| Merck Launches Trial Network for Cancer-Drug Creation Merck announced the launch of a global clinical trial network focusing on the development of cancer drugs and vaccines. online.wsj.com |
The Problem With Somaxon's Silenor Douglas Krohn submits:The next time you buy an over-the-counter sleep medication, look carefully at the active ingredient. Turn the bottle over in your hands a couple times, read your way through the fine print, and then, after you’ve struggled to pronounce the name of what seems to be such a foreign molecule – diphenhydramine, which is usually the stuff of over-the-counter sweet dreams – stroll on over to the allergy medication aisle, pick up a bottle of Benadryl, and do the same. If you are overcome by a feeling of déjà vu while perusing the label for a hay fever remedy, don’t be shaken: the active ingredient in Benadryl, long used for sniffles and itchy eyes, is also diphenhydramine. Unisom, the once popular OTC medication for those who cannot settle down at night, is yet another incarnation of diphenhydramine. And so is Tylenol PM, at least in part: it is acetaminophen (the active ingredient in Tylenol), but mixed in with – you guessed it – diphenhydramine.Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Spherix Announces Second Quarter 2010 Financial Results (PR Newswire) Spherix Incorporated , an innovator in biotechnology for therapy in diabetes and the metabolic syndrome, and a provider of technical and regulatory consulting services to food, supplement, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, today reported results for the three months ended June 30, 2010. us.rd.yahoo.com |
LabCorp Enters into Definitive Agreement to Acquire Genzyme Genetics [Business Wire] - BURLINGTON, N.C.----Laboratory Corporation of America® Holdings , today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement under which LabCorp will acquire Genzyme Genetics, a business unit of Genzyme Corp. , in an all cash transaction valued at $925 million. us.rd.yahoo.com |
JNJ Recalls More Children's Medicine J&J recalled more children's Benadryl and Motrin after identifying additional manufacturing problems, but said the problems don't threaten the safety of consumers. online.wsj.com |