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Selzentry: New anti-HIV drug licensed by FDA
Selzentry - the first oral anti-HIV drug approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This is a drug made by Pfizer. Pfizer Inc. Pharmaceutical Company announc…
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USA: Proposal to recall Avandia medicine for diabetes
For reasons of low therapeutic effect and risk of heart disease, on 30.7, leading scientist of the US Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Dr. David Graham, offic…
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US warns diabetes medicine causes heart attack
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on June 7 that it has decided to include two drugs for type 2 diabetes, Avandia and Actos, on the list of the highest-warn…
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The first paste for Parkinson's patients
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new drug to treat symptoms of Parkinson's disease.
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New warning about the potential risk of sleeping pills
On Wednesday (March 14), the US Federal Food and Drug Administration FDA, issued new warnings about potential health risks when taking sleeping pills.
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Meat of asexually reproduced animals is not unusual
That is the conclusion of scientists from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), paving the way for the agency to declare it a source of food from asexually reproduc…
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FDA warns about the side effects of Rituxan
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning about the side effects of Rituxan to treat rheumatoid arthritis.
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FDA allows the use of artificial hearts
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just turned on the green light for the use of fully artificial heart transplant. This allows patients with severe heart fai…
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New blood cholesterol lowering medicine: Ezetimib
Recently, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new lipid-lowering drug, Ezetimib (nicknamed Zetia). Ezetimib is effective in lowering total cholester…
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FDA approves shingles vaccine
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of the first adult shingles vaccine for adults. The agency stated that the vaccine called Zostavax is used…
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Inject drugs to cure alcoholism
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved for circulation in the country Vivitrol injections (also called Naltrexone) treat alcoholism.
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Skin patches treat depression
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first skin patch to treat depression. This is a new use of a long-used drug for Parkinson's patients.
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Cancer-causing soft drinks: America, Europe
Currently, this problem is a fever in the US and European countries. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is conducting an investigation following the results of testing 230…
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New drugs treat kidney and stomach cancer
The special effect of Sutent during the well-developed experimental treatment of stomach cancer and kidney cancer has led the FDA to decide to shorten the time to test a…
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An additional gene therapy for blood cancer is licensed in the United States
The US Drug Administration approved a second gene therapy to treat blood cancer. This is considered a new step in the study of treatment of dangerous diseases.