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Swiss flu drug comes under scrutiny 5:32 AM 11/18/2005
Swissinfo - Switzerland
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said the 12 deaths it was reviewing included one suicide, four cases of sudden death and four cases of cardiac arrest ...

FDA agrees to priority review of suspended MS drug 4:22 AM 11/18/2005
Boston Globe - United States
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. --Federal regulators agreed to conduct a fast-track review of an application to resume sales of a multiple sclerosis drug removed from the ...

Pharmion pulls European drug application 3:24 AM 11/18/2005
BusinessWeek - USA
therapy. Last month, the company said it would "likely be required" to submit data from an ongoing study of the drug to gain approval. ...

Congress Bars Schools From Requiring ADHD Drug Treatment 2:59 PM 11/17/2005
FOX News - USA
The US House overwhelmingly passed a bill Wednesday barring schools from requiring hyperactive children to use drug treatments as a condition for attending ...

Sunesis Finds Safe Dose for Cancer Drug 2:56 PM 11/17/2005
MSN Money - USA
showed signs of disease stability in an early stage clinical trial meant to establish a safe dose for the biopharmaceutical company's experimental cancer drug. ...

Pharmion pulls European drug application 1:56 PM 11/17/2005
BusinessWeek - USA
therapy. Last month, the company said it would "likely be required" to submit data from an ongoing study of the drug to gain approval. ...

Under study: Drug helps weakest hearts 5:53 AM 11/17/2005
USA Today - USA
DALLAS -- A new heart failure drug that boosts the pumping power of the weakest hearts offers immediate relief, but it doesn't provide more long-term survival ...

Deal made by bird flu drug firms 6:22 PM 11/16/2005
International Herald Tribune - France
Roche said Wednesday that it had reached a settlement with Gilead Sciences, the inventor of Tamiflu, over production of the antiviral drug that governments and ...

New Drug May Help Smokers Kick Habit 6:22 PM 11/16/2005
FOX News - USA
DALLAS -- An experimental smoking-cessation drug increases the odds that smokers can kick the habit compared with a widely used drug now on the market ...

UPDATE 2-US FDA panel rejects Novartis transplant drug 6:22 PM 11/16/2005
Reuters - USA
VX: Quote, Profile, Research) (NVS.N: Quote, Profile, Research) needs to collect more data before the company can win US approval to sell its drug Certican for ...

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