KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.
,
Jan. 5
/PRNewswire/ -- Prism Pharmaceuticals
announced today that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has approved
the new drug application (NDA) for NEXTERONE(R) (amiodarone HCl) Injection, a
novel, patent-protected, cosolvent free formulation of the antiarrhythmic
agent Amiodarone IV, originally marketed in the US by Wyeth as Cordarone(R)
Intravenous. NEXTERONE is indicated for the treatment and prophylaxis Read the rest of this entry »
Differences in culture, religion and language pose daily challenges at the West
health center, where the waiting room might find Iraqis standing next to refugees from Myanmar, or Burundis sitting alongside Somalis and Bhutanese.
On a recent snowy, bitterly cold day, 77 refugees from various countries were treated at the clinic. Among the patients seen by Dr. Gary Kaufman, the clinic's medical director, were two young sisters from Myanmar who Read the rest of this entry »
Here are some of the latest health and medical news
developments, compiled by editors of
Blood Clot Drug Causes Higher Death
Rate in Elderly Patients, Maker Says
A drug used to treat blood clots formed primarily from deep vein
thrombosis or in kidney failure increases the death rate among
elderly patients, its maker has warned physicians.
, the biotech company
Celgene Corp. has alerted doctors in a letter also posted on the
U.S. Food and Drug Read the rest of this entry »
Memphis-based GTx announced Tuesday morning that it had submitted a new drug application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the prevention of bone fractures in men undergoing drug therapy for prostate cancer.
Bone loss is a side effect of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), which is the primary treatment for advanced prostate cancer. GTx has filed an application for toremifene 80 milligrams, an oral selective estrogen receptor modulator Read the rest of this entry »
Brett Lee is putting a positive spin on a fourth ankle operation that threatens his participation in the Ashes.
The Australian paceman suffered another foot injury during the second Test against South Africa in Melbourne and will miss the upcoming three-Test series against the same opposition.
But the 32-year-old insists the surgery will give him the chance to recharge his batteries away from the glare of Test match cricket, and allow him to fully Read the rest of this entry »
FORT WAYNE, IN, Dec 30, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX News Network) --
(PINKSHEETS: PINR) Kevin May, Pine Ridge Holdings CEO, is pleased to announce the consolidated, total revenues for the Pine Ridge Holdings companies totaled $1,214,122 (unaudited) through November 30, 2008. This number represents a 7% increase over the same period in 2007.
This total includes the revenues for Pine Ridge Racquet Club ($834,008), Pine Ridge Fitness Club ($250,228) Read the rest of this entry »
Green Marlborough to cut home energy costs, build community
- Green Marlborough will host an orientation for people who want to learn to recycle, conserve water, save energy, rethink transportation and more.
The orientation will be held Thursday Jan. 8 from 7 to 9 p.m.
The first 15 people to sign up get a free "Low Carbon Diet" workbook, a fun, easy-to-use guide that the group uses to help individuals make simple changes to their everyday lives. Read the rest of this entry »
will give away free generic drugs for the next three months.
The Landover-based grocer — which has 184 supermarkets and 164 pharmacies in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and Washington, D.C. — will launch the program from Jan. 2 through March 21. About 36 prescription generic antibiotics will be free.
“We wanted to provide something to help customers in these tough economic times,” said Robin Michel, executive vice president Read the rest of this entry »
DALLAS
— A health care company hired to manage a program for elderly Texans as part of a broad privatization plan was fined more than $1 million by the state in the past year over mounting complaints that included delayed or denied medical care.
Evercare of Texas, a unit of Minnesota-based UnitedHealth Group, has drawn the ire of some powerful Austin lawmakers over its management of preventative and long-term care for the state's most Read the rest of this entry »
The Apple co-founder, who is 53, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2003 but has said he was cured with surgery. As The Times reported Dec. 17, however, "Appearances over the summer, in which Jobs looked unusually thin and drawn, renewed questions about his health."
Rumors flared again this month after Apple said Jobs wouldn't deliver the keynote address at January's Macworld Conference & Expo, the venue the company has used for more than a Read the rest of this entry »