Bayer halts trial of lung cancer treatment
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German drug group Bayer said Monday that it had halted trials of its leading cancer treatment Nexavar for one of the main forms of lung cancer.
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A specific combination of drugs produced such encouraging results in blacks with heart disease that the trial was halted early so all the participants could take advantage of the therapy.
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Pfizer Inc. is indefinitely suspending all consumer advertising of its arthritis drug Celebrex, following last week&#39;s revelation of a study that showed high doses caused an increased risk of heart attacks among cancer patients.
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China's drug safety watchdog has suspended sales of a drug used to treat acute leukemia and rheumatoid arthritis, Xinhua news agency said on Saturday, the latest in a string of food and drug security scandals.
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FRIDAY, Dec. 17 (HealthDayNews) -- The U.S. government announced Friday that it was halting the use of the painkiller Celebrex in a clinical trial on colorectal cancer patients after a study found an apparent increase in the risk of heart attack among those taking the drug.
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The Food and Drug Administration has given a Seattle company permission to resume its human tests of an experimental, gene-based arthritis treatment whose safety came into question this summer after a 36-year-old study participant died.
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A specific combination of drugs produced such encouraging results in black patients with heart disease that the trial was halted early so all the participants could take advantage of the therapy.
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Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. said Wednesday that a long-term study of its Norvasc blood pressure treatment in patients with other heart disease risks was stopped early because of the drug&#39;s significant benefits.
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Researchers in the US have halted a government study involving a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug known as Naproxen, brand Aleve, after data indicated possible increased heart risks associated with the painkiller.
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A clinical trial of the blockbuster arthritis drug Celebrex was shut down Friday after researchers found an increase in the risk of serious heart disease and strokes in those taking the drug.
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A new antibody treatment for Alzheimer&#39;s has apparently halted its progression in a small human trial. The treatment lowers the amount of beta peptide in the brain, thought to be the cause of
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(December 29, 2004) - Six clinical studies at the University of Rochester Medical Center have ended because of findings that question the safety of the drugs under investigation.
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LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Bayer Pharmaceuticals (BAY) and Onyx Pharmaceuticals (ONXX) released results from a Phase II clinical trial of BAY 43-9006 administered as a single agent in patients with advanced liver cancer.
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Bayer HealthCare, a U.S.-based unit of Bayer AG  , stopped a late-stage trial of Nexavar in patients  with non-small cell lung cancer, after an independent data  monitoring committee concluded that the study would not meet  the main goal of improved overall survival.
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In a surprising setback for the world's largest drugmaker, Pfizer Inc.  halted development on Saturday of its top experimental medicine, the cholesterol drug torcetrapib, due to safety concerns.
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Experts have dismissed claims a herbal remedy can treat cancer.
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Troubled hospital products maker Baxter  International Inc. on Thursday said it halted a late-stage  European trial of its experimental flu vaccine because of  higher-than-expected rates of fever.