Clinical Updates

Diamond Pet Foods has expanded a recall of its dry dog food, taking precautionary steps after several of its brands… »   

Pfizer Inc’s experimental rheumatoid arthritis drug goes before an advisory panel next week, a potential blockbuster medicine that would revive… »   

The combination of two inhibitors of protein mTOR stops the growth of primary liver cancer and destroys tumour cells, according… »   

In an analysis of over 40,000 clinical trials registered in a government database, researchers found that many of those studies… »   

Pfizer Inc, which last week agreed to sell its baby formula business for almost $12 billion, is on the hunt… »   

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration should review drugs on a regular basis for as long as they are on… »   

A plague outbreak could be extremely deadly, so much so that officials warn it can be used in a bioterror… »   

A researcher at the Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC)/San Antonio Military Medical Center (SAMMC) will present findings this week on… »   

Aristolochic acid (AA), a carcinogenic compound found in Aristolochia plants has been confirmed to contribute to the high rates of… »   

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday in favor of a generic drugmaker in a case over how companies can… »   

Seniors are using brand-name drug discount coupons even though their use is prohibited by Medicare, according to a survey from… »   

The practice of giving low-dose antibiotics to farm animals to promote weight gain will be phased out gradually under a… »   

Generic drugmaker Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc said U.S. health regulators approved its copycat version of ViroPharma Inc’s antibiotic Vancocin.

Separately, ViroPharma… »   

The federal Vaccines for Children (VFC) program helped corral a meningococcal outbreak in Oklahoma in 2010, state public health officials… »   

Drugmaker Roche Holding AG may be willing to up the ante in its attempt to buy Illumina Inc., a disease… »