Tag: U.S.
Threshold cancer drug gets orphan status in U.S.
by on Mar.30, 2012, under Health and Fitness
(Reuters) – U.S. health regulators granted orphan drug status to Threshold Pharmaceutical Inc's experimental cancer drug, TH-302. Earlier this month, the drug was given an orphan drug status by the European health regulators. (Reporting by Kav…
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QLT’s eye drug gets orphan designation in U.S.
by on Mar.19, 2012, under Health and Fitness
(Reuters) – Canadian biotechnology company QLT Inc said the U.S. health regulator granted an orphan status to its key eye drug. The drug, Visudyne, is already approved as a treatment for age-related macular degeneration, a cause of blindness in pe…
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U.S. Army Suicides Rising Sharply, Study Finds
by on Mar.08, 2012, under Health and Fitness
WEDNESDAY, March 7 (HealthDay News) — Suicides among U.S. soldiers rose 80 percent from 2004 to 2008, an Army study found.
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India’s Dr. Reddy’s get U.S. nod for schizophrenia capsules
by on Mar.03, 2012, under Health and Fitness
MUMBAI (Reuters) – India's Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. said on Saturday it has received a U.S. drug regulator approval for the generic version of Geodon capsules, that are used to treat schizophrenia. The Geodon brand, made by Pfizer, ha…
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Dainippon to buy U.S. bio-venture in cancer-drug push
by on Feb.29, 2012, under Health and Fitness
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan's Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co said on Wednesday that it will buy U.S.-based Boston Biomedical Inc for $200 million to expand its cancer treatment business and extend its global reach. The Osaka-based drugmaker also sai…
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Factbox: Medical overtreatment and U.S. health law
by on Feb.16, 2012, under Health and Fitness
(Reuters) – The U.S. healthcare overhaul, signed into law in 2010, focuses on providing access to millions more Americans who do not have health insurance, but does not directly address the problem of medical overtreatment. Below are some facts ab…
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Child abuse experts calls for U.S. campaign
by on Feb.06, 2012, under Health and Fitness
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Nearly 4,600 U.S. children were hospitalized with broken bones, traumatic brain injury and other serious damage caused by physical abuse in 2006, according to a new report. Babies younger than one were the most common v…
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Allergan to rely less on U.S. for sales, Asia key
by on Feb.03, 2012, under Health and Fitness
(Reuters) – Allergan Inc, maker of wrinkle treatment Botox, eye drops and obesity treatments, said it will rely less on the United States for revenue in coming years as its products gain wider acceptance in Asia, particularly China. The company on…
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BTG’s varicose-vein drug successful in U.S. study
by on Jan.30, 2012, under Health and Fitness
LONDON (Reuters) – British pharmaceutical firm BTG said the first of two U.S. trials of its varicose vein treatment Varisolve had met all its end-points, bringing a launch of the long-delayed product a step closer. Varisolve is a ground-breaking t…
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Baltimore Deemed U.S. City With Most Top-Ranked Hospitals
by on Jan.24, 2012, under Health and Fitness
TUESDAY, Jan. 24 (HealthDay News) — Baltimore is the top U.S. city for hospital care, according to a new report that examined patient death and complication rates at nearly 5,000 hospitals across the nation.
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