GlaxoSmithKline pulls application for new drug use
AP - 2 hours 13 minutes agoBritish drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline PLC said Monday it is temporarily withdrawing its application for U.S. approval of a drug to prevent prostate cancer.
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Health official answers readers' questions on H1N1
Zanesville Times Recorder - Mon Nov 23, 6:38 am ETThe following are reader-submitted H1N1 questions with answers supplied by Dr. Alissa Ackelson, infectious diseases director of Infection Control, Genesis HealthCare System
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BioExx Achieves Self-Affirmed GRAS Status For Protein Isolates
Meat and Poultry Online - Mon Nov 23, 6:21 am ETBio-Extraction Inc. (TSX VENTURE:BXI - News; "BioExx" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that it has completed the self-affirmation process to qualify its specialty canola protein products, Isolexx(TM) and Vitalexx(TM), as self-affirmed GRAS ("Generally Regarded as Safe") for their intended use in various foods and beverages, thus providing a basis for the sale of these products in the ...
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Moderate Dems are key to health care vote
The World - Mon Nov 23, 1:55 am ETWASHINGTON — Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health care bill that runs to 2,074 pages and mentions neither Sen. Mary Landrieu nor her state of Louisiana.
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Thousands line up early for swine flu vaccine
The Capital - Sun Nov 22, 12:32 pm ETThe county's first walk-in clinic for the swine flu vaccine opened at 11:30 a.m. yesterday, but the first takers began lining up at 8:30 a.m. Elisabeth Hulette — The Capital Elizabeth Davis of Pasadena holds her daughter, 4-year-old Ryplee, as she gets a swine flu shot from Inez Cage, a nurse with the county Health Department.
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KTVN Reno - Sun Nov 22, 2:35 pm ETSenate Democrats managed to push health care reform legislation past a key hurdle on Saturday night, with a cloture vote that will lead to a debate on the Senate floor later this month, the Associated Press reported.
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Idahoans Want a Recipe for Food Safety
AG Weekly - Sun Nov 22, 1:23 pm ETBOISE, Idaho - Idahoans want a recipe for food safety from the federal government.
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Undercover police operation nets six alleged pill pushers
Eastern Arizona Courier - Sun Nov 22, 1:10 pm ETA three-month-long undercover police operation culminated with the arrests of six alleged prescription narcotic pill dealers throughout the Gila Valley on Tuesday.
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Pfizer gets FDA approval for intravenous Revatio
AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 20, 11:16 am ETDrug developer Pfizer Inc. said Friday the Food and Drug Administration approved an intravenous version of its high blood pressure drug Revatio.
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Covidien says FDA extends Exalgo review
AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 20, 10:56 am ETHealth care company Covidien PLC said Friday the Food and Drug Administration will take longer than expected to review the potential opioid pain drug Exalgo.
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Dendreon's Provenge gets FDA review date
AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 20, 10:54 am ETBiotechnology company Dendreon Corp. said Friday the Food and Drug Administration will make a regulatory decision on the potential prostate cancer vaccine Provenge by May 1.
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Allergy danger prompts Country Crock products recall
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 20, 9:47 pm ETUnilever United States Inc. said on Friday it was voluntarily recalling certain Shedd's Country Crock chilled side-dish products because they may contain sulfites.
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Matters of the mind
The Times Herald - Sun Nov 22, 2:40 am ETNORRISTOWN — There is no cure or long-term treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, a neurodegenerative condition that destroys brain cells and inevitably leads to memory loss and death.
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Shining light on 'Cooking in the Dark'
The Daily News - Sun Nov 22, 2:26 am ETIf the electricity goes out, Marcie Maynes and her family won’t have much trouble preparing hot meals. Her family of five would do pretty well even if an earthquake severed water and gas lines, too.
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FDA OKs Abilify for autism-linked irritability
AP via Yahoo! Finance - Fri Nov 20, 7:27 pm ETThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved top-selling Abilify as a treatment for autism-related irritability in children from the ages of 6 to 17, drug maker Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. said Friday.
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Stockbroker swears by medicinal marijuana
Boston Herald - Sat Nov 21, 12:38 pm ETFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - At a picnic table outside his office building Friday, stockbroker Irvin Rosenfeld took a long drag on his 115,000th marijuana cigarette. "It's...
FDA: Recalls
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Unilever Issues Nationwide Allergy Alert on Undeclared Sulfites in Certain Shedd’s Country Crock® Chilled Side-Dish Products
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Five Crowns Marketing Voluntarily Recalling Cantaloupes Packed under the Majesty Label Because of a Potential Health Risk Due to Possible Contamination of Salmonella
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Superior Foods Co. Issues Allergy Alert On Undeclared Allergens in Fish Product
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Service Smoked Fish Corp. Recalls Smoked Nova Salmon Because of Possible Health Risk
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