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View Article  USP and Chinese Pharmacopoeia Commission Sign Memorandum of Understanding
Untitled Document Rockville, MD (Mar. 6)—The US Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Chinese Pharmacopoeia Commission (ChP) designed to strengthen the quality of medicine and foods in the United States and China. The agreement is a renewal of a prior arrangement that was in place...

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View Article  German Authorities Report Problems With Blood Thinner
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View Article  Hong Kong flu not deadlier than past viruses
Country's health officials closed schools following at least 2 deaths

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View Article  F.D.A. Panel Votes to Continue Use of Anemia Drugs
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View Article  Eli Lilly Terminates AIR Insulin Program
Indianapolis, IN (Mar. 7)—Eli Lilly terminated the development of its inhaled insulin product AIR, a diabetes treatment that had been in Phase III clinical trials.

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View Article  FDA 'Concerned' after Germany Reports More Heparin-Related Illnesses
Rockville, MD (Mar. 6)—Concerns over contaminated heparin product worsened as US officials announced dialysis patients in Germany have fallen ill after using a different brand of the blood thinner than was already being recalled.

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View Article  Scripps Gets A Jump On HIV Vaccine
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View Article  FDA Approves Nexium for Use in Children Ages 1-11 Years
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View Article  China-made heparin scare spreads beyond US
11-Mar-2008 - The made-in-China heparin scare has now spread beyond the US, with Germany and Japan both recalling the drug.

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View Article  Pharmaceutical traces in water 'highly unlikely to harm', says industry
12-Mar-2008 - Politicians in the US have gone on the offensive while regulators and industry groups have circled their wagons over a five-month investigation by the Associated Press that has rung alarm bells about trace levels of pharmaceuticals in drinking water.

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View Article  Lilly declines to inhale with AIR Insulin programme
11-Mar-2008 - The prospects for a viable market in inhaled insulin therapies were looking markedly thinner this week after Eli Lilly pulled the plug on its joint development programme with drug delivery specialist Alkermes for AIR Insulin.

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