Tag: trial
Gilead's HIV pill shows positive results in trial
by on Aug.16, 2011, under Health and Fitness
Gilead Sciences Inc said its four-medicine HIV pill, known as the Quad, worked as well as the company's widely used Atripla three-drug tablet in a late-stage trial.
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Groups convince FDA to ease Alzheimer's trial rules
by on Jul.12, 2011, under Health and Fitness
Academic and industry experts said on Tuesday they have convinced U.S. regulators to ease safety restrictions imposed on clinical trials of Alzheimer's drugs, a move that could improve the chances that a drug being developed jointly by Pfizer …
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GSK, J&J to trial next-generation malaria vaccine
by on Jun.07, 2011, under Health and Fitness
Even as the world's first malaria vaccine gets closer to the market, two leading drug firms have joined forces to test a next-generation shot against the mosquito-borne disease that kills 800,000 people a year.
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US approves new trial of embryonic stem cells on blindness
by on Jan.03, 2011, under Health and Fitness
US biotech company Advanced Cell Technology said Monday it was cleared by the government to start its second trial using human embryonic stem cells to treat blindness, this time in older people.
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New kind of HIV drug stalls infection in trial
by on Dec.22, 2010, under Health and Fitness
A new kind of experimental HIV medicine can halt one of the earliest stages of HIV infection and may lead in future to a novel class of drugs to fight other dangerous viruses, German scientists said on Wednesday.
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StemCells plans chronic spinal cord injury trial
by on Nov.15, 2010, under Health and Fitness
StemCells Inc has filed for Swiss regulatory approval for the first clinical trial of its nerve stem cells in patients with spinal cord injuries as much as a year old, the company said.
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Arena drug helps diabetics lose weight in trial
by on Nov.09, 2010, under Health and Fitness
A new clinical trial of Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc's diet pill, which was turned down last month by U.S. regulators, found that it helped diabetics lose weight, the company said on Tuesday.
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El Camino Hospital Physicians Launch Trial to Find Early Diagnosis Tool for Lung Cancer
by on Nov.07, 2010, under Preventative Medicine
El Camino Hospital Physicians Launch Trial to Find Early Diagnosis Tool for Lung Cancer
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A medical trial at El Camino Hospital called REACT will try to identify a more cost-effective tool for early diagnosis of lung cancer. REACT combines a genetically-based test with CT scans.
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El Camino Hospital Physicians Launch Trial to Find Early Diagnosis Tool for Lung Cancer
Physicians at El Camino Hospital are starting a medical trial called REACT that they hope may give doctors a new and cost-effective tool for early diagnosis of lung cancer, the deadliest of the common cancers.
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AstraZeneca drug fails in prostate cancer trial
by on Sep.27, 2010, under Health and Fitness
AstraZeneca's experimental prostate cancer pill zibotentan failed to improve survival in a late-stage clinical trial, dealing a fresh blow to the company's oncology pipeline.
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Early Trial Suggests COPD Drug Might Help Some Asthmatics
by on Sep.19, 2010, under Health and Fitness
SUNDAY, Sept. 19 (HealthDay News) — For asthma patients whose
condition is not controlled with standard inhaled steroids, the addition
of Spiriva — a medication already approved for lung disease — appears to
improve breathing, a new study fi…
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