News tagged with pharmaceutical manufacturers
Many dialysis patients undergoing PCI receive improper medication, with higher risk of bleeding
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Approximately 20 percent of dialysis patients undergoing a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI; procedure such as angioplasty) are given an antithrombotic medication they should not receive, which may increase their risk ...
Scientists develop drug detection technology
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Sep 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Leicester researchers have combined crime research and space-age technology in ways that could lead to the quick detection of counterfeit pharmaceuticals in a black market currently worth an ...
Tons of released drugs taint US water
Apr 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- U.S. manufacturers, including major drugmakers, have legally released at least 271 million pounds of pharmaceuticals into waterways that often provide drinking water - contamination the federal government ...
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U.S. pharmaceutical industry is studied
Oct 12, 2006 |
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A new study concludes the U.S. pharmaceutical industry might be wasting more than $50 billion every year in manufacturing expenses.
FDA cracks down on unapproved narcotic painkillers
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 31, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The government ordered 14 unapproved narcotic painkillers off the market Tuesday, prescription versions of potent morphine, hydromorphone and oxycodone. The Food and Drug Administration told nine manufacturers to ...
Right first time: Pioneering new methods of drug manufacture
Nov 11, 2009 |
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Engineers at the University of Leeds have developed a simple technology which can be used in existing chemical reactors to ensure "right first time" drug crystal formation.
Drug industry presses FDA to allow more online ads
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 11, 2009 |
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(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 ...
More Chinese wheat gluten is recalled
Apr 04, 2007 |
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A U.S. pharmaceutical and nutritional chemicals company has recalled all possibly contaminated wheat gluten it has imported from a Chinese supplier.
New AIDS Tech Transfers reinforce Roche commitment to strengthen African manufacturing
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 29, 2007 |
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[B]Agreements signed with Ethiopia's Addis Pharmaceutical Factory and Zimbabwe's Varichem Pharmaceuticals -- exploratory talks with further African manufacturers[/B] Roche announced the agreement of two new technology tra ...
Drug industry embraces new business strategies after tough year
Dec 09, 2009 |
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As they pop the champagne corks to celebrate New Year's Eve, drug industry executives will likely be glad to put 2009 behind them. That's because pharmaceutical companies who make top-selling drugs for heart ...
Drug class not effective for Alzheimer's
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 12, 2006 |
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A study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Md., says antipsychotic drugs used to treat Alzheimer's patients are mostly ineffective.
GlaxoSmithKline taking pandemic vaccine orders
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline said Friday it has received orders from several countries to stockpile pandemic vaccine as soon as it gets the vaccine's key ingredient from the World Health Organization.
New chemical reaction offers opportunities for drug development
Nov 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at University College Dublin have solved a chemistry problem which has stumped researchers worldwide for more than a decade. The results have earned the group the cover story of the leading scientific ...
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