Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: clinical trials

clinical trials stories: 24 news summaries

21 - 24 of 24 Stories | << Prev 1 2

Switch to grid view »

New Aspirin Spares Users Stomachaches

Italian scientists
alter key molecule
in painkiller

Mar 18, 08 1:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Aspirin is one of the world’s top painkillers, but it has a nasty way of attacking the stomach lining. That could soon be a thing of the past, thanks to a team of Italian researchers who have molecularly altered the drug. The new aspirin “has no side effects,... More »

MORE ABOUT:
medicine • painkiller • pharmaceutical • aspirin • clinical trials • stomach • molecules

Dutch Pharma Firm Preps
Pot Pill

Drug may hit shelves in 5 years for migraine, Parkinson's victims

Jan 27, 08 1:31 PM CST
(Newser) - Why smoke pot when you can pop a pill? Echo Pharmaceuticals is jumping into Phase II trials for a new cannabis pill that could snag 20%-30% of the booming medical marijuana market, Reuters reports. The Dutch firm plans to sell the pill within 5 years, giving medical marijuana users a... More »

MORE ABOUT:
medical marijuana • migraines • Parkinson's disease • marijuana • cannabis • multiple sclerosis • pharmaceutical • clinical trials • Alzheimer's Disease

FDA Mandates Suicide Risk Assessment in Drug Trials

Danger doesn't lie only in antidepressants

Jan 24, 08 11:42 AM CST
(Newser) - The Food and Drug Administration is now requiring drug companies to monitor suicide warning signs in clinical trials for experimental drugs, the New York Times reports. In the wake of studies showing that antidepressants might increase the risk of self-harm in children and teens, the agency is showing an awareness... More »

MORE ABOUT:
suicide • FDA • antidepressant • Merck • Sanofi Aventis • Eli Lilly • anti obesity drugs • clinical trials • experimental drugs

Shots Could End Coke Addiction

Vaccine stops drug from producing a high

Jan 2, 08 8:02 AM CST
(Newser) - Scientists have developed a potential vaccine against cocaine addiction and have asked the federal Food and Drug Administration to greenlight large-scale clinical trials. The injections of modified cocaine work by stimulating the immune system to attack cocaine when it's ingested, preventing the drug from producing a high, reports the Houston ... More »

MORE ABOUT:
FDA • heroin • cocaine • vaccine • addiction • methamphetamine • Baylor College of Medicine • clinical trials • National Institute of Drug Abuse

21 - 24 of 24 Stories | << Prev 1 2


from our news partners