Generic drugmaker Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. said Tuesday it has appointed vice chairman Dr. Phillip Frost to serve as chairman of its board.The world’s largest generic drugmaker by revenue said Frost will replace Moshe Many, who had been serving as interim chairman and will now serve as vice chairman.The moves came as Teva said former [...]
Mar. 9MUMBAI, India AstraZeneca, UK’s second-biggest drug maker, has dragged Sun Pharmaceuticals to court in a bid to prevent the Indian company from selling a generic form of the ulcer medicine Nexium IV in the US before 2014. The UK-based drugmaker filed two lawsuits against Sun Pharma and its US subsidiary on February 26 [...]
Mar 09, 2010 (Health-e/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) An outbreak of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) in the Free State has resulted in the death of one person and six others hospitalised.Deputy health minister Dr Molefi Sefularo has confirmed that a 45 year old patient was admitted to a mine hospital on February 26 with [...]
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.(BUSINESS WIRE) ACIST Medical Systems, Inc., a world-leading provider of contrast-delivery systems for cardiology and radiology imaging, announced today that HealthTrust Purchasing Group, LP (HealthTrust), Brentwood, Tenn., one of the leading health care [...]
WASHINGTON Legislation to give additional months of unemployment benefits to people who have been out of a job for more than half a year cleared a key hurdle Tuesday that guarantees it will soon pass the Senate.The sweeping bill also would prevent doctors from absorbing a crippling cut in Medicare payments and extends health [...]
WASHINGTON The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it approved Allergan’s botulinum-based drug Botox to treat spasms of the elbow, wrist and fingers.Botox is most famous for it’s ability to smooth frown lines on aging foreheads, but the drug has long been used to treat neck spasms, eye muscle disorders and excessive underarm sweating.Under [...]
WASHINGTON The Food and Drug Administration says it has approved Allergan’s drug Botox to treat spasms of the elbow, wrist and fingers.Botox is most famous for it’s ability to smooth frown lines, but the drug has long been used to treat neck spasms and other muscle disorders.Allergan will now be able to market Botox [...]
SILVER SPRING, Md., March 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Botox (onabotulinumtoxin A) to treat spasticity in the flexor muscles of the elbow, wrist, and fingers in adults. Spasticity is common after stroke, traumatic brain injury, or the progression of multiple sclerosis.(Logo: )"Muscles affected by spasticity have increased stiffness and [...]
SAN DIEGO(BUSINESS WIRE) ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: ACAD), a biopharmaceutical company utilizing innovative technology to fuel drug discovery and clinical development of novel treatments for central nervous system disorders, today reported its financial results for [...]
To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: Anne Buckley, VCU Communications and Public Relations, +1-804-828-6052, albuckley@vcu.edu, http://www.news.vcu.eduBrigham and Women’s Hospitals cardiologist, Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D., named to prestigious national awardRICHMOND, Va., March 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D., a nationally recognized physician-scientist and leading advocate of cardiovascular research, has been selected to receive the second annual Dr. Carolyn [...]
