FDA NEWS

Put Animal Testing to Sleep - BusinessWeek
What if you tried to start your car and realized you had the wrong key? Would you keep trying to make it fit the ignition, or would you find the right key? It seems a silly question, but this is the situation for researchers who use animals to study
Source: www.businessweek.com

UPDATE 1-U.S. reviewing Pfizer smoking-cessation drug - Guardian Unlimited
SILVER SPRING, Md., May 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking a closer look at Pfizer Inc's anti-smoking drug Chantix after reports of hundreds of patients experiencing serious problems, an agency official told Reuters on
Source: www.guardian.co.uk

FDA reviewing Pfizer smoking-cessation drug - Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Food and Drug Administration is taking a closer look at Pfizer Inc's (PFE.N: Quote , Profile , Research ) anti-smoking drug Chantix after reports of patients experiencing hundreds of serious problems, an agency official
Source: www.reuters.com

ZymoGenetics gets OK for blood-clotting drug size - Forbes
ZymoGenetics Inc. said Tuesday the Food and Drug Administration approved a larger vial size for the biotechnology company's blood-clotting drug Recothrom Thrombin. The drug was already available in 5,000 IU vials and is approved in 20,000 IU vials
Source: www.forbes.com

U.S. reviewing Pfizer smoking-cessation drug - Guardian Unlimited
WASHINGTON, May 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking a closer look at Pfizer Inc's anti-smoking drug Chantix after reports of patients experiencing hundreds of serious problems, an agency official told Reuters on Tuesday
Source: www.guardian.co.uk

FDA says Glaxo drug fails to control bleeding - Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON -- An experimental drug from GlaxoSmithKline does not significantly lower bleeding in patients with a rare blood disorder, according to the Food and Drug Administration. British drugmaker Glaxo is seeking approval for Promacta to treat a
Source: www.latimes.com

FDA reviewing Pfizer anti-smoking drug - Reuters
SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - The Food and Drug Administration is taking a closer look at Pfizer Inc's anti-smoking drug Chantix after reports of hundreds of patients experiencing serious problems, an agency official told Reuters on Tuesday
Source: www.reuters.com