Drug Fails Against Autoimmune Disease
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WEDNESDAY, Jan. 26 (HealthDayNews) -- The drug etanercept shows no benefit against the autoimmune disorder Wegener's granulomatosis, according to results of a clinical trial led by Johns Hopkins researchers.
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A single biological mechanism could activate a variety of autoimmune diseases, researchers report. The discovery could pave the way for new therapies for rheumatoid arthritis
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The government approved a drug Tuesday that tries a new method of attacking multiple sclerosis, an incurable disease of the central nervous system that affects 350,000 Americans.
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The larger pharmaceutical drops out of daclizumab development.
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Methotrexate, used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis, may also reduce the risk of atherosclerosis and circulatory diseases affecting the heart and brain, investigators have found.
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This lung cancer drug is not as effective as once hoped.
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Merck's HIV vaccine fails in phase 2 trials.
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It can be incredibly difficult for patients to ferret out studies of experimental drugs that offer hope to threat their disease. There is no comprehensive database of ongoing clinical trials, but specialists offer advice for the search:
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Weighing the risks of Avandia, a diabetes drug, against its benefits is a difficult task.
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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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Its Alzheimer's treatment flops in testing, on the heels of FDA disapproval of another Neurochem drug.
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LONDON, October 6  - AstraZeneca (AZN.ISE) has delayed the regulatory approval filing target for its diabetes drug, Galida, from 2006 to 2007, while admitting that its anti-blood clotting drug, Exanta, was unlikely to receive the US
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Investors are discouraged after it releases the latest data for its top drug.
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A drug that helps the immune system attack lung cancer cells may improve survival time.
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Shares in AstraZeneca tumbled today after a key drug it has developed in the fight against strokes was provisionally rejected by US regulators.
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Two drugs approved for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome may or may not work for the 45 million Americans who suffer from I.B.S.
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Drugs used to treat malaria  appear to reduce the risk of malignancy in patients with  systemic lupus erythematosus, Spanish researchers report in the  Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.