Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd., (Amex: CPD) announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted tentative approval for the Company's Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Escitalopram Oxalate Tablets (escitalopram), 5 mg, 10 mg, and 20 mg. Escitalopram is indicate
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What do suffering a traumatic brain injury and using club drugs have in common?University of Florida researchers say both may trigger a similar chemical chain reaction in the brain, leading to cell death, memory loss and potentially irreversible brain damage. [click link for full article]
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Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Cymbalta(R) (duloxetine HCl) for the maintenance treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD) in adults. "Relapse, the re-emergence of depressive symptoms after a successful treatment of dep
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Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY, TSX: SHQ), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, announced that Biological Psychiatry published the results of a study showing VYVANSE™ (lisdexamfetamine dimesylate), the first prodrug stimulant for the treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disor
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Study is first to quantitatively document the health symptoms of trafficked women and adolescent girls in Europe. Researchers interviewed 192 women and adolescent girls within 14 days of accessing post-trafficking services to investigate the health of women trafficked for sexual exploitation in Eur
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Having hypertension, or high blood pressure, reduces blood flow in the brains of adults with Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)."While hypertension is not a cause of Alzheimer's disease, our study s
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Mental Health America released its report, "Ranking America's Mental Health: An Analysis of Depression Across the States," a first-of-its-kind study examining state and national data for statistical associations betweenfactors that govern access to mental health care and actual mental health outcom
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The differing rate of development of children with Autism is the focus of the research of one of the 2007 Michael Young Prize winners, awarded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Young Foundation.Previously most research in this area has focussed on the causes of autism rathe
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EPIX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: EPIX) announced that Sharon Shacham, Ph.D., vice president of drug development of EPIX, will present "PRX-03140, A Novel and Selective 5-HT4 Agonist for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease" at CBI's Alzheimer's Drug Development Summit on Friday, November 30, 200
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