Breakthrough drug 'could halt' Alzheimer's

"(CNN) -- British researchers say a new drug could effectively halt the progression of Alzheimer's disease, offering hope to millions. ...

FDA seizes unsanitary drugs from General Therapeutics

"The Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Marshals Service seized more than $300,000 of supplements and drugs stored at St. Louis manufacturer General Therapeutics after U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway filed a civil forfeiture suit and obtained a warrant to arrest and...

BioWa announces extended licensing to MedImmune

""We are pleased to extend our relationship with MedImmune, a world-leading biologics business and the cornerstone to AstraZeneca's plans to establish a major international presence in the research and development of biological therapeutics," said Dr. Masamichi Koike,...

Pregnant women fail to relieve back pain

"Less than 10 percent of pregnant women with musculoskeletal back pain were satisfied with the symptom relief they obtained, a U.S. study found. The study, published in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, says despite the high prevalence of...

Merck’s $1 billion bet on RNAi

yeah we all know this is old stuff..relatively.. but again i want to highlight this amazing deal that's coming through!!Read on:  WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J.—Looking to enhance its posi­tion in the nascent RNAi-based therapeutics market, Merck announced it would acquire...

Discovery may herald new RNA therapeutics

Very recently in the Journal Nature...British scientists have taken an important step toward preventing tumor growth by finding a way of switching off a gene involved in cell division. The Oxford University researchers say the mechanism involves a form of ribonucleic acid, or...