Anti-Rejection Drug May Boost Diabetes in Kidney Transplant Patients
Treatment with the anti-rejection drug sirolimus may leadto increased risk of diabetes inkidney transplant patients, sayresearchers who analyzed data on about 20,000 Medicare patientswho had kidney transplants …
Pharmacopeia Advances Strategic Plan to Focus Resources on Development and Later-Stage Discovery Programs
PRINCETON, N.J., May 30, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ –
Pharmacopeia, an innovator in the discovery and development of
novel small molecule therapeutics, announced today that it is
implementing the next step in its ongoing effort to focus…
Bristol-Myers Squibb Reaffirms 2008 Earnings Guidance
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 29, 2008 - Bristol-Myers Squibb
Company (NYSE:BMY) today reaffirmed its 2008 earnings guidance for
fully diluted earnings per share from continuing operations on a
GAAP basis to be between $1.36 and $1.46. The company…
Gilead and Navitas Announce Agreement for Cicletanine for the Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
FOSTER CITY, Calif. & LARAMIE, Wyo. & PALO ALTO,
Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 29, 2008 - Gilead Sciences, Inc.
(Nasdaq:GILD) and Navitas Assets, LLC today announced that the
companies have entered into an agreement under which Gilead…
Seizure Drug Reverses Cellular Effects In Brain Related To Alcohol Addiction
In the new research the scientists found that gabapentin normalizes the action of certain brain cells altered by chronic alcohol abuse in an area of the brain known as the central amygdala, which plays an …
New vaccine approach prevents/reverses diabetes in lab study
Results of study are published in Diabetes, a journal of the American Diabetes Association Microspheres carrying targeted nucleic acid molecules fabricated in the laboratory have been shown to prevent and even …
Coroner: Singer Sean Levert died of natural causes
A coroner ruled Thursday that R&B singer Sean Levert died of natural causes after falling ill in jail, and his family reacted by saying his death possibly could have been prevented.
The Lanier Law Firm Will Appeal Court Reversal of Jury Award to Widow in Nation’s 1st Vioxx Trial
HOUSTON, May 29, 2008 /PRNewswire/ — The Lanier Law Firm is
announcing its plans to appeal a decision issued today by the 14th
Court of Appeals in Brazoria County in favor of Whitehouse Station,
N.J.-based Merck & Co. . In the ruling, the court…
Obama’s doctor: Democrat is in ‘excellent health’
Barack Obama’s doctor said Thursday the candidate was in excellent health at the time of his last checkup 16 months ago but he has a family history of cancer and a smoking habit he’s tried to break.
Assembly on the Move for Rx Reform
/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Yesterday the New York State Assembly
Health Committee reported key legislation (see vote count below) to
reform how prescription drugs are marketed and sold in New York
State. Governor Paterson’s bill, A.11187, sponsored…