Clinical Updates

A drug with potential to prevent epilepsy caused by a genetic condition may also help prevent more common forms… »   

Citalopram (Celexa), a medication commonly prescribed to children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), was no more effective than a placebo… »   

A vaccine for one of the most lethal cancers, advanced melanoma, has shown improved response rates and progression-free survival for… »   

Prescription drugs are heavily promoted to health care providers worldwide. But in only two countries, the U.S. and New Zealand,… »   

A new, international study found that the combination of two drugs delays disease progression for patients with advanced non-small cell… »   

When combined with standard chemotherapy, an international Phase III trial has shown that the oral targeted therapy vandetanib improves progression-free… »   

A small trial of Arzerra, being developed by GlaxoSmithKline Plc and Genmab for treating chronic lymphocytic leukemia, indicated benefits… »   

In what could be a major pharmaceutical breakthrough, research published online in The FASEB Journal (http://www.fasebj.org) describes how scientists… »   

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have found that an approved drug for treating rheumatoid arthritis reduces… »   

Doctors, clinics and others promoting corrective eye surgery known as LASIK need to make sure their advertisements tell consumers about… »   

Positive results from the first late-stage clinical trial of the novel antipsychotic drug lurasidone for the treatment of schizophrenia were… »   

Older men who take tamsulosin—better known by the brand name Flomax—for BPH or benign prostate enlargement within 14 days of… »   

The U.S. Senate voted on Monday to confirm Dr. Margaret Hamburg to run the Food and Drug Administration, the agency… »   

Drugmakers should work together with governments to shield the world from the worst of a flu pandemic, the head of… »   

GlaxoSmithKline said on Friday several European governments had ordered stockpiles of a pandemic vaccine the British drugmaker is developing against… »