Eli Lilly to Introduce a Dozen-Plus Products in China
Monday March 26, 2012
Eli Lilly global manufacturing plants/Wikipedia
Eli Lilly's CEO John Lechleiter told reporters at a briefing in Beijing last week that the company plans to introduce at least a dozen drugs in ... Read More
Supreme Court Rules Prometheus Patents 'Law of Nature' and Invalid
Tuesday March 20, 2012
In a unanimous ruling, the Supreme Court Tuesday invalidated two of Prometheus Labs' medical testing patents since it was not clear that the patents were based on new knowledge rather ... Read More
FDA Seeks Input on Modernizing Clinical Trials Regs
Sunday March 18, 2012
The FDA will hold a public hearing April 23-24 at its White Oak Campus in Silver Spring, Maryland, to solicit public input on the agency's plans to modernize the regulatory ... Read More
Takeda's New Diabetes Drug Reduces Hypoglycemia Risk in Phase 2 Trial
Sunday March 18, 2012
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TAK-875, a novel drug under development for treating type 2 diabetes, improves blood sugar control and is as effective as glimepiride (brand name Amaryl), a conventional diabetes ... Read More
Protein Could Be Possible Target for Obesity Drugs
Monday March 12, 2012
It may be years down the road before the same results are found in humans, but researchers at the University of California in San Francisco (UCSF) have discovered that a ... Read More
Microchips Inc Publishes Results of Osteoporosis Trial
Monday March 12, 2012
Researchers from Microchips Inc. report in Science Translational Medicine that they have successfully implanted in seven patients a microchip that has been wirelessly programmed to release an osteoporosis drug in ... Read More
Study: Antipsychotic Haloperidol Raises Mortality Risk in Nursing Homes
Sunday March 11, 2012
There have been several warnings in recent years that patients with dementia who receive atypical antipsychotics have an increased risk of early mortality. A recent study in BMJ offers more ... Read More
'Rare Disease Day' Highlights Needs
Thursday March 1, 2012
February 28 (or Feb. 29 during leap years) is global Rare Disease Day, a day when researchers, regulatory agencies and industry contribute in different ways to raise awareness about the ... Read More