The Placebo Phenomenon

Published December 16, 2012

The Placebo Phenomenon

Filed under: drug treatment news 2010

The question ultimately inspired a pilot study, published by the peer-reviewed science and medicine journal PLOS ONE in 2010, that yielded his most famous findings to date. His team again compared two … As happened with Kaptchuk's patients in the …
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Diabetes Increases Risk of Heart Attack; Global Life Expectancy Increases

Filed under: drug treatment news 2010

On Wednesday, drug giant Pfizer agreed to pay $ 42.9 million to settle allegations that it engaged in unfair and deceptive marketing practices in promoting two of its drugs: Lyrica, a painkiller, and Zyvox, which is used to treat infections. The drug …
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Multimedia Assets: Novartis drug Signifor gains FDA approval as the first …

Filed under: drug treatment news 2010

15, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Novartis announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Signifor? (pasireotide) injection for the treatment of adult patients with Cushing's disease for whom pituitary surgery is not an …
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