News tagged with 'AstraZeneca'

AstraZeneca is fined $520 million for illegally marketing the anti-psychotic drug, Seroquel for uses not approved by the FDA, including for use among the elderly and adolescents.

The seasonal flu shot is sold for $100 in some places as the Attorney General's office in Connecticut investigates price gouging by distributors and manufacturers.

With about 40 percent of the public saying they will not be vaccinated against H1N1, Americans appears sharply divided on whether they will be vaccinated. Whatever your leanings - A Warning! - Pregnant women should not receive the live virus contained in the nasal spray.

The gold standard blood-thinners, used for heart attack and stroke, may be rivaled by an experimental drug, Brilinta, which causes less bleeding and increases the chance of survival.

Seroquel litigation is heating up and internal company documents show AstraZeneca cherry picked what information it wanted released about the antipsychotic, while downplaying any link to diabetes.

Patients taking a newer group of atypical antipsychotics are twice as likely to suffer sudden cardiac failure and death as nonusers, according to a newly published study in the New England Journal of Medicine.  The newer atypicals were thought to be safer than the older medications. An editorial says they are all overprescribed.

The controversial drug, Seroquel, will have additional application to treat depression in adults if the drug maker AstraZeneca receives approval from the FDA. Seroquel use has been linked to diabetes, and two serious complications known as Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome and Tardive Dyskinesia. 

A large recent study suggests millions of people could benefit from taking cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins, even if they have low cholesterol. However, a few simple lifestyle changes can help you naturally lower excess inflammation without the side effects accompanied by statin drugs.

A new study published in the journal Nature, finds 35 percent of women who take the drug tamoxifen to prevent the return of breast cancer do not respond to the drug -- and scientists think they have figured out why.

Crestor's maker sees sales surge after a cardiac meeting releases findings of an inflammation study. A test for inflammation may be added to routine heart screenings. The Pauling Institute suggests a Mediterranean diet also reduces inflammation in the body.

Millions of people could benefit from taking cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins, even if they have low cholesterol, because the drugs can significantly lower their risk of heart attacks, strokes and death.

Seroquel's new extended release formula will have an extended patent, and presumably bring expanded profits for AstraZeneca, despite the controversy about the drug's side effects.