Clinical Updates

In a case study of a type of melanoma skin cancer typically found on chronically sun-exposed skin, Saint Louis University… »   

A research team may have broken the stubborn impasse that has frustrated the invention of an effective HIV vaccine, by… »   

A U.S. Senate committee approved President Barack Obama’s pick to lead the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, sending Dr.… »   

The two drugs used to treat influenza should be used carefully and only when needed for the chronically ill, pregnant… »   

President Barack Obama proposed on Thursday a 19 percent hike in the Food and Drug Administration’s budget to strengthen… »   

Europe’s drug watchdog on Friday recommended that the shelf life of Roche’s Tamiflu should be extended to seven years… »   

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said on Tuesday U.S. health officials are working with vaccine makers to speed… »   

FDA Grants Accelerated Approval Of Avastin For Brain Cancer (Glioblastoma) That Has Progressed Following Prior Therapy

Genentech, Inc. announced that… »   

Should global vaccine production be required, then 1 to 2 billion doses could be made to combat the new H1N1… »   

The World Health Organization has asked Roche Holding AG to deploy its so-called rapid response stockpiles of antiviral drug Tamiflu,… »   

The U.S. government expects to have flu vaccines ready for both the new strain of the H1N1 virus and the… »   

The maker of the widely sold Hydroxy cut weight-loss supplements is recalling 14 products after reports of liver damage and… »   

U.S. antiviral prescriptions spiked ninefold early this week after last weekend’s media coverage about a possible flu pandemic, according to… »   

Greece has banned the export of two anti-flu drugs to safeguard its stockpiles in case a new strain of H1N1… »   

In searching for a simple way to identify individuals with smoking-related lung injury, scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College have… »