Drug does little to cut lung disease death rate
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A combination of two GlaxoSmithKline drugs may help keep patients with emphysema and chronic bronchitis from suffering severe complications, researchers reported on Wednesday.
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A late-stage trial of Nexavar in patients with nonsmall-cell lung cancer after a committee said it would not meet the main goal of improving overall survival.
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Novartis' pain killer Prexige did not  raise the rate of serious heart problems and led to fewer ulcer  problems compared to normal anti-inflammatory drugs, results of  a study of over 18,000 patients showed.
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In a recent trial, a pain medication wasn't as effective as had been hoped.
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Atenolol, a drug commonly prescribed to treat hypertension, doesn&#39;t prevent heart attacks or cardiovascular death any better than dummy drugs and is less
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A VACCINE for treating lung cancer has shown very promising results in a trial, according to results presented yesterday. More than half the patients, in whom the disease was at an advanced
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study of a powerful cholesterol-lowering drug, Zocor, has surprised researchers by finding little or no benefit in greatly increasing the dose given to people who recently had a heart attack.
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The government on Monday restricted use of an antibiotic linked to rare reports of severe liver problems, including several deaths, saying the drug now should be used only to treat pneumonia but not less serious bacterial infections like bronchitis and sinusitis.
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A new program to provide low-cost drugs to people with cancer and other serious illnesses has fallen far short of expectations.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) learned yesterday from AstraZeneca that a large clinical trial comparing Iressa (gefitinib) with placebo in patients with non-small cell lung cancer who had failed other courses of cancer therapy showed no survival
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Encysive Pharmaceuticals on Monday  said its experimental drug to treat an often-fatal lung  condition was effective in a late-stage trial and it appeared  to be safer than the only approved drug for the illness.
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Eli Lilly and Co.&#39;s Alimta lung cancer medicine was as effective as Sanofi-Aventis SA&#39;s Taxotere treatment while causing fewer serious side effects in patients with advanced lung tumors, according to a study.
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A patient-compliance study shows that its only drug offers no better solution.
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A leading drug used by millions of  people to lower blood pressure does not prevent deaths from  heart attacks or other cardiovascular problems as well as other  treatments, researchers said on Friday.
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Progress on its lead drug remains stalled.
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New data are due out on a promising cholesterol drug. But there are doubters.
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Science & environment: Drug that boosts ability to lower cholesterol could help guard against heart attacks, research shows