Archive for January, 2009

Surgical Products - Product section.(Directory)

Sunday, January 11th, 2009

ANESTHESIOLOGY
ACCESSORY PRODUCTS
Agents
Merit Pharmaceuticals, Pharmaceutical/Medical/Surgical Products, Los Angeles, CA
Regulators
Allied Healthcare Products, Inc., St. Louis, MO
Precision Medical, Inc., Northampton, PA
Responsive Respiratory Inc., St. Louis, MO
Topical
Cryopak Industries, St. Leonard, PQ Canada
Gebauer Company, Cleveland, OH
EQUIPMENT
Anesthesia Delivery Systems…

Chain Drug Review - FDA approves applications for two drugs made by GSK

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

GlaxoSmithKline PLC has received two significant marketing approvals from the Food and Drug Administration. Requip has been cleared as a treatment for moderate-to-severe restless legs syndrome in adults. Boostrix has been given the O.K. as the first combination vaccine to help protect adolescents against whooping cough.

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Requip for RLSRequip reduces risk of dyskine…

Chain Drug Review - Requip reduces risk of dyskinesias

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

A recently released study shows that early treatment with the Parkinson’s disease drug Requip significantly reduces the risk of dyskinesias, involuntary body movements that are often associated with levodopa, a popular Parkinson’s therapy. SmithKline Beecham PLC received Food and Drug Administration approval for Requip, a second-generation dopamine agonist, about two years ago.