U.S. court rejects appeal seeking unapproved drugs
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The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal on Monday by two advocacy groups arguing that dying patients have a constitutional right to access experimental drugs that have not received regulatory approval.
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The Supreme Court yesterday declined to consider whether dying patients have a right to be treated with experimental drugs not yet approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
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TORONTO/WASHINGTON  - A U.S. appeals court upheld  a patent infringement finding against BlackBerry e-mail device  maker Research In Motion Ltd. RIM.TO on Tuesday, but struck  down part of the ruling and sent it back to a lower court for  further proceedings.
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The U.S. Food and Drug  Administration denied charges it tried to suppress a safety  official's findings that painkiller Vioxx, which was pulled  from the market last week, raised heart attack risks.
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A U.S. federal judge has denied motions to certify classes of users of osteoporosis drug Fosamax who wanted Merck & Co  to set up a program to monitor them for an ailment involving jaw bone decay.
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A U.S. appeals court on Friday rejected the government's bid to force cigarette makers to pay &#36;280 billion in past profits, striking the toughest sanction from the racketeering case and lifting tobacco stocks.
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A federal judge on Wednesday denied a  motion for class-action status for personal injury and wrongful  death cases involving Merck & Co.'s  withdrawn Vioxx  painkiller.
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A federal judge on Saturday denied a tobacco industry request to delay the government's &#36;280 billion racketeering case against the industry which is scheduled to go to trial on Sept. 21.
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The US Food and Drug Administration denied charges it tried to suppress a safety official&#39;s findings that painkiller Vioxx, which was pulled from the market last week, raised heart attack risks.
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Chinese drug firms have appealed a court ruling upholding US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer&#039;s China patent for its impotency drug Viagra, both sides have said.
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The U.S. Supreme Court refused on Monday to review the class-action status for a lawsuit on behalf of more than 600,000 doctors claiming six managed-care companies violated federal racketeering law by regularly underpaying them for medical services.
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TORONTO/WASHINGTON  - A U.S. appeals court upheld  a patent infringement finding against BlackBerry e-mail device  maker Research In Motion Ltd. RIM.TO on Tuesday, but said  part of an earlier court ruling was flawed and sent the case  back to a lower court.
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U.S. regulators have rejected GlaxoSmithKline Plc's  experimental drug gepirone ER for adults with major depression.
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WASHINGTON -- Pharmacists who custom-blend drugs from bulk ingredients based on a doctor's prescription do not create new unapproved drugs, a federal judge in Texas said, undercutting the Food and Drug Administration's attempts to regulate the practice, known as compounding.
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DENVER -- A federal appeals court has refused to reinstate the discrimination lawsuit brought by former US Olympic Committee drug czar Wade Exum.
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Drug maker Alpharma Inc. said late Friday a federal court denied drug giant Pfizer Inc.&#39;s request for a temporary restraining order against the company from launching a generic version of an epilepsy drug.
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WASHINGTON A US Food and Drug Administration official on Friday &quot;categorically&quot; rejected accusations that the agency had failed to protect the public against dangerous drugs, especially Merck&#39;s Vioxx painkiller.