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Possible Typhus Cases in Austin InvestigatedHealth officials said Thursday that they are investigating a dozen possible cases of typhus in Travis County, further north than the disease is usually seen in Texas.
Source : Topix.net | 07-Aug-2008 22:44
Barr Pharmaceuticals profits grow on increasing sales
Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc., the drug company that has operations in Pomona, earned $57 million, or 52 cents a share, in the second quarter, compared with a profit of $45 million, or 41 cents a share, a year ...
Source : Topix.net | 07-Aug-2008 18:38
Pooled-Analysis Of 54 Clinical Studies Shows No Increased Risk Of Heart Attack With Abacavir Therapy
Main Category: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Also Included In: Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry GlaxoSmithKline announced that a review of data from over 14,600 patients in 54 clinical studies showed no ...
Source : Topix.net | 07-Aug-2008 14:18
BP to invest $90M into Verenium Corp.
C ambridge's Verenium Corp. has more money to burn. The "cellulosic" ethanol company announced yesterday that BP PLC will invest $90 million over the next 18 months to help Verenium develop its cutting-edge ...
Source : Topix.net | 07-Aug-2008 10:02
Americans Made Over 1 Billion Hospital and Doctor Visits in 2006
Patients in the United States made an estimated 1.1 billion visits to physician offices and hospital outpatient and emergency departments in 2006, an average of four visits per person per year, according to new ...
Source : Topix.net | 07-Aug-2008 06:02
Leaders hope the move will attract other biomedical businesses.
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has announced that Pfizer Inc. will relocate its biotech research center to the city, a move leaders hope will attract other biomedical businesses.
Source : Topix.net | 07-Aug-2008 01:58
Eli Lilly to sell historic Greenfield labs for $50M
Under continued pressure to cut costs, Eli Lilly and Co. is selling its sprawling Greenfield Laboratories, which it has run for nearly a century, to a New Jersey company that will continue to operate it and ...
Source : Topix.net | 06-Aug-2008 21:52
Average ER waiting time nears 1 hour,
The average time that hospital emergency rooms patients wait to see a doctor has grown from about 38 minutes to almost an hour over the past decade, according to new federal statistics released Wednesday.
Source : Topix.net | 06-Aug-2008 17:38
Monogram Biosciences Launches First Resistance Assay For HIV Integrase Inhibitors
Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Clinical Trials / Drug Trials ; Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry Article Date: 05 Aug 2008 - 1:00 PDT Monogram Biosciences, Inc.
Source : Topix.net | 06-Aug-2008 13:32
U.S. approves 6 flu vaccines for next season
By Susan Heavey
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators have approved six versions of the influenza vaccine to help combat the virus during the 2008-2009 flu season later this year.
The vaccines include GlaxoSmithKline Plc's Fluarix and FluLaval; Novartis AG's Fluvirin; Sanofi Aventis SA's Fluzone and CSL Ltd's Afluria, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday.
The FDA also cleared the FluMist nasal spray flu vaccine made by AstraZeneca Plc unit MedImmune.
Each vaccine contains the same three strains of the influenza virus, which experts choose every year after weighing which ones are most likely to break out. Experts include two strains from Type A, an H1N1 and an H3N2 version, and one for Type B.
Source : Topix.net | 06-Aug-2008 09:30
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Source : technologyreview.com | 06-Aug-2008 06:00
Spit Sensor Spots Oral Cancer
An ultrasensitive optical protein sensor analyzes saliva.
Source : technologyreview.com | 06-Aug-2008 06:00
The Brain Unmasked
New imaging technologies reveal the intricate architecture of the brain, creating a blueprint of its connectivity.
Source : technologyreview.com | 06-Aug-2008 06:00
GlaxoSmithKline Cuts More Jobs In Duham
An international drug maker has laid off 22 more employees at its North Carolina research facility following an earlier summer dismissal of scientific workers, a newspaper reported Tuesday.
Source : Topix.net | 06-Aug-2008 05:27
Mountain View--- Vivus Announces $65 Million Registered Direct Offering of Common Stock
VIVUS, Inc. , a pharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and commercialization of novel therapeutic products, today announced that it has entered into definitive agreements dated August 5, 2008 with ...
Source : Topix.net | 06-Aug-2008 01:10
San Diego--- Acadia Pharmaceuticals Secures Committed Equity Financing Facility
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company utilizing innovative technology to fuel drug discovery and clinical development of novel treatments for central nervous system disorders, today ...
Source : Topix.net | 05-Aug-2008 21:07
Daiichi gets Sebi nod for Ranbaxy stake buy
Stock market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India on Monday allowed Japanese drug major Daiichi Sankyo to go ahead with an open offer to acquire 20 per cent stake in Ranbaxy Laboratories, sources ...
Source : Topix.net | 05-Aug-2008 17:01
NIDDK Publishes New Resources About Urologic And Kidney Disorders
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases at the National Institutes of Health has published several new resources to help people learn more about urologic and kidney disorders.
Source : Topix.net | 05-Aug-2008 13:00
Third round of job cuts at Bothell biotech firm
MDRNA Inc., of Bothell, said Monday that it would lay off 23 employees, including its president and chief business officer, as the biotech company continues to restructure around its RNA interference programs, ...
Source : Topix.net | 05-Aug-2008 08:49
Pressure-Sensing Contact Lenses
A tiny electrical circuit built into contact lenses may provide 24-hour monitoring for glaucoma.
Source : technologyreview.com | 05-Aug-2008 06:00
Alkermes enters Russian market with alcoholism drug
A drug manufactured by Alkermes Inc. to treat alcoholism has gained marketing approval in Russia.
Source : Topix.net | 05-Aug-2008 04:43
Schering-Plough drug results pressure Vertex stock
Schering's drug, boceprevir, is the closest competitor to Vertex's experimental hepatitis C drug telaprevir and, although Vertex is further ahead in development, investors are closely watching the competitive ...
Source : Topix.net | 05-Aug-2008 00:36
Lilly pays up
SGX Pharmaceuticals, we hardly knew you. On Tuesday, Eli Lilly announced its purchase of the development-stage drugmaker, which had its IPO in 2006.
Source : Topix.net | 04-Aug-2008 20:31
The Medicines Company's Cleviprex(TM) Receives FDA Approval
Cleviprex, a novel IV antihypertensive, represents an advancement over currently available therapies, providing rapid and precise control of blood pressure in the critical care setting.
Source : Topix.net | 04-Aug-2008 16:15
Veridex sews up Immunicon acquisition
Veridex completed its previously announced acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Immunicon Corp.
Source : Topix.net | 04-Aug-2008 12:01
My body, my temple, your capital?
In the 1960s, feminists coined the slogan, "Our bodies, our selves." But that liberating sentiment has recently undergone an ironic twist.
Source : Topix.net | 04-Aug-2008 07:51
Abbott faces more litigation over AIDS drug
When Abbott Laboratories Inc. hiked up the price of a popular AIDS drug by 400 percent in 2003, executives prepared for the inevitable public relations hit, but assured themselves the backlash would be brief.
Source : Topix.net | 04-Aug-2008 03:44
Alcohol Binges Early in Pregnancy Increase Risk of Infant Oral Clefts
A new study by researchers at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences , part of the National Institutes of Health, shows that pregnant women who binge drink early in their pregnancy increase the ...
Source : Topix.net | 03-Aug-2008 23:25
CDC: New U.S. HIV Cases Undercounted
CDC: New U.S. HIV Cases Undercounted A study released Saturday suggests estimates of the number of new U.S. cases of human immunodeficiency virus every year have been low for at least a decade.
Source : Topix.net | 03-Aug-2008 19:12
Hungry Flies Need Sense Of Smell
Now, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Rockefeller University researchers show just how important olfaction is, proving that fruit flies with a normal sense of smell have a survival advantage over those that ...
Source : Topix.net | 03-Aug-2008 14:58
Dow, S&P 500 fall on economic worry; Nasdaq up
The Dow industrials and the S&P 500 fell on Thursday as disappointing growth and employment data heightened concerns about the economy's health and the outlook for corporate profits.
Source : Topix.net | 03-Aug-2008 10:57
Johnson & Johnson buys out Dabao
Johnson & Johnson Investment Co Ltd bought Beijing Dabao Cosmetics Co Ltd in a bid to further expand its presence in the Chinese market.
Source : Topix.net | 03-Aug-2008 06:56
No sweat: Exercise may come in a pill
Here's a couch potato's dream: What if a drug could help you gain some of the benefits of exercise without working up a sweat? Scientists reported Thursday that there is such a drug - if you happen to be a ...
Source : Topix.net | 03-Aug-2008 02:46
Number of New U.S. HIV Infections Gets Revised Upwards
By Amanda Gardner HealthDay Reporter Saturday, August 2, 2008; 12:00 AM SATURDAY, Aug.
Source : Topix.net | 02-Aug-2008 22:40
Foreign bids fuel mergers, acquisitions
Figures that point to an increase in merger and acquisition activity the past few months might seem to indicate that the credit crunch is easing and Wall Street is starting to return to a more normal business ...
Source : Topix.net | 02-Aug-2008 18:36
Daiichi says terms of open offer for Ranbaxy may change
Japanese drug maker Daiichi Sankyo Saturday said its open offer to acquire 92.5 million shares of Rs.5 each of Ranbaxy Laboratories, representing 20 percent of its paid-up capital, might under go a change.
Source : Topix.net | 02-Aug-2008 14:16
Gilead, Merck to collaborate on HIV drug distribution in 12 countries
Gilead Sciences Inc. and Merck & Co. Inc. said Friday they will collaborate on the distribution of HIV drug Atripla to 12 countries, primarily in Latin America and the Asia-Pacific region.
Source : Topix.net | 02-Aug-2008 09:57
Menlo Park--- Versant Ventures Announces Closing of $500 Million Venture Fund
Versant Ventures, a leading early-stage healthcare venture capital firm, today announced the closing of Versant Venture Capital IV, L.P., a $500 M fund.
Source : Topix.net | 02-Aug-2008 05:54
House asks FDA to turn over Vytorin study analysis:WSJ
(Deletes reference to study being funded by Merck and Schering-Plough; The companies say the study was independent)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The House Energy and Commerce committee wants the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to turn over the results of an analysis about the potential links between cancer and cholesterol drug Vytorin, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Vytorin is sold jointly by Merck & Co Inc and Schering-Plough Corp.
It was reported earlier through a closely watched heart study that slightly higher incidents of cancer deaths were seen in those taking Vytorin -- 39 versus 23 on placebo -- although the lead researcher said those could have occurred as a result of chance.
Source : Topix.net | 02-Aug-2008 01:39
Emerging markets boost Astra Zeneca profits
The UK's second largest pharmaceutical group, AstraZeneca, raised its full-year earnings forecast as it benefited from sales growth and the weak dollar.
Source : Topix.net | 01-Aug-2008 21:36
A Long Lasting Impression: New Study Finds Persistent Brain Changes...
Main Category: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Also Included In: Psychology / Psychiatry Article Date: 01 Aug 2008 Drug addiction dramatically shifts a person's attention, priorities, and behaviors towards ...
Source : Topix.net | 01-Aug-2008 17:32
Bayer Corp. names new U.S. president-CEO
Bayer Corp., the U.S. subsidiary of Bayer AG, will soon have a new president and chief executive officer.
Source : Topix.net | 01-Aug-2008 13:29
Biogen, Elan shares dive after new PML link to Tysabri
Shares of Biogen Idec Inc. and Elan Corp. dropped in after-hours activity Thursday following a Securities and Exchange Commission filing stating their multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri was linked to two new cases ...
Source : Topix.net | 01-Aug-2008 09:14
Patient-Matched Stem Cells
Scientists have created stem cells from an ALS patient using a new reprogramming method.
Source : technologyreview.com | 01-Aug-2008 06:00
Lilly considers closing plant near Lafayette
Eli Lilly and Co. says it's considering closing a Lafayette area plant that employs 780 people.
Source : Topix.net | 01-Aug-2008 04:58
Gene Activators Mimic Effects Of Exercise
Couch potatoes, rejoice! A research team led by Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator Ronald M. Evans of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, in La Jolla, Calif., has identified two compounds that ...
Source : Topix.net | 01-Aug-2008 00:49