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2 hrs ago | CNN

Diprivan not approved for sleep disorders

Diprivan is a powerful I.V. anesthetic drug used for patients undergoing certain surgeries and diagnostic procedures.

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Related Topix: Sleep, Health, Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Michael Jackson

6 hrs ago | Freshnews

Sepracor Provides Update on Clinical Trials for SEP-225289 and LUNESTA Pediatrics

Sepracor Inc. today announced that it has completed the analysis and validation of the preliminary results of a Phase II, 514-patient study evaluating the efficacy and safety of SEP-225289 for the treatment of Major Depressive Disorder, including patients with melancholic and atypical features.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Sepracor, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Depression, Health

11 hrs ago | CBC News

If 2 Painkillers Are Banned, What Next?

Banning the popular painkillers Percocet and Vicodin, which a U.S. health advisory panel has urged, would not be as drastic as it sounds, some medical experts contend.

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Related Topix: Percocet, Acetaminophen/Oxycodone (generic), Medicine, Medication, Vicodin, Acetaminophen/Hydrocodone (generic), Tylenol, Tempra, Acetaminophen (generic), Advil, Motrin, Nuprin, Ibuprofen (generic), Aspirin (generic), Bayer, Alka-Seltzer

15 hrs ago | Earth Times

Vertos Medicala s mild Procedure Gets Nod from Leading Pain Medicine Physicians

Leading interventional pain physicians from key U.S. centers gathered at a special clinical symposium to share their experience with Vertos Medical's mild , the least invasive surgical procedure for treating lumbar spinal stenosis , with no implants left behind.* Their early clinical experiences suggest that mild may be an appropriate treatment ...

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Related Topix: UC San Diego, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine

20 hrs ago | WQOW

Plainview products recall now involves Malt-O-Meal

The Minneapolis-based Malt-O-Meal Co. is voluntarily recalling certain oatmeal products that contain instant non-fat dry milk suspected of being contaminated with salmonella bacteria.

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Related Topix: Plainview, MN

Fri Jul 03, 2009

Med Ad News

FDA Approves Multaq for Patients with Atrial Fibrillation or Atrial Flutter

Patients with atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter soon will have a new treatment option to help improve current management of their disease.

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Related Topix: Biotech, SanofiSynthlabo

Drkoop.com

If Vicodin, Percocet banned, what next?

If Vicodin, Percocet banned, what next? UPDATED 2009-07-02 Experts say that if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration chooses to ban Vicodin and Percocet as its advisory panel suggests, the move won't be too drastic because alternatives exist.

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Related Topix: Percocet, Acetaminophen/Oxycodone (generic), Medicine, Medication, Tylenol, Tempra, Acetaminophen (generic), Health, Pain

Daily Herald

Acura and King receive letter

Acura Pharmaceuticals Inc. and King Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a Complete Response Letter regarding the new drug application for Acurox Tablets CII, a product intended for the relief of moderate-to-severe pain.

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Related Topix: Biotech, King Pharmaceuticals, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

The Dispatch

Sanofi Drug for Heart Rhythm Disorder Is Approved

Published: Friday, July 3, 2009 at 5:12 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, July 3, 2009 at 5:12 a.m. The Food and Drug Administration approved a new drug Thursday to treat the heart rhythm disorder known as atrial fibrillation, which affects an estimated 2.5 million people in this country, most of them elderly.

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Related Topix: Biotech, SanofiSynthlabo

Houston Chronicle

Scrub tech may have exposed thousands to hepatitis

A former surgery technician may have exposed thousands of Colorado patients to hepatitis C when she swapped her own dirty syringes for ones filled with a powerful narcotic, federal authorities said Thursday.

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Related Topix: Colorado, Colorado Government, Medicine, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Duragesic, Fentanyl (generic), Medication

Thu Jul 02, 2009

Salon.com

Companies recall products linked to milk processor

Food distributors across the country announced on Thursday they are recalling nonfat dry milk, cocoa and other products that are linked to a possible salmonella contamination at a Plainview, Minn., milk processor.

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Related Topix: Plainview, MN, CPI, Photography, Retail

Boston Globe

CombinatoRx agrees to merger with Canadian firm

A Neuromed employee at work in a company lab. The deal is expected create a stronger pipeline of drugs for CombinatoRx.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, CombinatoRx, Canada, Forrester Research, Advertising

National Post

Canadian HIV vaccine close to human trial

A researcher extracts fluid from a vial at the AIDS Vaccine Design and Development Laboratory in New York City.

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Related Topix: HIV/AIDS, Health, Canada,

Science Blog

Vyvanse Cii provided significant efficacy at 14 hours in adults with Adhd

July 1, 2009 -- Shire plc , the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, today announced results from a Phase 3b study that found VYVANSE CII demonstrated significant efficacy at 14 hours after administration during a simulated workplace environment study in adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder .

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Related Topix: Biotech, Shire plc, Healthcare Law, Law

HON

Health Highlights: June 30, 2009

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: A sample of Toll House refrigerated cookie dough made at a Nestl USA plant in Virginia has tested positive for E. coli bacteria, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Monday.

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Related Topix: Food

Wed Jul 01, 2009

Miami Herald

Discovery faces further FDA delays on Surfaxin

Discovery Laboratories Inc. said Wednesday the Food and Drug Administration will apply a new standard to the company's respiratory drug candidate application, likely further holding up approval.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Discovery Laboratories

The Boston Globe

Amag wins FDA approval for Feraheme

Dr. Kathleen Silva, Amag's senior director of quality control, at the company's Cambridge lab last year.

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Related Topix: Cambridge, MA, Lexington, MA

KEPR CBS 19

FDA reviewing safety of Sanofi's Lantus insulin

The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it is reviewing data on the safety of Lantus, a synthetic insulin made by Sanofi-Aventis SA.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Lantus, Insulin Glargine (generic), Medication, Insulin (generic), Humulin, Novolin, Biotech, SanofiSynthlabo, Diabetes, Health

Fox News

FDA Clears Teva To Sell Generic Oral Contraceptive

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., the Jerusalem drugmaker, said on Wednesday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the company to market a generic version of Ortho McNeil Janssen's Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo oral contraceptive.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare Industry, Business News

Newswise

First Human Receives Cardiac Stem Cells in Clinical Trial to Heal Damage Caused by Heart Attacks

Doctors at the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute announced today the completion of the first procedure in which a patient's own heart tissue was used to grow specialized heart stem cells that were then injected back into the patient's heart in an effort to repair and re-grow healthy muscle in a heart that had been injured by a heart attack.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law

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