Month: November 2015

By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) – Europe could soon gain a second biosimilar antibody drug for rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases, with regulators due to decide by Friday whether to recommend South Korean company Samsung Bioepis’s copy of Enbrel. Biosimilar copies of expensive biotech drugs are gaining momentum in Europe, which has been faster to adopt their use than the United States, and antibodies are the big prize because these products are among the world’s top-selling drugs. Worldwide sales of Amgen’s Enbrel, which is marketed outside North America by Pfizer, totalled $9 billion last year, with Europe accounting for about $2.5 billion.
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In 2013, the Food and Drug Administration directed USPlabs LLC to cease production of a weight loss and muscle-building supplement known as …
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According to Mirror Online, her secret is her faithfulness to the Dunken Diet, … She maintained her sexy body by eating healthy foods, namely fruits, …
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South African toddlers accidentally swapped on the day they were born in 2010 will stay with the families who raised them and not be returned to their biological parents, a Pretoria high court has ruled. "Now it is as if they are the children of the parents with which they are living," Skelton told Reuters on Tuesday.

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By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – People across the world are confused about the major threat to public health posed by drug-resistant superbugs and do not know how to stop that risk growing, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. Ramping up its fight against antibiotic resistance with a survey of public awareness, the United Nations health agency said 64 percent of those asked believed wrongly that penicillin-based drugs and other antibiotics can treat colds and flu, despite the fact such medicines have no impact on viruses. Around a third of people surveyed also wrongly believed they should stop taking antibiotics when they feel better, rather than completing the prescribed treatment course, the WHO said.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Nov. 16, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Although many Americans are becoming more aware of the health compromise …
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