Clinical Updates

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Bristol-Myers Squibb Co’s and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co’s anti-psychotic drug Abilify to treat… »   

The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) has asked for a commitment from the Obama administration and the European Union… »   

Sitagliptin (known as Januvia) has been approved by the European Commission as an add-on to insulin (with or without metformin)… »   

AstraZeneca announced it has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for ticagrelor,… »   

The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), the scientific committee of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA), has adopted… »   

Swine flu vaccines are still effective despite reported cases of mutations in the A(H1N1) virus, health experts in Europe and… »   

It’s a naturally occurring brain chemical with an unwieldy name: 4-hydroxybutyrate (4-HB). Taken by mouth, it can be abused or… »   

In a new study, researchers report that a class of heart medications called beta-blockers can have a helpful, or harmful,… »   

The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to boost Medicare payments to physicians in a move that could help… »   

Britain’s health watchdog has blocked a critical liver cancer drug, saying it is too pricey for the state health service,… »   

Heart function significantly improved in children and young adults with single-ventricle congenital heart disease who have had the Fontan operation… »   

Senior Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are seeking a government investigation into recent price increases of brand-name prescription… »   

Although morphine has been the gold-standard treatment for postoperative and chronic cancer pain for two centuries, a growing body of… »   

Common heartburn pills like Prilosec interfere with the blood-thinning drug Plavix, making it work less effectively, U.S. officials said on… »   

More than half of Britons being offered vaccination against pandemic H1N1 flu are turning it down because they fear… »