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Drug Week

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . November 16th, 2001

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AIDS And HIV Therapies - Spirodiketopiperazine Derivatives Block R5 HIV Infection

Drug Development - Scientists Uncover The Exact Mode Of Action Of Five Antibiotic Drugs

AIDS And HIV Therapies - Novel Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor Suitable For Further Study

Alternative Medicines - Herbal Preparations May Produce Adverse Cardiovascular Risks In Children

Coronary Artery Bypass - Aprotinin Can Reduce Blood Loss In Aspirin-Treated Patients

Diagnostics - New DNA Chip Could Speed Drug And Genetic Screening

Drug Delivery - Smart Carriers Improve Drugs' Effectiveness

Drug Development - $5 Million Gift Goes To Purdue Pharmacy To Fund Drugs-For-Trial Center

Drug Development - Marine Bacteria Looks Good As Source For Anticancer Drug

Acute Otitis Media - Antibiotic Approved For Children At Risk For Repeat Infections

Adverse Drug Reactions - Quintiles Launches Safety Pharmacology Unit in United States

Anal Fissures - Positive Phase III Results For Nitroglycerin Ointment

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - FDA Approves Once-Daily Treatment

Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia - SkyePharma Gets Approvable Letter from FDA For UroXatral

Bioterrorism -  Bio-Terrorism.Info Database and Weekly Report Launch Powered by NewsRx Artificial Intelligence Technology

Business Reorganization - Cytoclonal Pharmaceutics Changes Name To eXegenics

Crohn Disease - Budesonide Capsules Approved By FDA

Dermatology - Dapsone Topical Gel Shows Benefit For Acne And Burn-Releated Itch

Dermatology - Powerful Antioxidant Has Antiaging Effect

Diabetes Therapies - Amylin Pharmaceuticals Receives FDA Approvable Letter For Symlin

Drug Delivery - Carrington Laboratories Receives Second Patent on New Technology for Drug Delivery

Drug Development - Europe's Failure To Fast-Track Drugs Denies Medicines To Life Threatened

Erectile Dysfunction - Fifty Years Of Treatment Options

Erectile Dysfunction - Injectable Therapy Useful For Men Failing Oral Therapy

Finance - Generic Prozac Sales Drive First Quarter 2002 Success For Barr

Finance - Strong Third Quarter Drives GlaxoSmithKline Earnings Per Share Growth to 20%

Fractures - Study Reports Actonel Lowers Risk Of Steroid-Induced Vertebral Fractures

Functional Genomics - Researchers Identify Genetic Changes In Bacterial Biofilms

HIV Therapies - FDA Approves Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate For Treatment Of HIV Infection

Hemodialysis - Genzyme Concludes Treat-To-Goal Study Of Sevelamer Hydrochloride

Hepatitis B Therapies - ICN Pharmaceuticals Acquires Hep B Compound

Herpes Virus - Abreva Recommended Most By Pharmacists For Cold Sores

Hypertension - Oral Renin Inhibitor Demonstrates Blood Pressure Reduction

Hypertension And Angina - Nifedipine Product Approved For Use in Brazil

Leukemia - New Chemotherapy Candidate Has Broad Therapeutic Potential

Neuroendocrine Cancers - Aplidin Shows Efficacy Against Numerous Cancer Types

Opioid Bowel Dysfunction - New Drug Blocks Opioid Side Effects In Cancer Patients

Opioid Bowel Dysfunction - Novel Drug Facilitates Earlier Discharge After Surgery

Osteoporosis - Bone Turnover May Offer Indication Of Treatment Response

Osteoporosis - Risedronate Sodium Reduces Clinical Vertebral Fractures

Ovarian Cancer - DNA Base Excision Repair Inhibitor Drugs Enhance Chemotherapy

Peripheral Vascular Disease - Early Trial Results For Intermittent Claudication Drug Are Disappointing

Psoriasis - Isotechnika Begins Psoriasis Trials

Psychotic Disorders - Quetiapine Fumarate Studied In Adolescent Patients

Research - Alexion Pharmaceuticals Licenses Display System For Human Combinatorial Antibody Libraries

Rheumatoid Arthritis - Novel Intravenous Protectant To Undergo Phase I Trial

Sexual Disorders - Promising Results Observed In Topical Alprostadil Cream Trial

Sleep Disorders - Insomnia Patients Respond To NBI-34060 In Clinical Trial

Stomach Cancer - Antisense Therapy Enhances Chemotherapy Efficacy

Therapy - A New Problem For A New Age

Thyroid Cancer - Genzyme Launches Thyrogen in Europe

Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome - Pantoprazole Sodium Gets FDA Expedited Approval To Control Acid Output

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