Canadian Regulators Give Nod to Cannabis-Based Drug
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Canadian regulators have given initial approval to a cannabis-based drug to treat patients suffering from multiple sclerosis, Reuters reported Dec. 21.
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Gilead gets marketing approval for one of its drug candidates.
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The Montgomery County Council voted Tuesday to begin buying medications in Canada, joining a handful of local governments and nearly 2 million U.S. consumers in defying federal law.
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A U.N. report showing Canadians use more marijuana than people in any other industrialized country is more evidence that the drug should be legalized, activists said on Tuesday.
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Most Canadians support the decriminalization of marijuana, says a North American group advocating such a policy. The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws said a poll conducted Oct. 26-Nov.
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(12/06/04)âThe excitement that surrounded the approval in 2001 of Novartisâ rationally designed drug Gleevec, for the treatment chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), was tinged by observations
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The chemical in cannabis that produces a high may help to combat the spread of cancer, research suggests. Scientists have discovered the active ingredient, delta-9-tetrahydrocannibol can block the spread of gamma herpes viruses.
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The first cannabis-based medication for MS is filed for approval by British regulators.
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OTTAWA - Health Canada said it will issue a new warning about the painkiller Bextra as regulators in the US said they were strengthening warnings about the drug.
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A drug company executive who spoke out in support of Montgomery County's proposal to import drugs from Canada said that his company has launched an investigation into his political activities.
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Human trials of an experimental treatment for obesity derived from cannabis, which is commonly associated with stimulating hunger, are scheduled to begin in the second half of this year, Britain's GW Pharmaceuticals Plc announced Tuesday.
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Jason B. West is creating a model that can identify the geographic origin of cannabis plants based on certain chemical calling cards.
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Progenics' marketing application for its lead compound gets accepted for review.
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Britain's GW Pharmaceuticals Plc said on Tuesday its pioneering cannabis-based drug Sativex had qualified to be considered for approval by Canadian regulators as a treatment for cancer pain.
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Britain&#39;s GW Pharmaceuticals Plc said on  Tuesday its pioneering cannabis-based drug Sativex had  qualified to be considered for approval by Canadian regulators  as a treatment for cancer pain.
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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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_ Federal regulators have approved a study to see whether the illegal club drug Ecstasy can help ease the fears of terminal cancer patients.