Trial Drug Looks Promising for Crohn&#39;s
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A genetically engineered antibody that blocks an immune system molecule has produced promising results in its first use against Crohn&#39;s disease, researchers report.
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NEW YORK  - Adding etidronate to calcium  and vitamin D therapy is not necessary in the treatment of bone  loss in patients with Crohn's disease, results of a new study  indicate. "The addition of the bone-building drug etidronate  adds no additional advantage," Dr. Richard N. Fedorak told  Reuters Health.
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A drug approved last year as a last-ditch hope for some lung cancer patients who didn&#39;t find relief from other forms of therapy has come up short in a large clinical trial.
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In a recent trial, a pain medication wasn't as effective as had been hoped.
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Scientists launched a trial on Monday to test whether a new drug works as an initial treatment against the most common form of lung cancer.
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For the first time in 40 years, researchers have discovered a new drug that may help fight tuberculosis. Currently known as R207910, the drug belongs to a class of compounds
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Promising trials for a hepatitis C treatment bode well for the pharmaceutical.
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A new diet drug has helped people lose nearly four times as much weight as a placebo in an eagerly awaited two-year trial, researchers reported yesterday.
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White blood cells could be good targets for future asthma drugs, researchers hope.
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The clearest evidence yet that Crohn&#39;s disease is caused by a type of bacteria blamed for a similar animal disorder has been published by US researchers.
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Anesiva's pain medication is moving up the clinical trial ladder.
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Doctors are hopeful about a new drug to treat skin cancer by causing tumor cells to self-destruct by overloading them with oxygen.
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Biogen Idec Inc. of Cambridge will ask a US advisory committee on July 31 to recommend expanding use of the multiple sclerosis drug, Tysabri, for patients with moderate to severe Crohn's disease. A Food and Drug Administration panel will discuss the risks and benefits of the treatment at a meeting in Gaithersburg, Md., according to a notice posted ...
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Two new trials have shown that a drug injected into the eye can effectively treat a potentially blinding form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
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Scientists launched a trial on Monday to  test whether a new drug works as an initial treatment against  the most common form of lung cancer.
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Panacos releases more clinical trial results for an exciting drug.
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The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug for multiple sclerosis that in clinical trials got better results than existing drugs in protecting against relapses.