Pharmacovigilance: Biological Medicines get safety warnings

Rama Kant Mishra 4 years ago Region: Netherlands

Biologics are an important and growing part of today's medicine. Between 2003 and 2006, they represented almost a quarter of the drugs approved by and European Union regulatory authorities. As per a significant safety r... more

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Stone Age People Used Paraphernalia

S M 4 years ago Region: South Carolina

Evidence has been found by the researches in South America which proves that the Stone Age tribes prepared mixtures of hallucinogenic herbs which were sniffed. An American archaeologist and a British researcher are credite... more

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Busted Twice Over Chocolate!

Hao Guang Tse 4 years ago Region: Canada

Overzealous security at two airports interrogated a couple for drug trafficking, when all they had inside their bags was homemade chocolate. Ron Obadia and Nadine Artemis, health food enthusiasts and owners of chocolate a... more

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Indian Research Council Will Engage Students for Generic Drug Research

Santosh Kumar Agarwal 4 years ago Region: India

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in India has just launched an ambitious program to discover new drugs against problem diseases such as tuberculosis, kala-ajar, malaria and dengue. Under the name &l... more

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Indian subjects in clinical trials are vulnerable lot

Rama Kant Mishra 4 years ago Region: India

The government of India enacted a new rule that allows foreign pharmaceutical companies and other interested parties to conduct trials of new drugs in India during the same time that trials of the same phase are being cond... more

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Prescription Drug–Related Deaths on the Rise

Finding Dulcinea 4 years ago Region: United States

Posted by Isabel Cowles to findingDulcinea In the last two decades, accidental deaths due to at-home opiates have gone up in tandem with an increased number of prescriptions. According to an investigation of U.S. death c... more

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Drug Smugglers Go Underwater

Betty McMahon 4 years ago Region: Colombia

As drug smuggling becomes more and more dicey, smugglers are becoming more and more resourceful. Smugglers for years have used fast boats on the water to get their illegal wares to customers. But now they've taken to trave... more

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Mexico Rejects Merida Initiative

Betty McMahon 4 years ago Region: Mexico

Balking at the strings attached to US aid, the Mexican government is saying no thanks to the Merida Initiative. The $1.4 billion drug-fighting plan for Mexico and Central America includes helicopters and encrypted commu... more

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CAUTION: This is a new drug known as strawberry quick

Master_2010 4 years ago Region: Indonesia

   There is a very scary thing going on in the schools right now that we all need to be aware of.  There is a type of crystal methgoing around that looks like strawberry pop  rocks (the candy that siz... more

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New Jersey Couple Ran $1M Coke Operation From Home

Can Tran 4 years ago Region: United States

After an investigation that went for about fourteen months, a New Jersey couple has been arrested. 35 year old Vincente Esteves, and his 30 year old wife, Chantal were arrested. They have been charged wit conspiracy and mo... more

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