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. (AP) -- As federal regulators take their first tentative steps toward policing the wild west of medical information online, pharmaceutical companies are pressing their case to market drugs via Google, Twitter and other Web sites. http://www.physorg.com/news177165326.html Medicine & Health Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:50:03 EST news177165326 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new research paper suggests that pharmaceutical companies can afford to produce less expensive vaccines for lower-income countries because the companies can recover their research and development (R&D) costs through the sale of the vaccine to higher-priced markets. The findings are included in an article co-authored by University of Victoria health economist Rebecca Warburton being published this week in the journal Vaccine. http://www.physorg.com/news176456892.html Medicine & Health Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:48:50 EST news176456892 The development of new and innovative pharmaceuticals is being stifled by a U.S. law and successful patent challenges that embolden generic competition, according to an article published in this week's issue of the journal Science. http://www.physorg.com/news174837810.html Medicine & Health Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:40:08 EST news174837810 (AP) -- Sanofi-Aventis SA will begin delivering the first doses of its new swine flu vaccine in the United States by mid-October, the head of France's largest pharmaceutical company said Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news172761706.html Medicine & Health Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:40:02 EST news172761706 (AP) -- The global spread of swine flu will endanger more lives as it speeds up in coming months and governments must boost preparations for a swift response, the World Health Organization said Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news170053663.html Medicine & Health Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:20:01 EST news170053663 A phase I clinical trial enrolled its first patient only two days after U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance of the experimental drug for a first-in-human cancer trial, a milestone that normally takes three to six months. Investigators from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca have reported their work in the Journal of Clinical Oncology published online on August 3rd. http://www.physorg.com/news168538136.html Medicine & Health Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:09:18 EST news168538136 (AP) -- The world's first human trials of a swine flu vaccine have begun in Australia, drug company officials said Wednesday, with the aim of controlling the virus that has so far killed more than 700 worldwide. http://www.physorg.com/news167402541.html Medicine & Health Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:38:33 EST news167402541 (AP) -- An ugly scramble is brewing over the swine flu vaccine - and when it becomes available, Britain, the United States and other nations could find that the contracts they signed with pharmaceutical companies are easily broken. http://www.physorg.com/news166975121.html Medicine & Health Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:10:03 EST news166975121 (AP) -- Drug manufacturers won't be able to start making a swine flu vaccine until mid-July at the earliest, weeks later than previous predictions, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. It will then take months to produce a new vaccine. http://www.physorg.com/news161935741.html Medicine & Health Tue, 19 May 2009 07:18:35 EST news161935741 (AP) -- Health experts are looking very closely at the spread of swine flu among people in Spain, Britain and Japan, a WHO official said Sunday as Japan reported a one-day explosion of over 70 new cases, mostly among teenagers. http://www.physorg.com/news161786401.html Medicine & Health Sun, 17 May 2009 13:40:35 EST news161786401 (AP) -- A $225 million fund to provide low-price anti-malaria medicine around the world was launched in the Norwegian capital Friday to fight a disease that kills 2,000 children a day. http://www.physorg.com/news159342410.html Medicine & Health Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:48:53 EST news159342410 Family nurse practitioners need to be more aware of the commercial pressures they face as a result of their increased involvement in prescribing, according to a survey published in the March issue of the UK-based Journal of Advanced Nursing. http://www.physorg.com/news155893429.html Medicine & Health Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:45:30 EST news155893429 Researchers are asking for tougher penalties and fines for pharmaceutical companies that market drugs for "off label" promotion, according to a study published in the October 28 issue of the open access journal PLoS Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news144397931.html Medicine & Health Tue, 28 Oct 2008 07:32:11 EST news144397931 Sugar-frosting isn`t just for livening up boring bran flakes; it can also preserve important therapeutic proteins. Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a fast, inexpensive and effective method for evaluating the sugars pharmaceutical companies use to stabilize protein-drugs for storage at room temperature. The group presented their findings at the 236th American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition. http://www.physorg.com/news138385579.html Chemistry Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:26:19 EST news138385579