US says 2 deaths in Biogen, Genentech drug users
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Two lupus patients died from a rare  brain infection after taking the Genentech and Biogen Idec drug  Rituxan, U.S. health officials said in an advisory issued on  Monday.
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Two premature infants died after receiving adult doses of a blood thinner, a hospital said Sunday, blaming the incident on human error.
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"Mr. Heath Ledger died as the result of acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam and doxylamine." Â A representative for the New York City medical examiner. Ledger was found dead in his New York apartment Jan. 22.
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At least one person has died after being injected with a purported treatment for Lyme disease, health officials said Friday in warning doctors and patients to avoid the unapproved product.
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US public health officials confirmed Monday that a 62-year-old man died due to complications from West Nile virus, making him the fourth Los Angeles County resident to die from the mosquito-borne disease.
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The US National Institutes of Health halted an Alzheimer&#39;s prevention study of Pfizer Inc.&#39;s Celebrex painkiller and the generic naproxen drug because of a heart risk.
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U.S. health officials issued the second warning since 2005 on Friday about deaths from misuse of Johnson & Johnson's Duragesic pain-killing patch or generic versions.
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Thirty-four people have died so far this year in Travis County from a heroin overdose, up from 23 last year. Authorities believe a particularly potent strain of heroin being smuggled into the United States and circulating on the streets of the Texas Capital is partly to blame for the highest number of heroin deaths in Austin since 1992.
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The safety of Celebrex and other pain relievers was questioned Wednesday as scientists in the United States and regulatory agencies in Europe said they feared such drugs might raise the same risk of heart problems as those blamed on the arthritis medicine Vioxx.    One key researcher charged the U.S...
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Cephalon Inc  has warned doctors about at least three deaths linked to its cancer pain drug Fentora, U.S. health regulators said on Thursday.
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A patient in a gene therapy experiment died on Tuesday in what may have been a reaction to a novel treatment for arthritis, federal health officials said late yesterday.
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Genentech Inc colon and lung cancer drug Avastin, along with standard chemotherapy, increases survival rates of patients with a very deadly type of brain tumor, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
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Cephalon Inc. warned doctors about deaths that have been linked to its Fentora pain drug for cancer patients, U.S. health regulators said on Thursday.
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For those that missed it last night, Biogen Idec (BIIB:Nasdaq - news - research) and Elan Pharmaceuticals (ELN:NYSE ADR - news - research) received FDA approval for their new multiple sclerosis drug, now called Tysabri (formerly known as Antegren.
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Genentech Inc. and Swiss drug maker Roche Holding AG said Monday that a recent study showed their colon cancer drug Avastin significantly extended patient survival when combined with an oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy drug.
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Genentech (nyse: DNA - news - people ) will announce third-quarter results. The biotechnology firm said yesterday it received a subpoena from the US Attorney&#39;s Office in relation to the marketing of Rituxan, a treatment for a type of blood cancer.
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Seventeen people have died in New York City in the past three months after overdosing on illegal drugs laced with the prescription painkiller fentanyl, authorities said Tuesday.