Health & Wellness

03/11/2011 - 3:04pm
GSK, Tolerx's late-stage trial for otelixizumab doesn't meet endpoints

A late-stage trial of a biologic treatment for Type 1 diabetes appears to have failed, according to results announced Friday.

03/11/2011 - 1:46pm
DRSI ReStore! Energy teams up with Charles Mattocks

Diabetica Research Solutions said its DRSI ReStore! Energy brand has teamed up with television personality and author Charles Mattocks.

03/11/2011 - 12:35pm
Dendreon's manufacturing expansion for Provenge OKed

The Food and Drug Administration has approved biotech company Dendreon’s expansion of manufacturing capacity for an immunotherapy treatment for prostate cancer, Dendreon said Thursday.

03/11/2011 - 12:13pm
BioScrip reports Q4, full-year sales results

Specialty pharmacy provider BioScrip had sales of $450.4 million in fourth quarter 2010 and $1.6 billion for the year as a whole, according to financial results released Friday.

03/11/2011 - 8:31am
Boiron: Room for growth in homeopathic medicines sales

According to a study presented Friday at the Natural Products Expo West, Boiron has found there is substantial opportunity for growth in the retail sales of homeopathic medicines with notable interest among consumers in trying homeopathic medicines.

03/10/2011 - 3:10pm
FDA backs NCL's medication adherence campaign

The Food and Drug Administration is putting its weight behind a campaign by the National Consumers League to combat poor medication adherence.

03/10/2011 - 2:38pm
NACDS presents RxImpact 'U' Advocacy Award

Advocacy on behalf of pharmacy at the state level has won recognition from the National Association of Chain Drug Stores for a pharmacy school in West Virginia.

03/10/2011 - 2:15pm
Under PEPFAR, Matrix Labs gets OK to sell zidovudine tablets

A subsidiary of Mylan has won approval to sell a generic drug for HIV and AIDS in developing countries under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.

03/10/2011 - 2:11pm
Life…Supplemented introduces spring cleaning wellness plan

The Council for Responsible Nutrition’s consumer wellness campaign “Life…supplemented” on Wednesday encouraged people to think about spring as the perfect opportunity to get back on track and return to healthy lifestyle habits with three quick-and-easy tips to help with a wellness “spring cleaning.”

03/10/2011 - 2:07pm
N.Y. congresswoman introduces Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act

A lawmaker from New York has introduced legislation designed to combat the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

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