Aetna to End Payment for a Drug in Colonoscopies
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Aetna is the latest insurer to clamp down on the use of a powerful anesthetic during an increasingly common form of colon cancer screening.
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Genentech appears to have resolved a dispute with ophthalmologists over use of the companyâs drug Avastin to treat eye diseases.
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Novo Nordisk discontinues development of the troubled diabetes treatment.
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Indianapolis-based pharmaceutical firm says it will also close a research facility in North Carolina in effort to reduce drug prices.
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The editors of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) are calling for an end to the US Food and Drug Administration&#39;s (FDA) role in post-market monitoring of the safety of drugs it approves.
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NEW YORK  - If you're not eager to undergo a repeat colonoscopy because the procedure could not be completed, choose a specialized medical center to have it done.
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The government and Genentech are warning doctors that Avastin, which is used to treat colorectal cancer, increases patients' risk of potentially lethal heart ailments.
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Decode Genetics Inc. said on Thursday it was halting its late-stage clinical trial program for an experimental oral heart attack drug after a formulation problem with the tablets cropped up.
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Sanofi-Aventis has withdrawn its   marketing application for its Multaq heart arrhythmia treatment   in the European Union, the world's third-largest drugmaker said   on Thursday.
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Sanofi-Aventis has withdrawn its  marketing application for its Multaq heart arrhythmia treatment  in the European Union, the world's third-largest drugmaker said  on Thursday.
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The doctor at the center of a prescription drug scandal involving the University of Washington softball team has agreed to stop practicing medicine in a settlement with the state Medical Quality Assurance Commission.
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LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ -- An insurance company facing a lawsuit by the Medical Society of New Jersey agreed Thursday to temporarily halt its efforts to recoup $15 million in alleged overpayments to doctors.
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Tablets of the drug etravirine were approved Friday by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of HIV infection in adults
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Pfizer ended its widely used discount card for the elderly, leaving Medicare beneficiaries at least temporarily without access to reduced prices for popular medicines.
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Genentech appears to have resolved a dispute with ophthalmologists that will allow its drug Avastin to continue to be used to treat eye diseases, boths sides said.
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AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Schering-Plough must pay damages for overcharging on certain drugs.
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People affected by Thalidomide are to receive an extra compensation payment from drug company Diageo.