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'Aggressive Steps' Needed to Stop Adolescent Use of E-Cigarettes drugs
December 19, 2018
"Aggressive steps" must be taken by parents, teachers, health providers, and government officials to prevent children and teens from using electronic cigarettes, U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, M.D., M.P.H., said in an advisory....
ICMR releases guidelines on biomedical and health research involving children and adult participants expressbpd
October 16, 2017
The guidelines are aimed to protect and safeguard the interests of individuals, communities and society as a whole
Mental health spending to sink by £4.5 million pharmafile
April 28, 2017
Here at Pharmafocus, we highlighted the state of mental health research and the alternative paths that are being ...
NICE’s draft guidance ignores recommendation of Opdivo to treat cancer, Bristol-Myers Squibb says pharmaceutical-technology
April 14, 2017
US-based Bristol-Myers Squibb has confirmed that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued draft guidance that ignores recommendation of investigational cancer immunotherapy Opdivo (nivolumab).
PureTech Health and Novartis to advance clinical-stage programmes pharmaceutical-technology
March 28, 2017
US-based PureTech Health has signed a licensing and equity agreement with Swiss company Novartis to advance two clinical-stage programmes targeting the mechanistic target of...