News
November 2006
'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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UK Scientists Have Created Male Contraceptive Pill
27 November 2006 :British scientists have
created a hormone free male contraceptive pill...
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Ask
For Viagra, Get A Heart Exam
22 November 2006 :Men thinking about asking
their doctor for some pharmacological help in the bedroom may need to
worry more about their hearts than their sex lives...
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Drug Watchdog Backs New Breast Cancer Drugs
22 November 2006 :Medicines cost-effectiveness
watchdog NICE on Wednesday approved a new class of drugs called aromatase
inhibitors for older women suffering from breast cancer...
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Sildenafil
Improves Depression In Men With Erectile Dysfunction
15 November 2006 :Men with erectile dysfunction
(ED) and depression reported an improvement in both their depression and
quality of life when successfully treated with sildenafil for their ED...
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Pfizer Extends RFID Tagging Beyond Viagra
15 November 2006 :Pfizer is stepping up
its commitment to RFID technology. The giant pharmaceutical concern, which
has been tagging every bottle of Viagra
it produces since the end of 2005, announced this week that it is extending
RFID to a second product line...
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Obesity Drug Acomplia Wins Mexican Approval
09 November 2006 :Sanofi-Aventis SA, France's
largest drugmaker, won clearance to sell the obesity treatment Acomplia
in Mexico, the first approval of the product in North America...
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ICOS Investor To Vote Against Lilly Deal
06 November 2006 :A health-care investment
firm with a major stake in biotechnology company ICOS Corp. said it would
vote against Eli Lilly and Co.'s $2.1 billion bid to acquire ICOS...
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Viagra For Babies? Sildenafil Found To Prevent Rebound Pulmonary Hypertension
In Infants
02 November 2006 :A single dose of sildenafil,
a blood vessel widening vasodilator (also sold under the brand name Viagra),
prevented rebound pulmonary hypertension and significantly reduced the
duration of mechanical ventilation in intensive care unit (ICU) infants
being withdrawn from inhaled nitric oxide therapy...
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