Pharma Groups Work on EPC Issues
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Sept. 30, 2004âReacting to calls from pharmaceutical retailers, distributors and manufacturers, EPCglobal has added a new action group to specifically study the pharmaceutical industry
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The Football Association is to introduce a test for the banned drug erthropoietin (EPO) in response to drug claims by Arsenal&#39;s Arsene Wenger.
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At a research and development meeting for analysts on Nov. 30, Pfizer (PFE ) stayed on message all day long. Despite questions about possible safety issues with arthritis pain medication Celebrex, patent challenges
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London - The European Medicines Agency said on Friday it has been asked by the European Commission to conduct a review of certain arthritis drugs after the worldwide withdrawal of Merck &amp; Company&#39;s Vioxx medication.
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Medicines watchdogs are reviewing safety data for an entire class of drugs taken by millions of patients with arthritis and severe pain after the worldwide withdrawal of Merck&#39;s Vioxx last week.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday asked an outside group to review the way the agency monitors safety risks of medicines after they hit the market, such as Merck & Co. Inc.'s withdrawn painkiller Vioxx.
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A group of seven on of the worldâs largest pharmaceutical companies hopes to develop genetic tests to determine which patients would be at risk of drug side effects.
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Last December, medical school researchers came to a professional meeting in Puerto Rico with a sense of urgency. Federal drug regulators were reviewing unpublished data from their studies on
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The world's four main pharmaceutical trade groups said Thursday that they will publish far more data about clinical drug trials than is now required by law.
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A previously unpublished internal survey of Food and Drug Administration scientists points to potentially dangerous gaps in the approval and marketing of prescription drugs, according to documents jointly released today by the Union of Concerned
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A US group charged with helping to develop Medicare guidelines released a proposal on Thursday classifying medicines in groups that could determine how likely certain drugs would be covered under a new prescription drug benefit.
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The problems with Vioxx, taken off the market last week, raise questions about the Food and Drug Administration's safety review process. Observers say longer clinical trials should be required.
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A consumer group and 35 doctors and scientists asked the federal government Thursday to convene an independent review of the science that led to new guidelines urging wider use of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs.
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BRUSSELS, Nov 1 (IPS) - A leading development group has welcomed EU  proposals to allow export of cheap medicines to poor countries  fighting HIV/AIDS and other killer diseases.
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A day after troubling reports about the popular pain relief drug Celebrex, more questions are being asked about the approval process for such drugs.
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EPIX initiates a safety trial and gets good efficacy data.
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The pharmaceutical industry made a commitment Thursday to publish more data about clinical drug trials, amid growing questions about the safety of many leading companies' medicines.