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Majority of pharma ads fail to comply with FDA standardshe majority of pharmaceutical advertisements in biomedical journals fails to quantify serious risks including death, a US study has shown. The study, led by the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in Ne2011/8/22
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Data Pooling Could Repurpose Old Drugs, Say ScientistsScientists believe they could unlock many new uses for old medicines through matching up two online computer programmes, one that catalogues gene activity and another that monitors drug effects. Th2011/8/19
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EMA accepts Merck and ARIAD's MAA for ridaforolimus to treat metastatic bone sarcomasMerck (NYSE:MRK), known outside the United States and Canada as MSD, and ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (NASDAQ:ARIA), today announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has completed its administ2011/8/19
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Herbal supplements may weaken the effect of chemotherapy drugsDoctors urge cancer patients to discuss supplements with their doctors before beginning treatment Acai berry, cumin, herbal tea, turmeric and long-term use of garlic - all herbal supplements commonly2011/8/19
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Roche Relaunches Arthritis Drug for ChildrenA rheumatoid arthritis drug developed by Roche has been relaunched in the UK to treat children with the disease. Toclizumab, also known as RoActemra, is already licensed to treat adults with severe2011/8/18
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Bayer Healthcare to provide over 600,000 moxifloxacin tablets to fight MDR-TB in ChinaBayer Healthcare announced on Monday it "has agreed to support the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Stop TB Partnership in the fight against multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) by making2011/8/18
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SFDA issues Criterion for Food Inspection Institutions in Catering ServicesIn order to strengthen the management to food inspection institutions in catering services, standardize the conducts of these institutions and improve their technical capabilities and management level2011/8/17
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Pfizer Wins Right to Protect Viagra PatentPfizer has won its fight to keep the exclusive rights to sell Viagra (sildenafil citrate) through to 2019. The US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia backed the patent protecting th2011/8/17
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U.S. District Court rules in favor of Pfizer in Viagra patent litigationPfizer Inc. announced today that it has prevailed in its patent infringement action against Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.2011/8/16
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Big Pharma Forced to Open Up on FacebookPharmaceutical companies will no longer be able to block and moderate reader comments on their pages on social media platform Facebook, in a move that will bring big pharma into line with other busine2011/8/16