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LONDON, Nov 28 (Reuters) – AstraZeneca Plc (AZN.L:
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delay in getting a new infant lung drug from its recently
acquired MedImmune biotech unit to market in the United States.
The Anglo-Swedish drugmaker said on Friday it had received a
so-called “complete response letter” from the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) asking for additional information on
motavizumab.
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My name is Joe Blundell. I n the year 2000 I was crushed by a 30,000-ton train, and suffered much thereafter under the opium-based narcotics doctors prescribed to me. Then I found that a flower could be used to treat many of my subsequent conditions. Why am I telling you this? Because I wish to tell that my life and those around me have been enriched by my use of marijuana. I asked the people of Cliff Village, Mo. , if they would support me on legalizing Read the rest of this entry »
Theravance, Inc. (NASDAQ: THRX)
reported today its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year
ended December 31, 2008. Net loss for the fourth quarter and full year of
2008 was $15.9 million and $93.6 million, respectively, compared with $33.1
million and $160.0 million for the same periods of 2007. Net loss per
share was $0.26 and $1.53 for the fourth quarter and full year of 2008,
respectively, compared with a net loss per share of Read the rest of this entry »
Washington (SmartAboutHealth) – A new report has revealed that Louisiana is most ready to handle a health emergency caused by a natural or man-made disaster.
This latest report was called “Ready or Not? Protecting the Public’s Health from Diseases, Disasters and Bioterrorism.”
It has been sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as well as Trust for America’s Health, and found that out of all of the states, Louisiana Read the rest of this entry »
Finding affordable health care has been a growing problem for years, made worse by the recession.
Dr. Larry Wolk and the organization he founded, the Rocky Mountain Youth Clinics, continues to help patients who otherwise might not get the care they need.
For more than 16 years, the youth clinics have provided affordable health care to children at such places as community centers, treatment facilities and schools.
In this interview, Dr. Wolk Read the rest of this entry »
Coverleaf.com Welcomes Rodale Titles to Growing Stable of Digital Magazine Editions
SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass., Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ — Coverleaf.com, the service from Texterity, Inc. that gives magazine publishers new digital tools to build reader engagement, today announced the addition of all Domestic and Canadian Rodale digital magazine titles. Rodale’s
Prevention, Men’s Health, Women’s Health, Runner’s World, Best Life, Bicycling, Running Times, Read the rest of this entry »
CAPE VERDE: Deported youth offenders face drugs, unemployment
PRAIA, 26 November 2008 (IRIN) – About 900 Cape Verdeans have been deported back to the islands since 1992. Rejected by their host country after they committed crimes, the group of mostly young male deportees said they have returned home only to find plentiful drugs, unemployment and discrimination.
The head of the country’s judiciary police, Oscar Silva dos Reis Tavares, told Read the rest of this entry »
Tom Daschle withdrew his nomination for health and human services secretary Tuesday, after fielding mounting criticism
over his failure to pay more than $130,000 in taxes.
The move marked a stunning turnaround from the day before,
when Daschle mounted a campaign to retain allies on Capitol Hill and President Obama told reporters he “absolutely”stands
by the former South Dakota senator.
But the president accepted Daschle’s withdrawal Read the rest of this entry »
A Floyd County Ken-tucky woman was killed in a Pike County accident yesterday evening.
A press release from Kentucky State Police (KSP) Post 9 reported dispatch received a call of a two-vehicle accident on Penny Highway in Pike County at 5:29. When police arrived, they discovered a 1997 Chevrolet pickup driven by Billy Ward was traveling south when it crossed the center line, striking a 2005 Chevrolet pickup operated by Johnny Spears Jr.
Alicia Read the rest of this entry »
ScienceDaily (Nov. 17, 2008)
— At least one in four of the 697,000 U.S. veterans of the 1991 Gulf War suffer from Gulf War illness, a condition caused by exposure to toxic chemicals, including pesticides and a drug administered to protect troops against nerve gas, and no effective treatments have yet been found, a federal panel of scientific experts and veterans concludes in a landmark report released Monday.
The Congressionally-mandated Read the rest of this entry »