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Bristol-Myers Squibb HIV Drug Fast-Tracked

27.07.2015 - The US Food and Drug Administration has designated the Bristol-Mayers Squibb experimental HIV drug BMS-663068 as a breakthrough treatment, which could accelerate its approval. The...

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Fenofibrate May Be Substitute for Medical Marijuana

15.04.2015 - New US drug research is said to have shown that the compound fenofibrate, marketed by Abbevie as Tricor and by others under varying brand names, can provide the benefits of medical...

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EU Agency Lifts Lid on Drug Data Secrets

15.07.2012 - Europe's medicines regulator, criticised in the past for excessive secrecy, is opening its data vaults to systematic scrutiny in a move that will let independent researchers trawl...

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Toxic Capsules Help the Medicine Go down in China

18.06.2012 - Hou Zhihui breaks open a cold-medicine capsule, pours the powder on to a piece of steamed dough and folds it together. He passes the miniature bun to a colleague who pops it in her...