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Obesity drug market tipped to slow

11/03/2010 | Poor efficacy and negative side effects will have a detrimental effect on the sale and development of obesity drugs, according to a forecast by Datamonitor.


Erbitux pushing for another PBS listing

11/03/2010 | Erbitux (cetuximab) is being considered for PBS listing by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee this week for the treatment of metastatic bowel cancer.


OTC industry stands behind NSAIDs

10/03/2010 | Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) played an important role in short term pain relief for the majority of consumers, the group representing the over-the-counter medicine sector has declared.


Patients unaware of NSAID effects

10/03/2010 | More than 70 per cent of consumers who took over-the-counter non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) were not aware the drugs' long term-effects, according to a new survey carried out on behalf of the Gut Foundation. 1 comment


Nebilet effectiveness against heart failure questioned

10/03/2010 | A new selective beta blocker used in treating chronic heart failure has "less robust evidence" of a benefit to survival, according to the National Prescribing Service.


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