Clinical Updates

Low doses of Bayer AG and Johnson & Johnson’s Xarelto blood clot preventer cut the risk of death by more… »   

Health regulators have hit some 1,200 retailers, including Walgreen, CVS and Rite Aid, with warnings this year for unlawfully selling… »   

Patients who are dependent on opioids (narcotic pain relievers) for pain management before knee replacement surgery have much more difficulty… »   

Pfizer Inc, the world’s largest drug maker, aims to push sales of its Prevenar vaccine for children beyond large Chinese… »   

A human monoclonal antibody developed by MassBiologics of the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) given to patients with chronic… »   

It may take a breakthrough treatment for Alzheimer’s disease to match the $130 billion lifetime sales record of Pfizer’s Lipitor,… »   

Americans in the past year got access to 24 new medicines before they became available anywhere else, U.S. drug regulators… »   

Americans in the past year got access to 24 new medicines before they became available anywhere else, U.S. drug regulators… »   

A Medtronic product, when used in high doses during spinal fusion procedures, might increase patient cancer risks, according to data… »   

As guidelines recommend, doctors appear to be stopping anti-TNF medications before surgery, but may be doing so far sooner than… »   

The Medicare federal health insurance program has confirmed plans to remove a requirement that kidney dialysis providers keep patient hemoglobin… »   

Nearly 15,000 Americans died from an overdose of prescription painkillers in 2008, a record rate that has outstripped fatalities from… »   

President Barack Obama signed an executive order on Monday to address an escalating shortage of life-saving medicines, his newest effort… »   

What was hoped to be a promising new drug to protect the kidneys has failed to benefit diabetes patients with… »   

As Americans line up for flu shots, they should consider that the vaccines may be far less effective than thought,… »