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Glaxo Agrees to Pay $3 Billion in Fraud Settlement
In the largest settlement involving a pharmaceutical company, the British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges and pay $3 billion in fines for promoting its best-selling antidepressants for unapproved uses and failing to report safety data about a top diabetes drug, f
EU agency lifts lid on drug data secrets
(Reuters) – Europe’s medicines regulator, criticised in the past for excessive secrecy, is opening its data vaults to systematic scrutiny in a move that will let independent researchers trawl through millions of pages of clinical trial information.The change is a landmark in transparency that puts E
Vast F.D.A. Effort Tracked E-Mails of Its Scientists
WASHINGTON — A wide-ranging surveillance operation by the Food and Drug Administration against a group of its own scientists used an enemies list of sorts as it secretly captured thousands of e-mails that the disgruntled scientists sent privately to members of Congress, lawyers, labor officials, jou
Rational use of Health Technology: A collaborative program between the Consortium of Thai Medical Schools and Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program
This short training aims to equip administrator and medical instructors with skill in the selection of appropriate health technologies, and to give guidance in doing a relevant research that benefit the country. 201-203-2553Capacity building,Consortium of Thai Medical Schools,ความร่วมมือ
Lesley Griffiths defends civil servants on NHS report
Wales’ health minister says it was “entirely appropriate” for her civil servants to be in contact with the author of a report into the NHS.Lesley Griffiths defended emails between senior officials and the academic behind the report.Officials were also challenged about why local health boards thought
High Doses of Hormones Faulted in Fertility Care
Two days after Debra Demidon underwent in vitro fertilization, she gained more than 30 pounds in fluid and suddenly was struggling to breathe.Doctors diagnosed severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS), a complication seen in some women who undergo fertility treatment. It landed Ms. Demidon in
Small Trial Hints Drug Can Slow Alzheimer’s
A drug already on the market that treats immune disorders may help stabilize patients with Alzheimer’s disease for up to three years, according to the results of a tiny study presented at a conference on Tuesday.All four patients who received the optimal dose of the drug, Gammagard from Baxter Inter
International health panel says treat all HIV infections
(Reuters) – An international health panel has recommended for the first time that all HIV patients be treated with antiretroviral drugs, even when the virus’s impact on their immune system is shown to be small.The nonprofit International Antiviral Society-USA cited new evidence that untreated infect
F.D.A. Approves Drugs for Cancer and Myeloma
New drugs for breast cancer and multiple myeloma won approval from the Food and Drug Administration on Friday, expanding options for patients in advanced stages of those diseases.The breast cancer drug, Afinitor from Novartis, seems to expand the time that endocrine therapy can keep the disease in c
Too Much Medical Care?
A few years ago, my daughter sprained her ankle at dance camp. What happened next offers a glimpse into some of the problems in our nation’s health care system.For years, we’ve been hearing that the United States spends more on health care than any other country, even as it lags far behind other cou
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