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“Heart Disorders Are Associated With Erectile Dysfunction”, Reveals Study
04 September 2007: Very few men may seldom imagine that continuous prevalence of problems in achieving or sustaining erections may lead to a heart trouble......Read
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Alli Receives Mixed Reviews Even After Six Months of Launch
27 August 2007: Outlined with an aim to block the absorption of 25 percent of fat, the first FDA approved over-the-counter weight loss pill, alli still has mixed reviews......Read
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FDA To Observe How People Respond To Drug Ads after Study Reveals Slipups
22 August 2007: A week after a study released in the New England Journal of Medicine revealed that the FDA’s drug-ad enforcement has progressively declined......Read
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Lilly To Churn Better Sales from Once-Daily Cialis
30 July 2007: Having won approval to market a one-a-day version of prolific erectile-dysfunction drug Cialis in the Europe....Read
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Alli May Appeal Eating Disorders Patients
27 July 2007: A credible preparation for obese and overweight to lose weight, alli, the first and only FDA approved over- the-counter diet pill may be abused....Read
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Europe Backs Up Low-Dose Version of Cialis for Impotence
28 June 2007: Having received approval from European officials, now Cialis turns the first erectile dysfunction drug which can be utilized constantly....Read
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German Court Rebuffed Sanofi’s Challenge against Acomplia’s Non–Compensation
25 June 2007: Sanofi-Aventis’s legal challenge against the German government's decision to categorize Acomplia as a non-reimbursable medicine has been rejected by the Social Affairs Court in Berlin....Read
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Wait For Diet Pill Alli Is Over, To Be Available From June 15th
17 May 2007: Finally, millions of obese
people can lay their hands on the hugely publicized diet drug called Alli
from this June 15, which is manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline...Read
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Seven Ad Agencies And $150 Million To Promote Diet Drug Alli
17 May 2007: It seems GlaxoSmithKline, the
manufacturer of diet drug Alli, is in no mood to take any chances with
its highly anticipated drug that will be hitting the market on June 15...Read
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British
Firm Develops Inhalable Viagra That Works In 60 Seconds
26 April 2007: A British biotechnology firm
has developed an inhaled version of Viagra, which works in mere 60 seconds.
The drug is known by its medical name VR004 and it get absorbed instantly
into the bloodstream through the lungs...Read
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U.S. Weight Loss Market To Reach $68 Billion By 2010
25 April 2007: The U.S. weight loss market
will continue to grow and will become a whopping $68.7 billion market
by 2010, according to Marketdata Enterprises, Inc...Read
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Diet
Pill Rimonabant To Rule The Market In 2010
29 March 2007: Diet pill Rimonabant (Acomplia
/ Zimulti), which is stalled by the FDA, will be a clinical benchmark
for treating obese or overweight people in 2010...Read
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Defect In Brain Causes Erectile Dysfunction In Diabetics
29 March 2007: Erectile dysfunction (ED)
in diabetics is due to a selective defect in the brain, according to a
study conducted by researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center...Read
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Sanofi
Still To Receive Approval
19 February 2007 :Acomplia,
the most important drug of Sanofi Aventis gets delayed again by the FDA
for the third time...Read
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No Viagra: Disappointed Customers
16 February 2007 :A valentine’s night
is a night to remember and Jim Dante wanted to give just that to his wife.
As he heard that Boots has started selling viagra over the counter...Read
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Cannabis
Drug May Help Fight Obesity
30 January 2007 :Human trials of an experimental
treatment for obesity derived from cannabis, which is commonly associated
with stimulating hunger, are scheduled to begin in the second half of
this year...Read
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Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Safe, Effective for Diabetic Men
24 January 2007 :Three drugs used to treat
erectile dysfunction - Cialis, Levitra and Viagra - are safe and effective
for men with diabetes, concludes a research review in the current issue
of the Cochrane Library journal...Read
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US
Company Develops Better Weight Reduction Pill
28 December 2006 :A US company claimed to
have developed a weight reduction pill which works better and faster than
existing drugs and also could cut the risk of heart disease, diabetes
and cancer...Read
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Viagra For Women?
28 December 2006 :In its efforts to develop
a new antidepressant, a German drugmaker has stumbled upon a substance
that increases female arousal...Read More..
'Miracle
Pill' May Help Trim Fat
29 November 2006 :In Europe, Anti-Obesity
Drug Shows Promise, But Also Requires Diet And Exercise...
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Dawn
Of A New Diet Pill?
29 November 2006 :After many years of research,
scientists are making progress with an entirely new kind of obesity pill
that's already on the market overseas...
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Sanofi Has No Comment On Acomplia U.S. Launch
31 October 2006 :French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis
declined to say on Tuesday when it expected to launch anti-obesity pill
Acomplia in the United States...
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Gene Therapy May Improve Sexual Function In Diabetic Men
27 October 2006 :Scientists have conducted
successful tests of a gene therapy designed to improve sexual function
in men with diabetes...
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Diet
Pill Acomplia on Sale in 4 European Countries, But at What Price?
27 September 2006 :With Sanofi's highly
anticipated diet drug Acomplia (rimonabant) now on sale in Finland as
well as Denmark, Germany, the U.K., one thing we keep hearing is the diet
pill is considerably more expensive than expected in some places...
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Cialis
Improves Erectile Dysfunction Caused by Radiation Therapy for Prostate
Cancer
27 September 2006 :According to the results
of a study published in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology,
Biology, Physics, Cialis (tadalafil) effectively treats erectile dysfunction
in men treated with three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy...
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Teen
Sex Unsafe Even With Main Lovers
23 August 2006 :Teens have as much unsafe
sex with their main sex partners as they do with their casual sex contacts,
Brown University researchers report...
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Taunted
Teenager Named Slimmer of the Year
22 August 2006 :A schoolboy shed more than
four stone in just six months after years of being taunted by classmates
who nicknamed him 'Chubbs'...
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The
Healthier You Eat, the Better Your Sex Life Will Be
24 July 2006 :IF THE risk of heart disease,
diabetes and other chronic illness isn't compelling enough to prompt better
eating habits, maybe this is. The healthier your diet, the better your
sex life...
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FDA Approves First Treatment for Hunter Syndrome
24 July 2006 :The Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) today approved Elaprase (idursulfase), the first product for the
treatment of Hunter syndrome (Mucopolysaccharidosis II, or MPS II), a
rare inherited disease ...
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Doctors
review euthanasia stance
28 June 2006 :Doctors are to debate whether
to reinstate their opposition to changes in the law that would allow terminally
ill patients to be helped to die...
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Doctor
warns Britain unprepared for bird flu
27 June 2006 :LONDON (Reuters) - A doctor
warned on Tuesday that preparations for a possible bird flu pandemic in
Britain were inadequate and could put more lives at risk...
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100-Calorie
Snack Packs: Do They Help With Weight Loss?
31 May 2006 : These days, quite a few snack
foods are available in 100-calorie packs — like Pringles chips,
Nutter Butter cookies, and even the 8-ounce mini Coke serving...
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Drug
boosts women's sex drive, company says
19 May 2006 : A New Jersey drug company
says an inhaler it’s working on could be the long-sought female
version of Viagra...
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Bird
flu found on Norfolk chicken farm
27 Apr 2006 : Chickens found dead on a poultry
farm have tested positive for bird flu, the Department for Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs said.... Read
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Tamiflu-maker sees strong sales
26 Apr2006 : Swiss drugs group Roche has
reported a strong jump in sales, boosted by global demand for its flu
treatment Tamiflu.. Read
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Viagra:
the little blue pill
28 March 2006 : In the historic coastal
town of Sandwich sprawls a factory which covers 340 acres of Kent and
employs 3,600 people. It is in part a monument ....... Read
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Observers
perplexed by Roche's cut-price Tamiflu strategy
26 March 2006 : Pharmaceutical industry
observers say they are perplexed by the Swiss giant Roche's cut-price
policy for Tamiflu......... Read
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Millions
spent on diabetes — but no strategy in place
28 Feburary 2006 : IRELAND spends hundreds
of millions of euro annually treating preventable complications in diabetes
patients...... Read
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Viagra
could help Crohn's disease
28 Feburary 2006 : Crohn's disease may actually
be caused by a failure of the immune response, a new study suggests. Read
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