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FDA grants hearing to Genentech over breast cancer drug

Fri, 02/25/2011 - 17:19 by Anter Prakash Singh

Genentech, a Roche subsidiary, has been informed through a letter by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that the federal agency is ready to give another chance to the company to argue in favour of of ‘Avastin’ a drug for breast cancer.

FDA rejects diet drug Contrave

Mon, 02/07/2011 - 19:14 by Anter Prakash Singh

The Food and Drug Authority (FDA) has denied approval to a diet drug Contrave, citing the concerns about its side effects which may include heart attack.

Widespread use of statins unjustified--study

Thu, 01/20/2011 - 16:51 by Jaspreet Virk

Statins may be a life-saving drug for patients with a heart disease, but those who are consuming the cholesterol lowering statins needlessly, the harms posed by it may outweigh the benefits, states a new research.

New drug shows promise in fighting aggressive thyroid cancer

Sat, 09/18/2010 - 14:34 by Neka Sehgal

Pazopanib (Votrient, GlaxoSmithKline), a multi-targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor, can alter the course of the most aggressive form of thyroid cancer by slowing progression of the disease in some patients, claims a new study.

PSA screening leads to overdiagnosis, often aggressive follow-up

Tue, 07/27/2010 - 16:59 by Sophie Anderson

Majority of men diagnosed with low-risk prostate cancer resort to aggressive treatment plans like radiation or radical surgery, increasing their risk of serious side effects, findings of a new study show.

Inhaled insulin benefits Alzheimer's patients--study

Thu, 07/15/2010 - 16:38 by Neka Sehgal

According to a new study, insulin, a hormone that helps regulate blood sugar, when taken as a nose spray, may play a beneficial role in Alzheimer's, the most common form of dementia among older people.

Popular autism treatment fails under study

Tue, 06/02/2009 - 18:20 by Neelam Goswami

Chicago, June 2: A new government study has found that the antidepressant Celexa, widely prescribed for treating autism, does not help reduce autistic kids’ repetitive behaviors, instead it causes some of them to have nightmares.

Testosterone gel potentially dangerous for kids, cautions FDA

Fri, 05/08/2009 - 16:57 by Neka Sehgal

Washington, May 7: Reports of the development of premature and inappropriate sex characteristics in young children because of accidental exposure to testosterone gel has prompted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to caution people to be very careful not to spread it on to kids inadvertently.