My Personal Biomedical Research Feed – Ralph Turchiano, CEO Alchepharma
Public release date: 4-Dec-2008 - researchers found no difference in the rate of progression of liver disease among patients who received interferon and those who did not DALLAS — Dec.…
Public release date: 8-Dec-2008 While an estimated 2.3 million people in the United States take part in clinical trials every year, there currently exists no formal requirement to inform them…
Public release date: 13-Nov-2008 Washington, D.C. – November 12, 2008 – The HPV vaccine, sold as Gardasil in the U.S., is intended to prevent four strains of the human papillomavirus,…
Public release date: 20-Nov-2008 ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – A jury has ordered drugmaker Roche to pay nearly $13 million to three patients who claim they developed a chronic bowel disorder…
Public release date: 24-Nov-2008 - quetiapine (brand name Seroquel), warfarin, escitalopram, risperidone and montelukast etc... STANFORD, Calif. — Physicians and policy-makers know that drugs are frequently prescribed to treat…
Public release date: 24-Nov-2008 - prevalence of major heart anomalies was 2.8% in the fluoxetine group, 2% in the paroxetine group and 0.6% in the control group Three-country study looks…
Public release date: 10-Nov-2008 Doctors should be required to disclose when they are prescribing drugs off-label, argues a new article in this week's PLoS Medicine. Michael Wilkes and Margaret…
Public release date: 27-Oct-2008 Off-label prescription of a drug is generally legal, but promotion of off-label uses by a drug manufacturer is illegal. In an article in this week's PLoS Medicine,…
Public release date: 2-Oct-2008 Baltimore, MD. - Knowing how an investigator is paid for running a research study surprisingly plays a small role in patients' willingness to take part…
Public release date: 6-Oct-2008 - significant influenza vaccine effectiveness could not be demonstrated for any season, age or setting after adjusting for county, sex, insurance, chronic conditions Use of the…
Public release date: 9-Oct-2008 86 percent were vitamin D deficient in 2003, 50 percent were deficient in 2004, 54 percent were deficient in 2005, and 46 percent were deficient in…
Public release date: 13-Oct-2008 Study highlights: • An analysis of data from two natonal health studies shows that more U.S. adults have hypertension than ever before. • The percent…
Public release date: 17-Sep-2008 Ithaca, N.Y. – September 17, 2008 – Lipitor has been the top-selling drug in the world and has accounted for over $12 billion in annual sales.…
Public release date: 22-Sep-2008 The use of statins is associated with a 28% increased risk of postoperative delirium in elderly patients, found University of Toronto professor Dr. Donald Redelmeier and…
Public release date: 22-Sep-2008 Over half of all supporting trials for FDA-approved drugs remained unpublished 5 years after approval, says new research published in this week's PLoS Medicine. The…
Public release date: 23-Sep-2008 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – New research out of Wake Forest University School of Medicine shows that use of the most commonly prescribed once-a-day treatment for chronic obstructive…
Public release date: 25-Sep-2008 HILTON HEAD, SC—Statins are powerful drugs that reduce "bad" cholesterol and thus cut the risk of a heart attack. While these medications offer tremendous benefits…
Public release date: 25-Sep-2008 Majority of children vaccinated against hepatitis B not at increased risk of MS ST. PAUL, Minn. – The majority of children vaccinated against hepatitis B…
Public release date: 29-Sep-2008 ST. PAUL, Minn. – A new study shows that people who take the commonly used blood thinning drug warfarin may have larger amounts of bleeding in…
Public release date: 8-Sep-2008 Treatment shown to be effective without side effects in children before trying drugs Baltimore, Md. – September 08, 2008 – Infantile spasms are a severe and…
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