Steroid-free regimen with CellCept found comparable to standard therapy in liver transplantation
...standard steroid-containing protocol. CellCept is approved for the prevention of organ rejection in combinati...ept is an immunosuppressant or anti-rejection drug approved for use in combination with other immunosuppressive drugs (cyclosporine and corticosteroids) for the...Cognitive function and compliance with Seroquel examined in separate studies in schizophrenia
...antipsychotic treatments. 2 SEROQUEL currently is approved for the treatment of acute manic episodes associat... boxed warning also notes that these drugs are not approved for treatment of elderly patients with dementia-related psychosis. Prescribing should be consistent ...Study shows adherence to pulmicort respules, results in fewer ER visits in asthmatic children
...he first and only inhaled nebulized corticosteroid approved for children with asthma 12 months to 4 years of age. PULMICORT RESPULES is indicated for children aged 12 months to 8 years. PULMICORT RESPULES is a preventive type medicine. PULMICORT RESPULES is not a quick-relief medicine (bronchodilator) and ...Data further examines Seroquel (quetiapine fumarate) treatment for bipolar depression
...action Questionnaire (Q-LES-Q SF). 1 SEROQUEL is approved for the treatment of acute manic episodes associat... boxed warning also notes that these drugs are not approved for treatment of elderly patients with dementia-related psychosis. Prescribing should be consistent ...Tiny bundles seek and destroy breast cancer cells
... Hershey Medical Center. All research methods were approved by the Animal Care and Use Committee of Penn State College of Medicine. This study was supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health....New data show the efficacy of EQUETRO in patients with Bipolar I Disorder
...at a major medical meeting in Atlanta, Ga. The FDA approved EQUETRO for the treatment of patients with acute manic and mixed episodes associated with Bipolar I Disorder. Individual studies estimate lifetime prevalence for Bipolar I Disorder at more than 2 million American adults, or between 0.6 to 3.3 percen...Personalized immunosuppression with leading organ transplant therapy may optimize patient care
... France. CellCept is the leading immunosuppressant approved for the prevention of organ rejection in patients ...mmune system and prevent organ rejection. The FDA approved dosage for CellCept for adult kidney transplant recipients is 2 g daily. "To optimize use of CellCep...Duke engineers develop new 3-D cardiac imaging probe
...del. The casing design already has been tested and approved for use. The new Duke 3-D probe is tipped with a dime-sized array of 504 individual ultrasound sensors. Each sensor is as wide as a few human hairs. "It took a craftsman to create this probe," said Smith. "Not many graduate students could have done...New NIAID grants strengthen national biodefense and emerging infectious diseases research network
...nostic concepts make available core facilities to approved investigators from academia, government, biotech companies and the pharmaceutical industry provide facilities and scientific support to first responders in the event of a national biodefense emergency The previously established RCEs in the network ...Skin infections caused by MRSA are cured more often when treated with Pfizer's ZYVOX
...oral formulations, ZYVOX is the only oral medicine approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for MRSA ...eatment group. About ZYVOX ZYVOX was initially approved in the United States in April 2000 for the treatment of complicated skin and skin structure infectio...Experimental shingles vaccine proves effective in nationwide study
...and Drug Administration for the zoster vaccine. If approved for use, the research team estimates the vaccine could prevent 250,000 cases of shingles that occur in the United States each year and significantly reduce the severity of the disease in another 250,000 cases annually. The study was funded by the VA ...Pfizer's antifungal VFEND provides significant cost advantages when used as initial therapy
...END and amphotericin B are the only two treatments approved for primary treatment of invasive aspergillosis by...or serious fungal infections. VFEND is currently approved in the United States for the treatment of invasive aspergillosis, esophageal candidiasis, candidemia...JAMA study finds whooping cough vaccine effective, safe for teens and adults
... The first, Boostrix, made by GlaxoSmithKline, was approved on May 17, but only for patients aged 10 to 18. On June 29, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control is scheduled to meet on the issue of whether or not to recommend that one or both of the new vaccines be c...Tercica presents pharmacokinetic and safety data from several studies at Endocrine Society Meeting
... and could become eligible for Increlex therapy if approved by the FDA. About Tercica Tercica, Inc. is a bio... could become eligible for Increlex TM therapy if approved by the FDA.Because Tercica's forward-looking statements are subject to risks anduncertainties, there...Leading sleep expert at Wake Forest to speak at NIH Consensus Conference
...that use is not among the indications for the drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The conference the NIH State-of-the-Science Conference on Manifestations and Management of Chronic Insomnia in Adults will run from June 13 to 15 at the Natcher Conference Center at NIH in Bethesda, Md. Th...Tercica presents two pharmacokinetic studies in an oral session at Endocrine Society Meeting
... and could become eligible for Increlex therapy if approved by theFDA....Blood-based TB test matches up to old skin test in study among health workers in India
...ls. The test, called QuantiFERON-TB-Gold, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Unlike the skin test, the interferon-gamma test requires only one visit by the patient, and its results do not rely upon the subjective interpretation of a health worker. However, the new test requires specia...New memory drug works best in combination with older remedy
...SGS742 with Aricept (generic name: donepezil), an approved and frequently used treatment for Alzheimer's disease manufactured by Eisai Inc. Ltd. The Johns Hopkins researchers found in animal studies that a combination of SGS742 and Aricept improved memory to a larger degree than either drug alone, implying ...Sildenafil (Viagra) approved for treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) as Revatio
...ew the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Revatio () (sildenafil) as a treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). The FDA approval was based on the preceding experimental and clinical investigations, which were initiated and largely performed at the University of Giessen Lung Cente...Mayo collaboration: Discovery blocks breast cancer growth, stimulates immunity
...mmunotoxin is commercially available and currently approved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat a different disease, cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. The Experiment and its Findings The researchers studied the effects of the IL-2 immunotoxin in two groups of about a d...