Genentech’s Avastin, widely prescribed for colon cancer and some lung tumors, was linked to significantly higher rates of vein clotting in an analysis of earlier studies.
Patients who got the drug were 33 percent more likely to have blood clots develop in their veins than those who didn’t receive it, said researchers led by Shenhong Wu, a cancer specialist at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, N.Y. Avastin, Genentech’s top-selling drug with Read the rest of this entry »
SAN MATEO, Calif.
,
Dec. 11
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Pain Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:
) has received a Complete Response Letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its New Drug Application (NDA) for REMOXY(R), an abuse-resistant controlled-release form of oxycodone. Based on its review, the FDA has determined that the NDA is not approved in its present form.
The FDA believes additional non-clinical data will be required Read the rest of this entry »
NATURAL HEALTH TRENDS CORP.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)
(In Thousands, Except Share Data)
June 30, September
2008 30, 2008
———– ———–
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents Read the rest of this entry »
Fourth Qtr. Ended Year Ended
October 31, 2008 October 31, 2008
GAAP basis net income/(loss) $ 103,000 $ (686,000 )
Severance charges 3,000 369,000
GAAP basis net income/(loss) before severance charges $ 106,000 $ (317,000 )
Depreciation and amortization Read the rest of this entry »
signed an evaluation agreement with the University Hospital Heidelberg in Germany to advance the company’s cancer drug development efforts.
Nicholas Nicolaides, the president and CEO of Morphotek, said the research partnership will provide his company with “unique clinical materials” to generate and validate potential therapeutic antibodies to fight cancer.
“The clinical group at [Heidelberg University Hospital’s Read the rest of this entry »
POSTED: 03:58 p.m. EDT, Oct 10, 2008
AKRON, Ohio (October 10, 2008) – The grand opening of Akron Children’s Hospital’s Future Fitness Club at the Green YMCA will be held on Oct. 18 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Green YMCA is located at 3800 Massillon Rd.
Akron Children’s has teamed up with Kohl’s Community Youth Fitness Initiative to create affordable, community-based youth fitness programs. Located in neighborhood recreation Read the rest of this entry »
FDA Panel Asks: Are Asthma Drugs Safe?
Dec. 9, 2008 – Are the commonly prescribed
Serevent, Symbicort, and Foradil safe?
, drug safety, and pediatrics.
Analysis of data pulled from clinical trials shows that patients taking Serevent, Symbicort, or Foradil have a small but significantly increased risk of asthma-related hospitalization. This is especially true for kids 4 to 11.
The same analysis shows that patients taking Serevent have a small Read the rest of this entry »
January 10, 2009 12:26 am
Pregnant women who overindulged on holiday goodies might want to make a New Year’s resolution to be very cautious about dieting until after the baby is born.
“While it’s not a good idea to gain too much weight during pregnancy, women should not deprive themselves or their babies of nutrition by overcompensating with a weight-loss diet,” said Dr. Frances Rosenbaum, assistant professor of obstetrics/gynecology Read the rest of this entry »
The single most important decision before county voters this November is Measure A.
Measure A is critical to every resident who needs emergency trauma treatment in the aftermath of a serious accident, fire or natural disaster in Santa Clara County.
If approved, Measure A will provide the necessary funding to replace seismically noncompliant hospital buildings at Valley Medical Center Hospital with modern facilities that will remain standing after Read the rest of this entry »
Iowa teen left at Neb. hospital back with family
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Iowa teenager who was abandoned at an Omaha hospital under Nebraska’s safe-haven law is back home, in part because the grandparents who dropped her off soon changed their minds, a county official said Thursday.
The 14-year-old girl from across the Missouri River in Council Bluffs, Iowa, was left at Creighton University Medical Center on Tuesday. She was the 17th child Read the rest of this entry »