Hepatitis Weekly articles from March 2000

Hepatitis Weekly archives from March 2000

Risk of Liver Disease May be Less than Widely Believed.(Brief Article)
March 6, 2000... 2000 MAR 6 - (NewsRx.com) -- A study which followed military recruits for 45 years suggests that the risk of progressive liver disease may be lower than is widely believed among those infected with hepatitis C virus. The intriguing...

No Link to Hepatitis C Found.(Brief Article)
March 6, 2000... 2000 MAR 6 - (NewsRx.com) -- No link could be found between hepatitis C virus infection and antiphospholipid syndrome in a Greek study. Chronic infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) has been found to be associated with various...

Three HCV Viremia Patterns Exist Among Hemodialysis Patients.(Brief Article)
March 6, 2000... 2000 MAR 6 - (NewsRx.com) -- There appear to be three distinct patterns of hepatitis C virus viremia among hemodialysis patients. Researcher F. Fabrizi and colleagues from an Italian research center found that a third of patients had...

Immortal Cells May Be Key To Liver Disease.(Brief Article)
March 6, 2000... 2000 MAR 6 - (NewsRx.com) -- Helping liver cells to become a little more immortal may be the key to treating liver disease, two teams of researchers reported. One team made liver cells live longer by renewing little caps that protect...

Impact of HCV on HIV Mortality Studied.(Brief Article)
March 6, 2000... 2000 MAR 6 - (NewsRx.com) -- Hepatitis C virus infection has shown very little impact on HIV related deaths in a long-term multicenter study, but that finding could change as AIDS patients live longer. Hepatitis C (HCV) has a high...

Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction Detects False-Positives.(Brief Article)
March 6, 2000... 2000 MAR 6 - (NewsRx.com) -- According to a study reported in the Journal of Korean Medical Science, reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) is a good method for detecting true hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in...

Hepatitis C Subtype Shift Found in German Population.(Brief Article)
March 6, 2000... 2000 MAR 6 - (NewsRx.com) -- A genetic study of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) in chronically infected patients in Germany has led scientists to conclude that a genotypic subtype shift has occurred. In a study reported in the Journal of...

New Hepatitis B Genotype Identified.(Brief Article)
March 6, 2000... 2000 MAR 6 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in France reported on the identification of a new genotype of hepatitis B virus. The hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotype was determined in a total of 121 plasma samples collected in France and the...

Swine Transmission Likely Source of Hepatitis E Virus.(Brief Article)
March 6, 2000... 2000 MAR 6 - (NewsRx.com) -- There is a possibility that pigs may be a reservoir for hepatitis E virus (HEV) transmission to humans, scientists from Japan reported in the Journal of Medical Virology. The scientists, members of a...

Notifications of Possible HCV Infection Could Be Minimized.(Brief Article)
March 6, 2000... 2000 MAR 6 - (NewsRx.com) -- A plan proposed by researchers at a San Francisco, California, blood center could reduce hepatitis C lookback notifications by almost 90%. The purpose of this study was to explore strategies to minimize...

Immune System Critical to Chronic HCV Development.(Brief Article)
March 6, 2000... 2000 MAR 6 - (NewsRx.com) -- A German study confirms the critical role of the immune system in the development of chronic hepatitis C infection. T lymphocytes and immunoregulatory cytokines play an important role in the host response...

One Year of IFN Useful in Cirrhotic Hepatitis C Patients.(Brief Article)
March 6, 2000... 2000 MAR 6 - (NewsRx.com) -- A multicenter controlled study from Japan suggests that a 12-month course of interferon is of some use in cirrhotic patients who are infected with hepatitis C. The selection of hepatitis C virus...

Hepatitis C is Most Significant Risk Factor in Hepatitis B Endemic Areas.
March 6, 2000... 2000 MAR 6 - (NewsRx.com) -- It appears that infection with hepatitis C and not B is the most significant risk factor for liver cancer in areas where hepatitis B viral infection is common. Taiwan is an endemic area of hepatitis B...

Hepatitis C Virus Genotypes 1a and 4 are Risk Factors.
March 6, 2000... 2000 MAR 6 - (NewsRx.com) -- A study from Egypt suggests that expression of hepatitis C virus genotypes 1a and 4 are risk factors for liver cancer. The distribution of hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes among Egyptian patients positive...

HBV Genome Appears Stable During HBeAg-Positive Phase.(Brief Article)
March 6, 2000... 2000 MAR 6 - (NewsRx.com) -- The hepatitis B virus genome appears to be stable during the HBeAg-positive phase if inflammation is not present, according to a study from Sweden. Mutations in the hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome have so...

Mutations and Seroconversion in Hepatitis B Patients.(Brief Article)
March 6, 2000... 2000 MAR 6 - (NewsRx.com) -- Hepatitis B virus (HBV) strains mutate both preceding and following seroconversion from HBeAG to anti-HBe depending on the genotype, findings from a study conducted in Sweden show. Researchers at the...

Six-Month Course of IFN-(alpha)2b Useful for Hepatitis E Infection.(Brief Article)
March 6, 2000... 2000 MAR 6 - (NewsRx.com) -- Interferon alpha 2b therapy given for six months appears to be well tolerated in children with chronic hepatitis E virus disease. Interferon is currently the most useful therapeutic agent for chronic viral...

HCV Can Localize in Gastric Mucosa.(Brief Article)
March 6, 2000... 2000 MAR 6 - (NewsRx.com) -- It is possible for hepatitis C virus to localize in gastric mucosa, a report from Italy concluded. The hepatitis C virus (HCV) has been linked to B-cell lymphoproliferation and autoimmunity, and has been...

Cell Cycle Phase Enhances Hepatitis C Virus.(Brief Article)
March 6, 2000... 2000 MAR 6 - (NewsRx.com) -- Viral translation in the hepatitis C virus is enhanced by the growth phase of the cell it is infecting, scientists reported in Gastroenterology. M. Honda and colleagues from the Kanazawa University in...

HCV Quasispecies Nature Depends on Replication Locale.(Brief Article)
March 6, 2000... 2000 MAR 6 - (NewsRx.com) -- According to a study conducted by researchers in Spain, the quasispecies nature of hepatitis C virus (HCV) results from different selective forces present at the point of viral load. The researchers,...

DNA Shuffling Improves Immunogenic Properties of Hepatitis Vaccine.(Brief Article)
March 6, 2000... 2000 MAR 6 - (NewsRx.com) -- Molecular breeding can be used to increase the immunogenicity of a DNA vaccine encoding the hepatitis B surface antigen, researchers from the United States reported. "Molecular breeding is a powerful...

Report Card Measures Progress of Hepatitis A Endemic States.(Brief Article)
March 6, 2000... 2000 MAR 6 - (NewsRx.com) -- In honor of the one-year anniversary of the landmark recommendation by an advisory body to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) encouraging states with high incidence of hepatitis A to...

Effectiveness of Hepatitis C Treatment Studied in Veterans.
March 6, 2000... 2000 MAR 6 - (NewsRx.com) -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has begun a nationwide study to determine the effectiveness of hepatitis C treatment among veterans, a high-risk group for the potentially fatal disease. ...

NewsRx.com Daily Health, Medical, and Biotech News Site Opens at www.NewsRx.com with $30 Million Giveaway.
March 6, 2000... 2000 MAR 6 - (NewsRx.com) -- After months of anticipation by current subscribers, NewsRx.com has launched its daily health and medical news site with tiered content for professionals and consumers at www.NewsRx.com. "NewsRx.com...

Network Proposes New Liver Transplant Policy.
March 6, 2000... 2000 MAR 6 - (NewsRx.com) -- The network that runs the transplant system in the United States is proposing a more sophisticated system of ranking patients waiting for new livers and said it will consider sharing donated organs over larger...

Hepatitis A Picture Is Shifting Globally.(Brief Article)
March 13, 2000... 2000 MAR 13 - (NewsRx.com) -- The picture of hepatitis A virus infection is changing throughout the world as sanitation improves. This finding was illustrated in several reports published in a February 2000 issue of the journal...

Impact of Protease Inhibitors on Vaccine Status Accessed.(Brief Article)
March 13, 2000... 2000 MAR 13 - (NewsRx.com) -- The vaccine response of HIV infected subjects who had prolonged exposure to protease inhibitors was examined by researchers in Ohio. H. Valdez and colleagues from the University Hospital of Cleveland...

Young IV Drug Users Not Being Vaccinated Against HBV.(Brief Article)
March 13, 2000... 2000 MAR 13 - (NewsRx.com) -- Health officials are missing the chance to immunize young injection drug users against hepatitis B virus, a study from San Francisco, California, suggests. Researcher K.H. Seal and colleagues from the...

TT Virus Doesn't Appear to Increase Liver Damage in HCV(+).(Brief Article)
March 13, 2000... 2000 MAR 13 - (NewsRx.com) -- High levels of TT virus do not appear to increase the risk of liver damage in persons coinfected with hepatitis C virus. Although TT virus (TTV) was isolated from a cryptogenic posttransfusion hepatitis...

IL-2 and IFN-gamma Increased in HCV Patients.(Brief Article)
March 13, 2000... 2000 MAR 13 - (NewsRx.com) -- Both serum interleukin 2 and interferon gamma are increased in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection regardless of the stage of disease. In this study Y. Kawakami and colleagues from Japan's...

HCV Genetic Drift and Evolutionary Rate Studied.(Brief Article)
March 13, 2000... 2000 MAR 13 - (NewsRx.com) -- The genetic drift of hepatitis C virus appears to be independent of host immune pressure. Researcher J.P. Allain and colleagues of the United Kingdom's East Anglia Blood Center examined six...

Maintenance Hemodialysis Decreases HCV RNA Levels but Doesn't Clear Viremia.(Brief Article)
March 13, 2000... 2000 MAR 13 - (NewsRx.com) -- Maintenance hemodialysis decreases hepatitis C RNA levels but does not clear viremia in hemodialysis patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major...

Combined Hepatitis A and B Vaccine is Cheaper in Long Run.(Brief Article)
March 13, 2000... 2000 MAR 13 - (NewsRx.com) -- A combined hepatitis A and B vaccination strategy, while initially more expensive, can actually save public health dollars in the long run according to a review of such strategies. The report was one of...

NS5a Does Not Predict IFN Success in HCV Patients.(Brief Article)
March 13, 2000... 2000 MAR 13 - (NewsRx.com) -- The amino acid sequence of NS5a is not predictive of treatment success in chronic hepatitis C patients given interferon therapy. Patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 3 have a better...

HBx Protein Involved in Liver Cancer.(Brief Article)
March 13, 2000... 2000 MAR 13 - (NewsRx.com) -- HBx protein expression in cultured human hepatoma cells is involved in the development of hepatocellular cancer. Understanding the mechanism(s) of action of the hepatitis B virus (HBV)-encoded protein HBx...

TT Virus Appears to Spread Sexually.(Brief Article)
March 13, 2000... 2000 MAR 13 - (NewsRx.com) -- TT virus is very common in prostitutes, suggesting that sexual transmission may be an efficient way of transmitting the virus. TTV, a DNA virus, has been isolated from patients with non-A to non-E...

DNA Priming is Required for Enhancing DNA Immunity.(Brief Article)
March 13, 2000... 2000 MAR 13 - (NewsRx.com) -- A report from Korea could advance the search for an effective vaccine against hepatitis C virus infection. Researcher M.K. Song and colleagues from Pohang University of Science and Technology found that...

Vaccine Candidate Announced for the Prevention and Treatment of Hepatitis C.
March 13, 2000... 2000 MAR 13 - (NewsRx.com) -- Epimmune Inc., San Diego, California, announced the identification of a vaccine candidate for the prevention and treatment of hepatitis C at the Keystone Symposia scientific meetings in Santa Fe, New Mexico....

Hepatitis C Human Clinical Trials Initiated.(Brief Article)
March 13, 2000... 2000 MAR 13 - (NewsRx.com) -- ViroPharma Inc. and American Home Products Corp., through its Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories pharmaceutical division, announced that they have initiated human clinical trials with a compound for the treatment of...

U.S. National Institutes of Health Launches ClinicalTrials.gov Web Site.(Brief Article)
March 13, 2000... 2000 MAR 13 - (NewsRx.com) -- The U.S. National Institutes of Health announced the launch of the first phase of a consumer-friendly database, ClinicalTrials.gov, with information on more than 4,000 federal and private medical studies...

Drug Companies To Donate Vaccines.(Brief Article)
March 13, 2000... 2000 MAR 13 - (NewsRx.com) -- Four major drug companies planned to announce at the White House on March 2, 2000, that they are donating millions of doses of vaccines - worth more than $150 million - to combat infectious diseases in needy...

Health News Mega Site www.NewsRx.com Offer Jams Web Site; NewsRx.com Named Official Online News Sponsor of eHealthcareWorld.(Brief Article)
March 13, 2000... 2000 MAR 13 - (NewsRx.com) -- The $30 million health news giveaway announced by NewsRx.com at www.NewsRx.com resulted in an instantaneous onrush. "We announced the giveaway at 7:30 a.m. Traffic peaked immediately and by 8:00 a.m. the...

FDA Approval Received for Cadaveric Serum Use with Genetic Systems Test Kits.(Brief Article)
March 13, 2000... 2000 MAR 13 - (NewsRx.com) -- Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, California, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved two of its licensed assays for use with cadaveric serum samples. The need for...

Over Half of Current HCV Infections Linked to IV Drugs.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 20, 2000... 2000 MAR 20 - (NewsRx.com) -- Intravenous drug use accounts for more than half of current hepatitis C virus exposures in the United States, according to a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hepatitis C...

Surgery Useful in HCC Patients with HBV-Cirrhosis.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 20, 2000... 2000 MAR 20 - (NewsRx.com) -- Surgical resection is a viable treatment option in liver cancer patients with compensated hepatitis B virus-related cirrhosis, according to a report from Hong Kong. The optimum management of...

TTV Infection Doesn't Impact IFN Response in Hepatitis Patients.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 20, 2000... 2000 MAR 20 - (NewsRx.com) -- Coinfection with TT virus does not impact the response to interferon therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis C or B infection. Concomitant infection with TT virus and hepatitis B virus (HBV) or...

IFN-Related Thyroiditis Studied in HCV Patients.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 20, 2000... 2000 MAR 20 - (NewsRx.com) -- A study from France offers an explanation for the high rate of autoimmune thyroiditis seen in chronic hepatitis C patients treated with interferon. To establish a relationship between hepatitis C virus...

HEV a Common Cause of Liver Disease in Cuba.(Brief Article)
March 20, 2000... 2000 MAR 20 - (NewsRx.com) -- Hepatitis E virus is common in Cuba and is an important cause of liver disease in the country. The hepatitis E virus (HEV) has a global distribution and is known to have caused large waterborne epidemics...

Rabies Virus-Based Vaccine Against HIV Created; Other Viruses Next.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 20, 2000... 2000 MAR 20 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, are using a new ploy to combat HIV, the AIDS virus: rabies. Scientists have devised for the first time an HIV vaccine using a...

Single Dose of GM-CSF May Improve HBV Vaccination Efficacy.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 20, 2000... 2000 MAR 20 - (NewsRx.com) -- A single dose of granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor prior to hepatitis B virus vaccination may improve the efficacy of the vaccine in patients undergoing hemodialysis. Patients on...

Th1 Cell Mediated Response Seen in HCV Infection.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 20, 2000... 2000 MAR 20 - (NewsRx.com) -- There appears to be a Th1-cell-mediated intrahepatic immune response in chronic hepatitis C virus infection. Upregulation of Th1-associated intrahepatic cytokines in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV)...

Boosters Not Needed Following HBV Vaccine at Birth.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 20, 2000... 2000 MAR 20 - (NewsRx.com) -- An 11-year follow-up of newborns vaccinated against hepatitis B virus found that immunity was long-lasting and booster immunization was not necessary. In this study, X. Lin and colleagues from China's...

HIV Infection Negatively Impacts HCV Course.(hepatitis C virus infection)(Brief Article)(Technical)
March 20, 2000... 2000 MAR 20 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers have long debated whether HIV infection negatively impacts the pathology of hepatitis C virus infection. A study from France suggests that it does. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is frequently...

Transplant Patients Studied for Recurrent Hepatitis B and C.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 20, 2000... 2000 MAR 20 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in Massachusetts conducted a comparative pathological study involving recurrent hepatitis B and C in liver transplant patients. Although recurrence of viral hepatitis in liver transplants is...

Lamivudine Well Tolerated in Children with Hepatitis B.(Technical)
March 20, 2000... 2000 MAR 20 - (NewsRx.com) -- A pharmacokinetic study suggests that 100 mg of lamivudine is well tolerated in children with chronic hepatitis B virus infection. Fifty-three pediatric patients with chronic hepatitis B and active viral...

IFN-Related Fatty Acid Metabolic Disorders Studied.(Interferon)(Brief Article)(Technical)
March 20, 2000... 2000 MAR 20 - (NewsRx.com) -- Fatty acid metabolic disorders caused by interferon therapy can be detected prior to ECG or echocardigraphy, according to a report from Japan. Interferon (IFN) therapy for chronic hepatitis C is sometimes...

Spread of Hepatitis C in Egypt Attributed to Antischistosomal Therapy.(Brief Article)(Technical)
March 20, 2000... 2000 MAR 20 - (NewsRx.com) -- A study published in The Lancet (March 11, 2000;355(9027)) suggests that the high prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in Egypt can be explained by previous mass treatment campaigns against...

Is Vaccination Associated with Autoimmunity?(Brief Article)(Technical)
March 20, 2000... 2000 MAR 20 - (NewsRx.com) -- The jury is still out on whether vaccination may cause autoimmunity in humans, reported researchers from Israel. "The question of a connection between vaccination and autoimmune illness (or phenomena) is...

Phospholipid Model Membranes of HAV Studied.(Budapest's Hungarian Academy of Sciences)(Brief Article)(Technical)
March 20, 2000... 2000 MAR 20 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in Hungary reported on phospholipid-model membrane interactions with branched polypeotide conjugates of hepatitis A virus peptide epitope. I.B. Nagy and colleagues from Budapest's Hungarian...

Cancer Chemotherapy Linked to Hepatitis B Mutation.(Technical)
March 20, 2000... 2000 MAR 20 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in Hong Kong reported on an especially virulent hepatitis B virus mutation that appears to result from cytotoxic chemotherapy. Reactivation of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a rare, but well...

Several Percutaneous Routes Allow Success.(hepatocyte transplantation)(Brief Article)(Technical)
March 20, 2000... 2000 MAR 20 - (NewsRx.com) -- Active angiographic and pressure monitoring of hepatocyte transplantation facilitates infusions and reduces complications, researchers suggest. Hepatocyte transplantation (HTx) has been suggested for...

U.S. Hospital Needle Pricks Top 1,000 Per Day.(Brief Article)(Technical)
March 20, 2000... 2000 MAR 20 - (NewsRx.com) -- U.S. health care workers suffer almost 400,000 needle-stick injuries every year that could expose them to bloodborne viruses, risking infection from diseases including hepatitis B and C and AIDS, researchers...

Phase I/II Clinical Trials Entered for Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus.(Isis Pharmaceuticals)(Brief Article)
March 20, 2000... 2000 MAR 20 - (NewsRx.com) -- Isis Pharmaceuticals, Carlsbad, California, announced the initiation of clinical trials with ISIS 14803, a novel antisense drug to treat hepatitis C. ISIS 14803 is a 20-base phosphorothioate...

WF10 Modifies Cytokine Gene Expression.(Brief Article)
March 27, 2000... 2000 MAR 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- At the 4th International Conference on New Trends in Clinical and Experimental Immunosuppression held February 17-20, 2000, in Geneva, Switzerland, scientists presented results of in vitro and in vivo studies...

Assay May Be Valuable for Screening Plasma Products.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 27, 2000... 2000 MAR 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- Aventis Behring, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, presented to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Blood Products Advisory Committee information from its ongoing investigation into the use of...

Unsafe Injection Practices Have Serious, Large-Scale Consequences.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 27, 2000... 2000 MAR 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- Unsafe injection practices throughout the world result in millions of infections which may lead to serious diseases and death. Each year over-use of injections and re-use of dirty syringes and needles...

Study Finds Asian-Americans at Higher Risk for Hepatitis C Virus.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 27, 2000... 2000 MAR 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- Americans born in Southeast Asia are at increased risk for hepatitis C, according to two Asian-American physician researchers. "Growing up in countries with drastically lower health care standards may...

Lamivudine Resistance Common in HIV Infected Hepatitis B Patients.(Brief Article)
March 27, 2000... 2000 MAR 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- Acquired lamivudine resistance is common in HIV patients being treated for chronic hepatitis B infection. In a recent study, D. Rey and colleagues treated seven patients co-infected with hepatitis B virus...

Many HIV/HCV Coinfected Patients Respond to Interferon Alfacon-1.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 27, 2000... 2000 MAR 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- For patients co-infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV, interferon alfacon-1 succeeded where other interferons had failed. An initial daily induction regimen of interferon alfacon-1 (Infergen,...

Drug Cocktail for Hepatitis B Studied.(Brief Article)
March 27, 2000... 2000 MAR 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- Combination therapy with penciclovir, lamivudine, and adefovir could represent a potent drug cocktail for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B. Penciclovir (PCV), lamivudine (3TC), and adefovir (PMEA) are...

Mexican Officials Outline HIV and HBV Control Policies.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 27, 2000... 2000 MAR 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- Officials with Mexico's Council for AIDS Prevention and Control have outlined that country's program for preventing HIV infections. Of the current 37,000 AIDS patients in Mexico, 86% are men and in most...

Study Links Infections and Cardiovascular Death.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 27, 2000... 2000 MAR 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers at LDS Hospital, Johns Hopkins University, and the Washington, DC, Hospital Center have new evidence that a number of infectious organisms - including hepatitis A and herpes simplex virus types 1...

Vaccine Study to Target Bioterrorism Threat.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 27, 2000... 2000 MAR 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- Smallpox may be officially eradicated according to the World Health Organization (WHO) but, because of bioterrorism concerns, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has asked the Saint...

European Trial Enrollment Completed of Pathogen Inactivation System for Platelets.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 27, 2000... 2000 MAR 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- Cerus Corp., Concord, California, and Baxter, Deerfield, Illinois, announced the completion of patient enrollment in a European Phase III clinical trial of their system to inactivate viruses, bacteria, and...

Leading Pharmaceutical Companies to Quadruple Number of New Medicines Launched Annually.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 27, 2000... 2000 MAR 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- Leading pharmaceutical companies have set aggressive goals to meet shareholder expectations by planning to quadruple the number of new medicines launched annually, according to new Andersen Consulting...