Thursday, February 28th, 2008
A study by the University of Minnesota School of Public Health and the University of Florida suggests that 'tweens' should receive alcohol prevention programs prior to sixth grade, when nearly one in six children are already alcohol users.
The study found that adolescents who already use alcohol are less receptive to ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
Ipsen (Paris:IPN) announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) provided a positive opinion for Adenuric® (febuxostat) 80 mg and 120 mg tablets for the treatment of chronic hyperuricaemia in gout and recommended it for marketing authorisation. The CHMP recommendation will ...
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
The European Medicines Agency recommended the authorisation of the first 'pre-pandemic vaccine' for humans against influenza caused by the H5N1 virus. This is an avian influenza ('bird flu') virus strain that has the potential to evolve into a pandemic influenza virus affecting humans.
Prepandrix, from GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, is a pre-pandemic vaccine ...
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