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China-based drugmaker Holley-Cotec's duo-cotecxin, an antimalarial medication, was recently launched in Kenya, where 8.2 million new cases of the disease are reported each year.
A deficiency in immune response may predispose patients who have atopic dermatitis (eczema) to developing the skin condition eczema vaccinatum after being administered smallpox vaccine, according to a study published in the journal Immunity.
Donepezil, a medication used to treat mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease, can also benefit patients in the more severe stages of the condition, according to research results published in the British medical journal The Lancet.
Illinois-based Baxter International will spend approximately $60 million over the next five years to expand its four manufacturing facilities in China. In 2005, the company's drug sales in the country reached $100 million, and are expected to more than double by 2010.
Biovail Corp., whose fourth-quarter net income more than doubled, said Thursday it expects earnings growth of about 25 per cent this year, excluding charges.
Ballarat MHR Catherine King has joined the campaign to ease access to breast cancer drug Herceptin. Yesterday Ms King met with a group of Ballarat women headed by Mary-Lou Cartledge and breast cancer survivor Jenny Henry' Poppe.
French pharmaceutical group Sanofi-Aventis defended the safety of Ambien, the top selling sleeping pill in the world, which faces a class action lawsuit that says it causes sleepwalking and eating disorders.
The vast majority of breast cancer sufferers who are not suited to the groundbreaking drug Herceptin may soon be able to improve significantly their chances of survival with a treatment that starves tumours of blood.