http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Drug companies and nonprofit organizations are joining forces to develop new drugs and vaccines to target so-called "neglected" diseases that claim millions of lives in the developing world each year. Those hard-to-treat diseases include malaria, tuberculosis, dengue fever, and other conditions. That's the topic of the cover story scheduled for the current issue of Chemical & Engineering News, ACS' weekly newsmagazine. http://www.physorg.com/news177164847.html Chemistry Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:29:34 EST news177164847 Should the financial ties between doctors and drug companies be completely cut, or are healthy alliances between the two possible with the common aim of improving human health? A debate in this week's PLoS Medicine discusses whether the influence of drug company money on doctors is always a corrupting one. http://www.physorg.com/news167376230.html Medicine & Health Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:24:18 EST news167376230 Government plans to make certain prescription-only drugs for common problems available over the counter have overwhelmingly been given the thumbs down by healthcare professionals, reveals a survey of readers of the influential Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB). http://www.physorg.com/news151141673.html Medicine & Health Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:47:53 EST news151141673 With new drugs being reviewed by regulatory agencies and then released onto the market faster than ever before, patients' safety is being compromised, warns a study published on bmj.com today. http://www.physorg.com/news147507104.html Medicine & Health Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:11:44 EST news147507104