EU drugs panel backs Novartis pandemic flu vaccine
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European regulators have endorsed a second experimental bird flu vaccine for use in humans, from Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG.
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BETHESDA, US: A new Sanofi-Aventis meningitis vaccine aimed at protecting adolescents throughout their college years is safe and effective but should undergo longer-term studies if approved, a panel of US experts concluded.
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Drug maker Novartis AG on Wednesday  said U.S. regulators approved its drug for the treatment of an  overactive bladder.
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United States health officials, taking another step to ease the season&#39;s flu shot shortage, approved the importation of up to four million flu shot doses from Europe on Tuesday for patients willing to sign a consent form.
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MedImmune has cleared a significant hurdle to revive its long-troubled nasal flu vaccine, announcing yesterday that the Food and Drug Administration had approved FluMist for children 2 to 5 years old.
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Â· Lancet fast-tracks research sponsored by drug firm Â· Health advisers consider vaccinating older women
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U.S. health officials on Tuesday approved the importation of up to 4 million doses of influenza vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline  , bringing the U.S. total to 65 million vaccines for this flu season.
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By Rosie Murray-West, City Correspondent (Filed: 29/11/2004). British drug giant GlaxoSmithKline is readying itself to respond to a flu vaccine crisis in America, with its Fluarix vaccine expected to be approved
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Novartis AG      won U.S. approval to  promote the drug Femara for women who have finished standard  therapy for early-stage breast cancer and run out of options,  the company said on Friday.
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Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche Holding AG said Friday that the European Union's executive body had approved its cancer drug Avastin.
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WASHINGTON Dec 10, 2004 - A European-produced flu vaccine widely used in other countries will be tested at four locations in the United States, the government announced.
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A new Sanofi-Aventis  meningitis vaccine aimed at protecting adolescents throughout their college years is safe and effective but should undergo longer-term studies if approved, a panel of U.S. experts concluded on Wednesday.
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British drug company GlaxoSmithKline Plc said on Thursday it would start a late-stage study of a flu vaccine, the latest effort to help stem the nation&#39;s vaccine shortage.
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GENEVA -- The World Health Organization yesterday urged governments to provide funds to drug makers developing vaccines against a feared influenza pandemic which could kill millions.
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Swiss drug maker Roche Holding AG said Friday that it is moving to provide smaller child-sized capsules of Tamiflu, the medicine many governments have been stockpiling as an initial defense against a pandemic that might result from the bird flu virus.
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A potential flu pandemic vaccine based on one strain of the H5N1 bird flu works against other versions of the virus as well, the vaccine's manufacturer said Monday.
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A federal advisory panel has backed Eli Lilly & Companyâs proposed long-acting form of its schizophrenia drug Zyprexa.