Problems in Blood Drug Lead to Halt by Factory
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A major maker of heparin, a blood thinner used widely in surgery and dialysis, has stopped making it after hundreds of patients reported severe allergic reactions to the drug.
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Seventeen local drug manufacturers and some 100 pharmacies will be forced to stop operations by the end of this year because they have failed to meet national requirements on drug manufacturing and sales, the Shanghai Food and Drug Administration
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Research on whether some could be weaned off blood transfusion therapy was called off after two young patients who stopped getting the procedure suffered strokes.
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An Illinois company that has struggled since 1985 to create a safe and effective artificial blood substitute said yesterday that it had surmounted a major hurdle, but investors had their doubts, sending the shares down sharply in after-hours trading.
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Arthritis sufferers across South Africa have been inundating call centres and pharmacists in the wake of the shock withdrawal of their medication by the manufacturers of the most widely used drug treating the disease.
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Bayer HealthCare, a U.S.-based unit of Bayer AG  , stopped a late-stage trial of Nexavar in patients  with non-small cell lung cancer, after an independent data  monitoring committee concluded that the study would not meet  the main goal of improved overall survival.
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THE future of AstraZenecaâs blood-thinning medicine, Exanta, was thrown into fresh doubt last night after Franceâs leading drugs regulator confirmed that it was reviewing the medicineâs approval status.
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A major trail looking at drugs to treat high blood pressure has been stopped early because the results were so good.
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The drug maker's difficulties are evident, but its productivity may make it worth a second look.
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China's drug safety watchdog has suspended sales of a drug used to treat acute leukemia and rheumatoid arthritis, Xinhua news agency said on Saturday, the latest in a string of food and drug security scandals.
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A study aimed at determining if some children with sickle cell anemia could be weaned off blood transfusion therapy has been halted because two young patients who stopped getting the procedure suffered strokes and others developed a high chance of strokes.
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China&#39;s drug safety watchdog has  suspended sales of a drug used to treat acute leukemia and  rheumatoid arthritis, Xinhua news agency said on Saturday, the  latest in a string of food and drug security scandals.
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China has recalled leukaemia drugs  produced by a Shanghai drug company after several children  suffered side effects, the latest in a series of product safety  scares to hit China, Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday.
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U.S. health officials said Wednesday they have not inspected a Chinese factory that may be a source of problems with a blood thinner linked to allergic reactions and four deaths, but plan an inspection as soon as possible
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GlaxoSmithKline warns it will cut jobs and close some factories as part of a cost-cutting plan
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China's drug watchdog announced Saturday it has suspended the sale of a drug used to treat acute leukemia and rheumatoid arthritis in the latest move to hit the country's scandal-ridden drug industry.
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An international trial comparing blood-pressure lowering treatments has been stopped early due to the significantly better performance of one of the treatments in the trial.