Sleeping pill for longer use wins approval
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The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new sleeping pill that some specialists say could pave the way for longer-term use of such medications.
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The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first over-the-counter diet drug, a lower dose version of a prescription drug made by British firm GlaxoSmithKline.
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A computerized pill box that patients can keep at home to dole out their drugs on schedule and in the correct doses received federal approval Thursday.
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The FDA has approved the drug letrozole for use in postmenopausal women with early breast cancer who have completed standard adjuvant tamoxifen therapy.
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Sepracor Inc. said on Wednesday that  its recently approved Lunesta sleep drug appears to help fight  insomnia and depression in patients with both disorders.
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The same huge federal study that led millions of women to abandon use of hormones after menopause now provides reassurance that another hormone concoction â-he birth control pill â -safe.
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â¢ THE QUESTION Chronic difficulty falling asleep prompts many people to take sleeping pills. Might therapy that combines relaxation techniques with behavior changes offer an effective alternative?
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The government approved a drug Tuesday that offers a new way of fighting severe pain - an option for patients who no longer benefit from morphine and other traditional pain medications.
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Merck has obtained rights to license an experimental anti-obesity drug that is based on a hormone the body uses to signal that it has eaten enough.
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All sleeping pills, including the blockbusters Ambien and Lunesta, may sometimes cause a bizarre but dangerous side effect &#151; sleep-driving, the Food and Drug Administration warned Wednesday.
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GlaxoSmithKline Plc won U.S. approval for a once-a-day breast cancer pill on Tuesday that the drugmaker hopes will launch a new era for its oncology business.
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Gilead gets marketing approval for one of its drug candidates.
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The Food and Drug Administration told Merck &amp; Co. that it would approve the company&#39;s successor drug to the now defunct pain reliever Vioxx if it provides further safety and
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AstraZeneca Plc has won U.S. approval to market its Nexium ulcer pill as a treatment that reduces the risk of ulcers developing in patients on non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, it said on Monday.
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(letrozole) is the first therapy approved by theU.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the extended adjuvant treatmentof postmenopausal women with early breast cancer who have received adjuvant(post-surgery) tamoxifen therapy for five years
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Sepracor Inc. won a long-awaited approval to sell its new prescription sleep aid, a drug that may help push the money-losing company to a profit.
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The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Eli Lilly&#39;s Cymbalta, a balanced and potent serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor.