Month: April 2012

London (Reuters) – GlaxoSmithKline reiterated his plan to ask authorization regulatory to commercialize his new medication pulmonary key Relovair to mid-2012, despite spreading on Friday another series of joint trials results. The new inhalable daily decision-making drug showed superiority to the current drug of two shots per day Advair – sobre also of GSK-in one of the trials the chronic lung disease, but not in the other. These mixed results replicated those from other studies obtained in an extensive development program. However, the greatest British laboratory remains confident in the product. Hopes that the convenient single daily dose of pill attracts patients and help to position better as a replacement for Advair, which has annual revenues of more than 8,000 million dollars and is the largest product in sales of GSK. The company said that Relovair being developed along with Theravance, seek approval against the disease pulmonary obstructive chronic (COPD) in United States and Europe to mid this year. Authorization as a treatment for asthma will also be asked in Europe at the same time. In United States, GSK will continue to discussing the use of the medicinal product with the regulators in patients with...

new YORK (Reuters Health) – the application of a subcutaneous injection of golimumab per month reduced symptoms of psoriatic arthritis active for a year in an extension the GO-REVEAL test six months. In addition to “significant structural damage inhibition” registered in the week 24, the new data show that the patients had “maintenance of radiographic benefits and “” best physical functions a year”, reported the in Arthritis & Rheumatism team. After the 24th week, patients who began to take placebo were crossed with those used 50 milligrams of Golimumab, while those with an inadequate response they received an increase in dose, according to Dr. Arthur Kavanaugh, of the University of California, San Diego, in the Jolla. In week 52, 358 405 original volunteers (the 88 per cent) still taking the drug, they indicated the authors. Until the 24th week x-rays showed inhibition of damage structural in patients treated with golimumab, added the authors. The study was funded by Janssen, who sells the drug monthly subcutaneous golimumab name Simponi. The Active psoriatic arthritis patients can take Simponi alone or with methotrexate. The prospectus information includes a warning that says that “serious infections leading to international or “ deaths, including tuberculosis, bacterial sepsis, fungi invasive (such as histoplasmosis), and other opportunistic infections “ have occurred in patients taking Simponi”. Are also advised to patients that they are controlled by the risk...

Seville, 23 ( EUROPA PRESS) The Andalusian regional Ministry of health has again defended the pharmaceutical laboratories have suffered “ pressure” and “clear threats” that they did not sign the first Convention of the auction of drugs launched in Andalusia. In a statement, the Ministry of Health indicates that these laboratories in question “have moved to the Ministry responsible for repeated pressure from officials of the Ministry of health of the Government of Spain, that did not sign the Convention”, once had been tenderer from the sale of drugs following the call of selection held the Monday. La counseling even reveals that “laboratories have pointed to Carlos Lens, Deputy general director of quality of medicines and health products of this public body, as the person responsible for making the calls that said, made on behalf of the Minister of the industry”. “Between received pressures was the clear threat to receive a resolution that opened file for revision of Office of your medications financing conditions in coming days””, full of the Ministry with regard to the content of these phone...

Washington, 23 mar (EFE).-the Raul presidential Republicans engaged today, on the eve of the primaries in Louisiana, attacking health care reform of the President of the United States.UU., Barack Obama, coinciding with the second anniversary of its promulgation. “the President is not giving speeches” on reform in this anniversary “and that is for a reason: the majority of Americans want to get rid of it and we are among them”, said Mitt Romney, former Governor of Massachusetts, during a campaign in the area of New Orleans, Louisiana. El exsenador Rick Santorum also criticized the law of Obama in a statement issued by his campaign and took passage to go against Romney, who stated that “he deceived voters” with a Massachusetts health reform, when he was Governor, very similar to that now rejects. Another of applicants, the former President of the House of representatives Newt Gingrich, said in a statement that if the reform of Obama remains “no end to the power of the Government”, that in his view now has control “over very personal decisions about life and death”. Obama not made any special activity today to commemorate the second anniversary of the enactment of the reform, on the eve that the Supreme Court consider appeals by unconstitutionality against States ruled by Republicans. The White House Yes issued a statement in which the President says that his reform, the...

Caracas, 23 mar ( EFE).-the Venezuela President, Hugo Chávez, said today that in the last few hours they withdrew the stitches in surgery which underwent in Cuba last February 26 to remove a new cancerous tumor. “still recovering me.” Today was doing physical therapy, walking; every day I walk faster (…). “Withdrew me yesterday and this morning the points still from the successful operation that I did in Havana”, said by telephone. As he was evident in his last televised appearance, three days ago, is now deshinchado and has recovered the hair who lost after chemotherapy sessions which was submitted after that last June he was removed a first cancerous tumor, also in Cuba. The ruling today took a manifestation of support to its management in a city in the Venezuelan East to enliven his followers through a phone call broadcast live and live on State television. “assure, with the favour of God (…) than that cancer that my hit me may not with Chavez, with either the people or the revolution.” “I live and I’ll be with you many years more,” added repeating what has said repeatedly since that returned from Havana last March...