The panel stopped short of recommending that all men take the drug because clinical trials have not yet shown that it reduces deaths.
Prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths among men, behind lung cancer, with 186,000 new cases diagnosed and 28,660 deaths each year.
Finasteride is used in low doses under the brand name Propecia as an anti-balding drug and in higher doses under the name Proscar for shrinking enlarged prostate Read the rest of this entry »

apparently had his picture taken with a marijuana bong in hand just announced that he does not have enough evidence to prosecute the Olympian or anyone else who was present at the November party.
Richland County (S.C.) Sheriff
Leon Lott,
in a news release sent to reporters via e-mail, states that: “Having thoroughly investigated this matter, we do not believe we have enough evidence to prosecute anyone that was present at the November party.
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Feb 19, 2009 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) –
— Cordex Pharma, a developer of new cardiovascular medicines, has submitted to the FDA an amended Phase III protocol for ATPace to be reviewed as a special protocol assessment.
According to Cordex, the amendment addresses written comments recently received from the FDA in response to the company’s initial special protocol assessment (SPA) submission to the FDA in November 2008.
Amir Pelleg, Cordex’s Read the rest of this entry »

SPPI.O
) said
U.S. regulators have extended the review date of its
experimental cancer drug, Zevalin, to July 2.
The decision by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration comes
after the regulator received a major amendment to the
Supplemental Biologics License Application for use of Zevalin
as a treatment for patients with indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin’s
lymphoma (NHL), the company said.
The drug has received priority review status from the FDA.
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-(Dow Jones)- U.S. federal regulators on Monday acknowledged it was
a mistake to “dis-invite” a leading cardiologist to a panel that was deciding
whether to recommend approval for a controversial anti-clotting drug made by
Eli
Lilly & Co.
(LLY).
Dr. Sanjay Kaul, a cardiologist at Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute in
, was scheduled to participate in a
Feb. 3
Prasugrel, an anti-clotting drug that has been linked
to dangerous internal bleeding.
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Ranbaxy, Dr Reddy’s and other Indian drug makers, which earn a third of their earnings from selling products in the US, need higher drug approvals from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of that country in the next financial year to maintain 20 per cent sales growth.
The requirement comes at a time when the US, the world’s biggest drug market, is facing a slowdown and one of India’s leading drug makers, Ranbaxy, is being investigated Read the rest of this entry »

Bangkok – Thailand's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has certified the quality of the Indian-made generic heart drug Clopidogrel which is 23 times cheaper than its patented alternative Plavix, media reports said on Saturday.
“We confirm that every lot of Clopidogrel imported from India has been tested, with its quality and efficacy approved by the Department of Medical Science before being distributed to hospitals,” FDA deputy secretary Veerawan Read the rest of this entry »

In Orlando, a 38-year-old contractor suffers from erectile dysfunction, a side effect of the drug he takes for depression. The anti-ED prescription his doctor gave him doesn’t help. He seeks steroids instead.
And in a town north of Seattle, an eighth-grade boy wants steroids for school sports. If he can get his weight up to 170, he thinks he can make the football team.
Here, from the business records of a Florida wellness center that was closed Read the rest of this entry »

Three men have been arrested in a Washington County Narcotics Task Force probe in Forest Lake. Authorities also seized 62 pounds of khat, a leafy controlled substance narcotic, during a joint effort with the Forest Lake Police Department.
The drugs were seized and the arrests were made at 1:40 p.m. on Tuesday at the UPS Store, 2009 W. Broadway Ave. where officers from the two police agencies converged.
During the arrest, police recovered 62 pounds Read the rest of this entry »

The panel stopped short of recommending that all men take the drug because clinical trials have not yet shown that it reduces deaths.
Prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths among men, behind lung cancer, with 186,000 new cases diagnosed and 28,660 deaths each year.
Finasteride is used in low doses under the brand name Propecia as an anti-balding drug and in higher doses under the name Proscar for shrinking enlarged prostate Read the rest of this entry »