Royalty Pharma raises offer to buy drugmaker Elan (Update)
Shares of Elan Corp. PLC jumped Friday after Royalty Pharma once again raised its offer to buy the Irish drugmaker in an increasingly bitter takeover fight.
Jun 7, 2013
Archive: 07/06/2013
Weight loss drug Belviq gets overdue US launch
Arena Pharmaceuticals says its weight loss drug Belviq will be available to U.S. patients beginning next week, nearly a year after the drug was officially approved by federal regulators.
Jun 7, 2013
Cedars-Sinai opens first-of-its-kind trial in western US for metastatic carcinoid cancer patients
Working to improve treatment and survivorship outcomes, the Cedars-Sinai Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute has opened a Phase III clinical trial of targeted radiation for patients with intestinal carcinoid cancer ...
Jun 7, 2013
Three out of 20 scopes used to examine GI tracts and colons improperly cleaned
Three out of 20 flexible gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopes used for screening were found to harbor unacceptable levels of "bio dirt" – cells and matter from a patient's body that could pose potential infection risk—according ...
Jun 7, 2013
Mandatory flu vaccination of healthcare personnel does not lead to worker exodus
Mandatory influenza (flu) vaccination, as a condition of employment, did not lead to excessive voluntary termination, according to a four-year analysis of vaccination rates at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, ...
Jun 7, 2013
Detection of apple juices and cereals which exceed permitted levels of mycotoxins
Researchers from the University of Granada (Spain) have analysed the presence of patulin, a type of toxin produced by fungi, in several commercial apple juices. The results show that more than 50% of the samples analysed ...
Jun 7, 2013
Breastfeeding can reduce maternal breast cancer and heart disease, and save $17 billion in societal costs, study finds
(Medical Xpress)—Mothers who breastfeed are at significantly lower risk of developing breast cancer, hypertension and suffering heart attacks than women who do not, according to researchers at Harvard Medical School and ...
Jun 7, 2013
