Topic: Medical Treatments and Procedures
Recent reports and guideline changes suggest some medical tests should be delayed, avoided, or done less often: _ MAMMOGRAM: Most women don't need a mammogram in their 40s and they should get one every two years starting at 50, according to the U.S. Preventive Services ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Several drug firms have agreed on a landmark deal to supply up to 200 million doses a year of cut-price pneumococcal vaccines to developing nations, according to the global immunization alliance that is overseeing the deal. Leading manufacturers of such vaccines include GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer. The agreement is the first under a new scheme called an Advance Market ...
Pfizer Inc. said Thursday it discontinued a late-stage study of the drug candidate figitumumab in patients with late-stage lung cancer, citing a lack of effectiveness. The company said an independent monitoring committee recommended stopping the study. It concluded that figitumumab in conjunction with Tarceva ...
Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. said the Food and Drug Administration approved a six-month dose of the prostate cancer drug Trelstar, which already was available in one- and three-month doses. Trelstar is developed by Debiopharm Group of Switzerland and marketed by Watson. Watson plans to launch the six-month dose in ...
