Keyword: Drug Safety

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Fake Drugs Threaten Gains Made in War on Malaria

22.05.2012 - Low-quality and fake anti-malarial drugs flooding into markets in Asia and Africa are driving drug resistance and threatening gains made in the fight against the disease in the...

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US Senate Probes Painkiller Makers, Allied Groups

10.05.2012 - A U.S. Senate panel has launched a probe of possible links between three drugmakers and nonprofit medical groups that advocated for increasing the use of prescription painkillers...

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Probe Uncovers Serious Problems with India's Drug Regulator

09.05.2012 - India's main drug regulator has not been properly scrutinizing some drugs before approving them, and some of its officials are colluding with drug firms and medical experts to...

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EU Supports Novartis MS Pill with Stronger Warning

20.04.2012 - European regulators have endorsed the continued use of Novartis's multiple sclerosis pill Gilenya, one of the Swiss firm's top new drug hopes, but said on Friday the drug needed to...

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Group Asks for Withdrawal of Victoza Diabetes Drug

20.04.2012 - Watchdog group Public Citizen urged U.S. regulators to withdraw approval of Novo Nordisk's diabetes drug Victoza, saying it increases the risk of serious health problems like...

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For Increased Patient Safety

18.04.2012 - Drug Safety - To fight the alarming increase of falsified medicinal products detected, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union released the Directive 2011/62...