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AstraZeneca Influenza Vaccine FluMist Gets Health Canada Approval. AstraZeneca Canada has received Health Canada approval for FluMist (Influenza Vaccine, Live, Attenuated), for the prevention of seasonal influenza. “FluMist is sprayed directly into the nose which simplifies the vaccination process for both healthcare professional and patient, particularly children. Parents won’t have to worry about their children [...]

Pfizer Invests $100m To Expand Singapore Nutrition Manufacturing Plant Capacity. Pfizer said that the expansion of Singapore Nutrition Plant increases the production capacity by 50% thereby increasing the plants’s ability to supply nutrition products to Singapore and other markets such as Hong Kong, China, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Pakistan, Thailand, Taiwan, Malaysia and Vietnam. Tags: Nutrition, [...]

FDA Joint Advisory Committee Allows GSK Avandia To Stay On Market. FDA’s joint advisory committee has voted to allow GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK) Avandia to remain on the market. The recommendations voted by the committee members range from making no changes to the current label, to revising the label with additional warnings and restrictions to withdrawal from [...]

Ways You Can Waste Less Food & Water (3 videos) There is a lot of waste of food and water in the world. In New York City alone 270,000 pounds of food are wasted each day. This first video cleverly gives you an idea of what this means. Then watch the other two to see [...]

Reconsidering Linoleum Flooring When thinking of great flooring for your home, linoleum is not what usually comes to mind. Viewed as cheap, low-end and certainly not natural, linoleum would probably be found towards the bottom of the list of preferred flooring options, where hardwoods, laminates, and increasingly, renewable alternatives such as bamboo and even cork [...]

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FDA Safety Review Underway Following Cancer Risk Associated with ARBs According to an announcement issued July 15, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is conducting a safety review to determine the effects of a class of blood pressure medications called angiotensin-receptor blockers, or ARBs. The review was sparked by a recent study that linked ARBs [...]

Avandia to Stay on Market, FDA Panel Decides A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel voted July 14 to keep Avandia on the market but with new restrictions and warnings. Avandia, manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline, is a popular diabetes drug, linked to an increased risk of heart attacks. The FDA’s recommendations include increased warnings about [...]

Eastern European Countries Show Increasing New HIV Infections While Some Harm Reduction Programmes Are Decreasing Eastern Europe and Central Asia is the only region where HIV incidence clearly remains on the rise. Early indications are that the number of newly diagnosed HIV cases in 2009 has increased since 2008. Russian Federation has reported an 8% [...]

Cardinal Health Completes Acquisition Of Healthcare Solutions Holding Cardinal Health completed the previously announced acquisition of Healthcare Solutions Holding, LLC, expanding the company’s presence in specialty pharmaceutical services. Healthcare Solutions Holding is the parent company of a number of subsidiaries including P4 Pathways and P4 Healthcare. These businesses serve key participants across the chain of [...]