Clinical Updates

Researchers have long searched for a novel cancer drug that activates a certain protein to kill tumor cells. But finding… »   

College students who take frequently abused medications without a prescription appear to have a higher risk for drug abuse than… »   

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved palonosetron hydrochloride (Aloxi) injection for the prevention of postoperative nausea and… »   

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved aripiprazole (Abilify) for the acute treatment of manic and mixed episodes… »   

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved desvenlafaxine (Pristiq), a structurally novel, once-daily serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, to treat… »   

GlaxoSmithKline Plc is scrapping two malaria drugs that may cause anaemia, dealing a blow to the global fight against the… »   

Baxter International Inc said on Thursday it was voluntarily recalling all remaining lots of its heparin injection and flush products… »   

GlaxoSmithKline Plc’s new breast cancer drug Tykerb is to go head-to-head with Genentech Inc’s blockbuster Herceptin to see whether one… »   

AstraZeneca Plc’s Nexium drug has been approved in the United States for treating excess stomach acid in children aged 1… »   

A U.S. federal judge on Thursday granted Pfizer Inc’s motion to dismiss a shareholder lawsuit that alleged the company hid… »   

Web search company Google Inc is testing in the United States an online storage bank where individuals can store and… »   

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is examining the way it tells the public about safety concerns with foods, prescription… »   

The identification of two cellular receptors that likely contribute to the genesis of hormone-dependent breast cancer points the way to… »   

Insulin resistance, a “prediabetic” abnormality of blood sugar, is a specific feature of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, independent… »   

Medical device companies will come under scrutiny on Wednesday when a U.S. Senate committee probes financial payments to doctors, which… »