Articles tagged with "International"

No Cause Found Yet for Botched French Drug Trial

Reuters Staff | February 7, 2016

PARIS (Reuters)—An initial report into a drug trial in northwestern France that left one person dead and five others hospitalized last month did not identify the exact cause, French Health Minister Marisol Touraine said on Thursday. Touraine told a news conference that the condition of the five people who were hospitalized was improving and that…

Five Charged in U.S. with Stealing Secrets from GlaxoSmithKline

Bill Berkrot | January 23, 2016

REUTERS—Five people, including two former GlaxoSmithKline researchers, were charged with a scheme to steal trade secrets from the British drugmaker for potential sale in China, according to indictments announced by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Philadelphia on Wednesday. The indictments include charges of conspiracy to steal trade secrets, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to…

Opioid Investigated to Treat Acute & Chronic OA Pain; Plus New RA Treatment & More

Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, BCGP | January 20, 2016

In Phase 2 trials, the oral opioid, CR845, has proved promising in treating pain in patients with hip and knee osteoarthritis. Olokizumab is being investigated to treat RA, and in Canada, adalimumab has been approved to treat polyarticular JIA in 2–4 year-olds…

French ‘Cannabis’ Drug Trial Volunteer Dies

Reuters Staff | January 19, 2016

RENNES, France (Reuters)—A man left brain dead after a drug trial in northwest France died on Sunday, said the hospital where he was being treated. The Rennes hospital said in a statement that five other volunteers were in stable condition after they were admitted last week. In total, 90 people took part in the trial of the drug made…

French ‘Cannabis’ Drug Trial Leaves 1 Brain Dead, 5 Injured

Matthias Blamont | January 19, 2016

PARIS (Reuters)—One person has been left brain dead and five others are in a serious condition after taking part in a clinical trial in western France of an experimental medicine from an unnamed drug company, the French health ministry said on Friday, Jan. 15. The ministry did not say what the medicine was intended to be used…

WHO Warns of Widespread Misunderstanding of Superbug Threat

Kate Kelland | November 17, 2015

LONDON (Reuters)—People across the world are confused about the major threat to public health posed by drug-resistant superbugs and do not know how to stop that risk growing, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. Ramping up its fight against antibiotic resistance with a survey of public awareness, the United Nations health agency said…

Hamstrung by Red Tape, Hospital Operators Buy Their Way into India

Aditya Kalra & Aditi Shah | September 11, 2015

NEW DELHI (Reuters)—For nearly two years, Parkway Pantai has delayed the opening of its 450-bed India hospital, the Singapore-based medical firm’s bid to cash in on one of Asia’s fastest growing private healthcare markets, as it waited for the necessary permits. Parkway, a unit of the world’s second largest healthcare group by market value IHH…