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News Archive for September 2003
September 2, 2003
September 5, 2003
September 9, 2003
- Clarification: FDA acts against companies importing unapproved, potentially unsafe drugs
- Warning to online companies selling dangerous, unapproved version of Accutane without prescription
- FDA launches collaborative campaign to inform women about menopausal hormone therapy
- Once-daily Depakote ER receives FDA approval for pediatric use
- Expanded indications for intranasal Nascobal in Vitamin B-12 supplementation
September 11, 2003
- FDA advisory committee withholds recommendation of Metvix for skin cancer treatment
- aaiPharma announces FDA approval of Darvocet A500
September 12, 2003
- Cubicin -- for complicated skin/skin structure infections -- first in new class of antibiotics
- Final approval for generic version of Neurontin gabapentin capsules
- New applications encouraged for drugs to treat internal contamination from radioactive elements
- FTC chairman's statement on generic Paxil launch:
September 15, 2003
- Singulair now available for asthmatic children as young as 12 months
- New indication for Valcyte -- prevention of CMV in high-risk kidney, kidney-pancreas, heart transplant patients
- Prilosec over-the-counter therapy now available for treatment of frequent heartburn
September 17, 2003
September 29, 2003
- Statin drugs offer hope for meeting the challenge of Alzheimer's disease
- Preclinical study shows ilomastat potential to cut tobacco smoke-related lung damage by 96%
- Baxter awarded NIH contract for development of SARS vaccine
- Making tiny plastic particles to deliver lifesaving medicineMaking tiny plastic particles to deliver lifesaving medicine
- Patients with metastatic colorectal cancer sought for study of new drug
- FDA approval for generic Lidocaine/Prilocaine Anesthetic Cream
- FDA/Customs import blitz reveals hundreds of potentially dangerous imported drug shipments
- Abbott expands Humira clinical trial program in Crohn's disease
