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Australia to Subsidise 13 New DrugsMore than 400,000 Australians will benefit from 13 subsidised medicines from September, including patients suffering from multiple sclerosis, cystic fibrosis and various forms of cancer. Australia'2011/6/24
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IPEC Federation statement on Taiwan Phthalate Contamination IncidentIPEC Federation: Taiwan Phthalate Contamination Incident Impact on Safety of Excipients June 15, 2011 Recent events in Taiwan have raised the possibility of Di-Ethyl Hexyl Phthalate (DEHP) and2011/6/23
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Australia to Subsidise 13 New DrugsMore than 400,000 Australians will benefit from 13 subsidised medicines from September, including patients suffering from multiple sclerosis, cystic fibrosis and various forms of cancer. Australia'2011/6/23
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Scientists Develop New Cystic Fibrosis DrugAn international team of scientists has developed a new drug for cystic fibrosis sufferers. VX-770 targets people with the 'celtic gene', a genetic mutation particularly common in patients with the2011/6/23
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FDA confirms printed prescription drug ads affect consumer understanding of medicationsFindings from three studies conducted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration confirm that the way information is conveyed and displayed in printed drug advertising affects consumer understanding of2011/6/22
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Risperidone recall by J&JBy Dr Ananya Mandal, MD Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc., a unit of Johnson & Johnson, recalled about 16,000 bottles of its Risperdal schizophrenia drug on reports of an uncharacterist2011/6/20
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Pfizer Begins Court Proceedings to Protect Viagra PatentPfizer will begin court proceedings in Virginia, US, today to fight to keep the exclusive rights to sell Viagra (sildenafil citrate) through to 2019. The company, based in New York, sued generic ma2011/6/16
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'Cell membrane capsules' made from real living cells improve functional drug deliveryThe quest for better ways of encapsulating medicine so that it can reach diseased parts of the body has led scientists to harness - for the first time - living human cells to produce natural capsules2011/6/16
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SFDA Commissioner Shao Mingli meets Director of Health of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative RegionOn the morning of June 10, 2011, Shao Mingli, Commissioner of the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) and Dr. P.Y. LAM, Director of Health of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrati2011/6/15
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New FDA rules for sunscreen labelsBy Dr Ananya Mandal, MD The U.S. Food and Drug Administration this Tuesday released new rules that specify sunscreens’ labeling. The rules specify which lotions protect the skin and which do not.2011/6/15