus...
Cholesterol-Drug Side Effects – Memory Loss
May. 16 | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and physicians continue to document that some patients experience fuzzy thinking and memory loss while taking statins, a class of global top-selling cholesterol-lowering drugs. A University of Arizona research...
India Tops Cervical Cancer Deaths
May. 11 | According to a report released by a US-based research and advocacy group, nearly 73,000 women dying every year with cervical cancer and India ranks on top of the list. The Crisis Card used the data of WHO, United Nations, the World Bank and IARC Globocan,...
FDA Approved BREO™ ELLIPTA™ For The Treatment Of COPD
May. 11 | GlaxoSmithKline plc and Theravance, Inc communicated that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved BREO ELLIPTA as an inhaled long-term, once-daily maintenance treatment of airflow obstruction in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease...
FDA Approved Ilaris To Treat Active Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Athritis
May. 11 | Novartis communicated that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Ilaris (canakinumab) for the treatment of active systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SJIA) in patients aged 2 years and older. Ilaris is the first interleukin-1 beta (IL-1...
Herbal Sex Supplements May Often Contain Viagra Ingredients
May. 11 | According to a study, herbal supplements aimed at improving men’s sexual abilities may often contain the active ingredients in erectile dysfunction pills such as Viagra. Additionally, researchers found that some of these over-the-counter herbal...
FDA Grants Fast Track Designation for Cubist’s Late-Stage Antibiotic Candidate
May. 8 | Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. communicated that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted the Company’s late-stage antibiotic candidate ceftolozane/tazobactam (CXA-201) Fast Track status in the previously granted Qualified Infectious Disease...
Pills To Help Drinkers Cut Down The Drink
May. 7 | A pill will now will help drinkers reduce the amount of alcohol they consume. Serial drinkers in the UK will be given a new drug called ‘Nalmefene’ which manufacturers claim could cut alcohol consumption levels by 61%. The pill also known...
FDA Approved Plan B One-Step Emergency Contraceptive Without Prescription For Women Above 15 Years Of Age
May. 7 | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved an amended application submitted by Teva Women’s Health, Inc. to market Plan B One-Step (active ingredient levonorgestrel) for use without a prescription by women 15 years of age and older. After...
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