Royal Pharmaceutical Society Welcomes Improved Access To Medicine For Mens’ Health Through Pharmacy

Reacting to the news that tamsulosin, for men’s urinary problems - previously only available on prescription - is now available through pharmacies, Graham Phillips, pharmacist, and Royal Pharmaceutical Society English Pharmacy Board Member said: “Racks of make-up and no spanners” 1 was the title of a report published by the Men’s Health Forum in [...]

‘Gender, Bodies And Technology’ Conference Garners International Participation

The inaugural “Gender, Bodies, and Technology” conference has attracted scholars from 10 countries in disciplines from the humanities, social and natural sciences, visual and performing arts, engineering, and technology. The conference will take place at Hotel Roanoke in Roanoke, Va., April 22-24…

Family Planning, Access To Safe, Legal Abortion Key To Maternal, Child Health, U.S. Sec. Of State Says

Following a two-day meeting of foreign ministers from G8 countries in Quebec on Tuesday, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton “appeared at odds …

Advance Directives Again Shown Useful for End-of-Life Care (CME/CE, with audio)

Many older adults have completed advance directives by the time they’re needed, and they work (MedPage Today) — ensuring care patients would have wanted, according to family members.

Medicaid Patients Accounting for More Emergency Visits

Medicaid patient visits to the emergency department are on the rise nationwide in contrast to overall trends in emergency visits, according to a market analysis firm.

Female Researchers Paid Less than Males (CME/CE, with audio)

Among life sciences researchers, women still earn less than their male counterparts, with no obvious explanation, researchers found.

FDA Approves Injectable Varicose Vein Drug

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — The FDA has approved the injectable varicose vein treatment polidocanol (Asclera).

Phase 1/2 human clinical trial of Symphogen’s Sym004 initiated in the US

Symphogen A/S today announced that it has initiated a Phase 1/2 human clinical trial in the US to evaluate the safety, tolerability and efficacy of its drug candidate Sym004 for the treatment of advanced solid tumors. Sym004 is composed of two anti-epidermal growth factor receptor monoclonal antibodies targeting different nonoverlapping EGFR epitopes.

Repros Therapeutics announces response to FDA critique on proposed Phase II Androxal study

Repros Therapeutics Inc. today announced that the Company is sending a reply to the FDA’s Division of Metabolism and Endocrinology Products following the Company’s receipt of FDA’s comments on the proposed Phase II study of Androxal® (enclomiphene) in the treatment of Type II diabetes under Repros’ open IND. On February 2, 2010 the Company announced [...]

Positive results from Phase 2 clinical trial of OMS103HP

Omeros Corporation today announced that a Phase 2 clinical trial of OMS103HP, its PharmacoSurgery™ product candidate for arthroscopy, demonstrated that patients treated with OMS103HP during arthroscopic knee meniscectomy surgery achieved statistically significant clinical benefits.