Penn researchers identify new cost-effective antibiotic treatment which shortens patient stays
...thospital-acquired infections. It has come on the market at a time when some bacteria are growing increasingly resistant to antibiotics currently in use. Representing the first antibiotic from the oxazolidinone class, ZYVOX attacks bacteria by stopping protein production at a very early point in the proces...Wilmington chemist wins national award for drug development
...iva, a reverse transcriptase inhibitor, made it to market in 1996 and 1998, respectively. Himself a medicinal chemist, Anderson said the project groups he directs are now developing the second generation of AIDS-fighting drugs. One is in Phase I and another in Phase II clinical trials. Anderson said it ...Reversing DNA damage caused by the sun before it becomes skin cancer may be possible
...t ten years or more before a product might come to market that could repair DNA damage caused by the sun....UCSF policy center presents Congress with road map for HIV vaccine development
... We have presented both direct funding options and market based incentives in order to take advantage of the...ment and a series of "pull" mechanisms to create a market and provide the means to deliver a vaccine. Besides increased funding for public sector vaccine res......e are topical estrogen creams now available on the market to treat vaginal dryness that are given intravaginally, but these estrogens are absorbed in the vaginal walls and enter the blood, resulting in significant blood levels of estrogen. "The cream we've developed contains a powerful but local estrogen th...Rutgers researchers developing technology to help New Jersey farmers "grow" pharmaceuticals
...medics plant manufacturing technology aimed at the market for so-called recombinant proteins, which are produced by combining genes from different species. The technology, in which recombinant genes are inserted in plant chromosomes to manufacture pharmacologically active proteins, is currently being used t......eutical Co., Ltd., of Osaka, Japan, to develop and market two investigational anti-infective compounds. Abbott's commitment continues today with extensive research to discover and develop new compounds in this area....Study: N.C. educates only a quarter of physicians practicing in the state
...d States and to compete successfully in a national market for physicians from out of state." Ricketts is professor of health policy at the UNC School of Public Health and deputy director of UNC's Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research. He oversaw the new study, which focused on 1999 data and was......ports on prescription drug costs based on national market research, surveys or federal government statistics...1998, while new drugs were those introduced to the market and used by members of at least one plan after 1996. Abandoned drugs were those used in 1996 but not...Spaghetti gets protein boost from corn gluten meal
...as, Wu said. Food manufacturers believe there is a market for protein-enhanced pasta, marked by some compani... researchers have not worked with any companies to market the modified spaghetti. The washed corn gluten meal has so far only been used for spaghetti, Wu said...Researchers closer to delivering new insulin pill for diabetics
...em could bring insulin pills and other products to market within a decade, but only if the Purdue researchers can gain private industry support and begin human clinical trials, Peppas said. About 700,000 Americans suffer from insulin-dependent diabetes, also known as type one diabetes. People who have insu...Generic vs. name brand medications
...on the drugs they invented are loathe to give over market share to cheaper generics, but insurers trying to drive costs down often push providers to prescribe and dispense generics and encourage patients to take generics through higher copays on brand-name medications. A group of University of Michigan rese...Chemical society convenes regional meeting in San Antonio, October 17-20
...eliminates the need for paint. Expected to hit the market in late 2002 and sell for $15,000 - $17,000, the vehicle will be on display throughout the meeting. Other meeting highlights include: Beer, taco shells and Mexican free tail bats The compound responsible for the characteristic, strong and irrit......mble and Aventis Pharma in May 1997 to develop and market Actonel collaboratively in Europe, the United States and Canada. The Alliance promotes bone health and disease awareness through numerous activities to support physicians and patients around the globe. About Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals Procte...New car drivers exposed to toxic emissions
...tre) in two Australian-made cars which reached the market 3-10 weeks after manufacture. Controlled exposure...ic metre. The third car was imported, reaching the market four months after manufacture when the concentration of TVOCs was 2000 micrograms per cubic metre. ...Organizations renew professionalism vows
...nt -- hit by the explosion of technology, changing market forces, problems in health care delivery, and globalization -- is affecting the practice of medicine. The organizations ask all physicians to reaffirm their professional commitments to their patients and the public. The three principles underpinn...Alcohol preferences among pregnant Native and African American urban women
...ferent U.S. states and regions have very different market shares of lighter versus heavier alcohol-content malt and wine products," said Tom Greenfield, Center director at the Alcohol Research Group. "This study, though small, is absolutely critical. It reinforces the fact that beverage-specific differenc...Cigarette ads target youth, violating $250 billion 1998 settlement
...r 18." Tobacco companies "need to reach the youth market to survive," said co-first author Craig Garfield, M.D., also a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at the University. Four out of five adult smokers began before age 18. About 28 percent of high school students now smoke. Fearing thousands of sep...Screening the controversy continues
...ge private practice, socially insured health care, market forces and a shared responsibility between federal and cantonal level. There is no tradition on public health. Each canton may decide how it organises its public health services, so the statement in the New York Times may be valid for one canton but ......ients began using ICDs prophylactically. They hope market forces bring the cost down. Moss also maintains that other therapies, particularly surgery, are just as costly but have not always demonstrated through objective research that they save lives. We want doctors to be vigilant, Moss says. Just because y...