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A quarter-century after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first prescription drugs based on the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, additional medicines derived from or inspired by the cannabis plant itself could soon be making their way to pharmacy shelves, according to drug companies, small biotech firms and university scientists.
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Early results from a pivotal trial of Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc’s experimental leukemia drug ponatinib show it is effective in nearly half of patients who had stopped responding to currently available drugs.
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A new study of leukemia drug Mylotarg, pulled from the U.S. market last year due to safety concerns, found it to be effective when used at low doses in older adults but questions about toxicity remain.
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A new study of leukemia drug Mylotarg, pulled from the U.S. market last year due to safety concerns, found it to be effective when used at low doses in older adults but questions about toxicity remain.
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DRUG PROBLEM: The FDA says Ben Venue Laboratories, the contract manufacturer for Johnson & Johnson’s cancer drug Doxil, hasn’t been maintaining equipment or promptly investigating defective products and other serious problems at its Bedford, Ohio, factory.
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The European Commission has approved the diabetes treatment Onglyza to be used in combination with insulin to improve blood sugar in patients with the most common form of adult diabetes.
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Novartis’s costly eye drug Lucentis has been rejected for another new use by Britain’s health cost-effectiveness watchdog NICE, following a similar setback in July.