FDA declines to approve Aquestive’s Viagra rival
(Reuters) – Aquestive Therapeutics Inc said on Friday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration declined to approve its erectile dysfunction treatment and sought additional data. […]
Novartis’ blood disorder drug gets FDA approval for expanded use
FILE PHOTO: A Novartis logo is pictured on its headquarters building in Mumbai April 1, 2013. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash/File Photo (Reuters) – Novartis AG said on […]
Pfizer to raise U.S. drug prices in January after previously backing down
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Pfizer Inc said on Friday that it plans to hike U.S. prices on 41 of its medicines in January, after walking […]
Make-a-Wish program tied to lower hospital costs for sick kids
(Reuters Health) – Kids with life-threatening illnesses who receive a special gift from the Make-a-Wish Foundation may have lower hospital costs than sick children who […]
Newborn babies’ brain responses to being touched on the face measured for the first time
A newborn baby’s brain responds to being touched on the face, according to new research co-led by UCL. Babies use this sense of touch — […]
Color coded: Matching taste with color
Color can impact the taste of food, and our experiences and expectations can affect how we taste food, according to Penn State researchers, who suggest […]
Dodging antibiotic resistance by curbing bacterial evolution
With many disease-causing bacteria ratcheting up their shields against current drugs, new tactics are vital to protect people from treatment-resistant infections. Lowering mutation rates in […]
From the ashes of a failed pain drug, a new therapeutic path emerges
A surprising discovery about a failed pain drug — and specifically, the pathway it targets, BH4 — could have implications for autoimmunity and cancer. Neuroscientists […]
Majority of HIV persistence during ART due to infected cell proliferation
A majority of the HIV-infected cells that persist in HIV-infected individuals even during suppressive antiretroviral therapy (ART) originated from cellular proliferation, not viral replication, according […]
Eleventh child dies from viral outbreak at New Jersey facility
(Reuters) – An 11th child has died in less than four weeks at a New Jersey rehabilitation center, one of 34 young patients with compromised […]