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U.S. President George W. Bush's Malaria Initiative, launched in July 2005, has pledged $1.25 billion to combat malaria in three countries in the sub-Saharan Africa region, where malaria is one of the leading causes of death.
Older patients taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs -- a class of antidepressants that includes Prozac, Paxil and Zoloft -- may be more likely to have intense suicidal thoughts or commit suicide, according to data published in the American Journal of Psychiatry.
Antibiotic treatment can be beneficial in the early stages of gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma -- a type of cancer that originates in the glandular tissue outside of the lymphatic system -- according to research published in the British medical journal Gut.
Indian drugmaker Ranbaxy has reported that a five-judge panel of the Supreme Patent and Trademark Board of Austria (OPM) has unanimously affirmed an earlier ruling of the Austrian Patent Office, invalidating claims 1-3 of Pfizer's Austrian Patent AT 207896, that cover Atorvastatin calcium (Lipitor).
Sterling Biotech Ltd has posted 23.16% increase in net profit to Rs 302.354 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2006 as compared to Rs 245.484 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2005.