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Slimming pill is investigated over 'links to liver damage'
... On the day Alli was launched in the UK, £1million worth of pills were sold. But it has already provoked controversy. Manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) claims it can boost weight loss by up to 50 per cent, helping dieters lose an extra 1lb for every 2lb shed. The...
Experiment seeks to head off Type 1 diabetes
...engineering antibodies to disarm those T cells. Two competing teams â MacroGenics Inc. and Eli Lilly, and Tolerx Inc. and GlaxoSmithKlineâ have advanced tests underway. Also, an experimental drug made from a kind of bone marrow stem cell might tamp down overly...
Mental Health Problems Linked To Chantix, Zyban
...to help smoking cessation, Chantix (varenicline) manufactured by Pfizer Inc or Zyban(bupropionhydrochloride) manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline, has been associated with reports of behavior changes including hostility, agitation, depressed mood, and suicidal...
Biotechnology can be the next big driver for the pharma sector
...recognised throughout the world. Intas Biopharma is establishing its presence and there is news of Shantha Biotech being on GlaxoSmithKline's radar. Wockhardt, minus its financial mess, is one of the best players in the industry. Watch out for a sizeable deal...
Health Canada Studying If It Will Follow U.S. FDA In Placing Black Box Warnings On Anti-Smoking Drug...
...angiodema, serious skin reaction and accidental injury." On Wednesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration mandated Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline to include strong black box warnings on their anti-smoking medication to emphasize the risk drinkers may face, particularly...
GSK further extends its product portfolio in the Middle East and North Africa
...plc (GSK) today announced that it has acquired the branded generics business of Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) in Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Libya and Yemen for a cash consideration of $23.2m (£14.2m). The business comprises a portfolio of 13 branded pharmaceuticals...
GSK ends part of Kissei diabetes alliance
... Today Ian Haydock Please Login to read the full article. GlaxoSmithKline has decided to discontinue development of remogliflozin etabonate (KGT-1681), a sodium glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitor licensed from Japan's ...
Hong Kong finds 1st case of Tamiflu-resistant H1N1
...by Switzerland's Roche AG and Gilead Sciences <GILD.O>, while Relenza, an inhaled drug known generically as zanamivir, is made by GlaxoSmithKline <GSK.L> under licence from Australia's Biota Inc <BTA.AX>. The department said that tests showed that the strain...
Autonomy Enters Into Multi-Million Dollar Agreement With Major Global Bank
...AOL, BAE Systems, BBC, Bloomberg, Boeing, Citigroup, Coca Cola, Daimler AG, Deutsche Bank, DLA Piper, Ericsson, FedEx, Ford, GlaxoSmithKline, Lloyds TSB, NASA, Nestlé, the New York Stock Exchange, Reuters, Shell, Tesco, T-Mobile, the U.S. Department of Energy,...
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