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Revision in Quality Standards for Heparin
A third round of revisions to quality standards for heparin has been advanced by the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) in order to help further secure a safe supply of the drug. USP's ...

Acne Drug Users At High Risk of Developing Eye Infections
Teenagers who take popular medications like Accutane or Roaccutane to treat acne are at increased risk of developing eye infections such as conjunctivitis (pink eye) or sties, warn researche...

Patients Who Take Antidepressants When in ICU More Likely to Die
Critically ill patients who take antidepressants when they are admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) are more likely to die compared to those who do not take the pills, a new study condu...

New Tablet Coating Product by Ideal Cures, In Geneva
Ideal Cures, Indian pharmaceutical company at the Vitafoods Europe event in Geneva on Tuesday, will launch Instanute DR, a coating product for solid oral medicines. "Instanute DR is a p...

Prednisolone Benefits Patients With Bell's Palsy
A recent study examines the effect of prednisolone in patients with Bell's palsy. The cause of Bell palsy is unknown but one theory is that a reactivation of latent herpes simplex vir...

'Orphan' Sleep Drug may Fight Cancer
An 'orphan drug' used to treat sleep disorders may be potent cancer-fighting agent, say researchers. Their novel approach, using groundbreaking technology that allows rapid analysis of the ...

New Drugs for Fox Tapeworm Infection
Scientists are testing a series of novel drugs that could inhibit fox tapeworm infections in humans. The report, which appears in ACS' Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, shows that specific or...

Poor Quality Antimalarial Drugs Pose Threat
Poor quality malaria drugs lead to drug resistance that pose an urgent threat to vulnerable populations, shows study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases Journal. "Poor qual...

New Drug Shows Promise Against Localized High-risk Prostate Tumors
A novel hormone-depleting drug helps eliminate tumors in patients with aggressive cancers that have yet to spread beyond the prostate, shows clinical study. The phase II clinical tri...

Arthritis Drug Effective Against Amoebic Parasites
A common drug that is used for arthritis proves as an effective weapon against parasitic organisms, reveals study. Researchers in California found that auranofin, an oral therapy fo...

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