UK agency stent decision now set for next week
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Britain's medicines advisory agency is now planning to publish its latest recommendations on the cost-effectiveness of drug-coated stents late next week, in a decision that could draw fire from manufacturers.
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Britain will find out on Saturday whether its equestrian medals will be upgraded.
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Blood clotting is four to five times more likely to occur in patients getting drug-coated heart devices known as stents, compared to the older bare-metal variety, according to a large data analysis released on Wednesday.
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The European Commission is not expected to make any decision on Santander Central Hispano&#39;s bid for Abbey National until the end of next week.
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GAITHERSBURG, Maryland  - A U.S. advisory panel on Friday was divided over whether current data warrant changes to drug-coated heart stent labels for their use in patients with more medical complications unapproved for the device.
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Last Thursday, the day the Food and Drug Administration launched a two-day advisory panel on the risks of drug-coated stents, doctors across the country found an e-mail on their computers from stent maker Johnson &amp; Johnson, inviting them to join a conference call about stent safety.
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Business & money: Â· Fund chiefs stonewall on domicile questionÂ· MPs expected to demand answers next week
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GAITHERSBURG, Maryland  - A U.S. advisory panel began hearing evidence on Thursday about potential risks of drug-coated stents, the tiny tubes used to prop open arteries in millions of heart patients.
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British heart doctors are fighting an effort to end government coverage for drug-coated heart stents.
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WASHINGTON: Hedge fund advisers will have to register with the US Securities and Exchange Commission and submit to examinations under a new rule approved on Tuesday in a 3-2 vote by the market-policing agency.
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Frailer heart patients could benefit from an advance in keyhole surgery carried out for the first time in the UK.
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Ministers are expected to signal the go-ahead for the controversial electronic medical records system.
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Boston Scientific Corp. has introduced the Taxus Liberte coronary stent, the second generation of its market-leading product, to 18 countries in Asia, Africa, and South America. The Natick company expects to launch the product in Europe this year. In the United States, the product is in the clinical-trial phase of regulatory approval.
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Scientists report new developments in the use of stents, which stop blockages in coronary arteries.
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At-risk patients in England are to be offered screening for heart disease and strokes, Gordon Brown is to say.
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Eli Lilly and Co  plans to  submit a U.S. application next week for its experimental  blood-clot preventer prasugrel, the most important drug in its  pipeline, a company spokesman said on Wednesday.
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U.S. advisers will start considering on Thursday the risks of drug-coated stents implanted in millions of heart patients, examining evidence showing the devices may lead to dangerous blood clots.