FDA & Prescription Drugs

• Three States are Sued over Reduced Medicaid Payments

  Paul Napoli | October 07, 2009 11:58 AM | 2 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Washington, California and New York currently have lawsuits filed against them by several pharmacy groups who are up in arms about the reduced reimbursements that they are receiving for their...

• Makers of Botox File Suit for Off-Label Use of Drugs

  Paul Napoli | October 07, 2009 11:56 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Recently the US government has been enforcing their stand regarding advertising the off-label uses of drugs. But one pharmaceutical company is taking a stand of their own. Allergan, Inc., the...

• European Committee Gives Positive Opinion for Multaq in Treating AF

  Marc Jay Bern | October 06, 2009 1:11 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Last week the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) a part of the European Medicines Agency (EME) gave their positive opinion for Multaq to be marketed in the European...

• Nexavar Gives Hope to Breast Cancer Patients

  Marc Jay Bern | October 06, 2009 1:03 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Recently Bayer HealthCare AG and Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. provided the results of their collaborative double-blind placebo controlled Phase II clinical trials regarding the combination of...

• European Center for Disease Prevention Focuses on Multi Drug Resistant Bacteria

  Marc Jay Bern | October 06, 2009 12:59 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  There is an urgency developing in the fight against bacteria. Antibiotics are becoming more and more defenseless especially when even using multiple antibiotics to fight against them. Therefore,...

• Lilly Working with Research Team in Taiwan to Fight TB

  Marc Jay Bern | October 06, 2009 12:54 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  The Lilly TB Drug Discovery Initiative will be working with a research institution in Taiwan, Academia Sinica, in order to screen new drugs used to treat tuberculosis (TB). The disease seemed to...

• International Diabetes Federation Joins Experts from around the World

  Marc Jay Bern | October 06, 2009 12:51 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  The 20th World Diabetes Congress will be held in Montreal October 18-22, 2009. This is one of the largest medical conferences in the world and more than 15,000 delegates attend the event. Top...

• European Healthcare Recommends First Two H1N1 Flu Vaccines

  Marc Jay Bern | October 06, 2009 12:45 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Last week the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) gave their recommendation for two vaccines to combat the H1N1 or swine flu that is facing the world. This recommendation leads the way for mass...

• Regorafenib shows a solid breakthrough in Renal Cancer

  Marc Jay Bern | October 06, 2009 12:41 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Bayer Healthcare, a subsidiary of Bayer Inc., a world leader in pharmaceuticals and healthcare, announced findings on the phase II trial of Regorafenib, an aggressive kidney cancer medication. The...

• Major Biotechnical Experts Meet in Germany

  Marc Jay Bern | October 06, 2009 12:36 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  On October 6-8 Hannover Germany will be host to Biotechnica 2009. The three day event is a showcase for exhibitors, professionals and speakers that highlight the latest discoveries, innovations...