FDA News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 13, 2009 Media Inquiries: Siobhan DeLancey, 301-796-4668 Consumer Inquiries: 888-INFO-FDA Agency also approved second DNA test for wider range of HPV types The U.S. Food and Drug Administration yesterday … [Read more...] about FDA Approved First DNA Test for Two Types of Human Papillomavirus
Archives for March 2009
Merck Puts Some of Their Gardasil Cash To Work
Merck to buy Schering-Plough in $41 billion deal Reported by David Jolly Publ With the purchase, Merck is expanding its franchise in cardiovascular, respiratory and oncology drugs and shoring up its research pipeline, in particular with a Schering-Plough product called TRA, a … [Read more...] about Merck Puts Some of Their Gardasil Cash To Work
Pfizer Shares Critical ECG Data With Rochester Drug Safety Initiative
The information in this post was gathered from an article published by Deb Bortifz in eCliniqua, Innovative Management in Clinical Trials. eCliniqua offers PodCasts, WebCasts, White Papers and much more. Their 'data-rich' site is one of my primary research resources for an … [Read more...] about Pfizer Shares Critical ECG Data With Rochester Drug Safety Initiative
Merck Execs See ‘Sage’ as Key Ingredient for Disease Biology
Will Open Source "SAGE" platform lead to more transperency to MERCK's research and clinical trials process?Consumers can only hope. Of course if MERCK corporate lawyers figure out that such an open source platform may lead to a clear chain of custody of the type of … [Read more...] about Merck Execs See ‘Sage’ as Key Ingredient for Disease Biology
Medical Imaging Emerges in Clinical Trials
Medical imaging in clinical trials has gained momentum since the FDA began allowing imaging as part of the evidence in support of a new drug application. The FDA, in an effort to increase new drug approvals, has identified imaging as an important technology for assessing new … [Read more...] about Medical Imaging Emerges in Clinical Trials