Merck Warns Docs to Stop Prescribing Tredaptive
Merck warns docs to stop prescribing Tredaptive
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Drugmaker Merck & Co. is suspending its sale of the cholesterol drug Tredaptive after initial results from a study showed that it wasn't effective and could raise the risk of some serious side effects. The Whitehouse Station, N.J., company said Friday …
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Early start to flu season quickly exhausts vaccine supplies
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The Food and Drug Administration on Dec. 21 expanded the approved use of Tamiflu to treat children as young as 2 weeks old who have shown symptoms of the flu. The drug was previously approved to treat adults and children at least 1 year old. The dose …
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Fort Worth man indicted on charges of making fake government IDs
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A federal grand jury in Dallas has indicted a Fort Worth man who was arrested in October on charges that he made fraudulent military and government identification badges such as those of the CIA. Grand jurors returned the indictment Tuesday against …
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How the kilo put on weight
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Many new drugs are tested in placebo-controlled trials: participants are allocated at random to receive either the drug or a dummy treatment, without them or the researchers knowing who is getting what. This is not practical or ethical with such an …
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