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A STRAIN of swine flu resistant to Tamiflu has spread from person to person in a South Wales hospital.

Pfizer has announced that the FDA has approved GeodonA Capsules for maintenance treatment of bipolar I disorder as an adjunct to lithium or valproate in adults.

A Texas court has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the state against drugmaker Merck & Co that sought a refund for money spent on the withdrawn Vioxx pain treatment, the company said on Monday.

A jury in Philadelphia has ordered Wyeth Pharmaceuticals to pay a woman $75 million in punitive damages after finding a link between her breast cancer and a hormone-replacement drug.

Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately held company, announced that it has expanded its Phase 2 clinical study of a proprietary investigational triple-combination antiviral drug therapy for influenza to include centers in the United States, Canada and Europe.

Morphine "might spread cancer" from BBC News reports that morphine can form new blood vessels to feed tumors and help them grow.

Main Category: Seniors / Aging Also Included In: Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Epiphany Biosciences announced results from its Phase 2b dose-ranging study of EPB-348 in patients with shingles infection.

Early Communication about an Ongoing Safety Review ofA A Meridia This information reflects FDA's current analysis of available data concerning this drug.

Treatment that includes medication plus a structured training program for parents reduces serious behavioral problems in children with autism and related conditions, according to a study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health .

More than one million antiviral doses have been drawn from the federal stockpile in recent months, and the number of prescriptions filled by Canadian retail drugstores for Tamiflu and Relenza, the ... As public health officials urge more rapid use of antivirals for H1N1, some experts worry the drugs could become over-prescribed for what is a ...

Philip Morris has been ordered to pay $300 million in damages to a former smoker in Florida.

The debate on how to select patients who will respond best to costly drug treatments for aggressive breast cancer now favors fluorescence in situ hybridization to measure the HER-2 receptor found in human breast tumors, according to a leading pathologist presenting at the Association for Molecular Pathology annual meeting.

LOUISVILLE,A Ky. The National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators on Friday announced a new initiative in the war on methamphetamine; the National Precursor Log Exchange , a multistate electronic tracking program that enforces purchase limitations of the decongestant pseudoephedrine in real-time at the point of sale.

Venezuela's trade minister says the government plans to annul the pharmaceutical patents for an antibiotic produced by Bayer HealthCare.

At least 20 people were indicted on drug selling charges in an operation that reportedly ran from January 2006 to Oct.

Adam Jasinski was charged last month with attempting to sell 2,000 pills of oxycodone, which is the main active ingredient in OxyContin and other painkillers and can produce a heroin-like high if crushed and then swallowed, snorted or injected.

However, it stressed that the mutation did not appear to cause a more contagious or more dangerous form of A influenza and that some similar cases observed elsewhere had been mild.

Evidence is mounting that morphine, commonly used to manage pain, may accelerate cancer growth, but a newly-approved drug that blocks its side effects could also keep tumors from spreading, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.

Health officials say a Tamiflu-resistant strain of swine flu has spread between hospital patients.

A new study is causing major concern about the use of folic acid and B12 supplements.