Topic: Osteoporosis
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-03-11 00:47:52
BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators said on Wednesday they have found no link between oral bisphosphonate osteoporosis medications such as Merck & Co Inc's Fosamax and certain thigh bone fractures. The Food and Drug Administration issued its statement following the publication of case reports of atypical subtrochanteric femur fractures -- or fractures in the bone just below the hip joint ...
AP News | 2010-02-09 14:59:37
<div id="subtitle">Amgen says potential bone drug tops rival in late-stage study on prostate cancer patients</div><div><p>Amgen Inc. said its osteoporosis drug candidate denosumab beat a rival drug in reducing and delaying the rate of fractures in men with prostate cancer during a study.</p>< ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-02-08 16:59:58
<div><p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - A once-a-day pill helped completely rebuild bone in rodents with severe osteoporosis, a finding that could lead to a new class of drugs to treat the brittle-bone disease in humans, U.S. researchers said.</p><p>The team tested a compound that blocks the production of serotonin produced ...
Reuters US Online Report Domestic News | 2010-01-29 19:18:32
<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Manhattan federal judge refused on Friday to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that Merck &amp; Co Inc's osteoporosis drug Fosamax caused jaw damage to an Indiana woman during the nearly eight years she took the pill.</p><p>U.S. District Judge John Keenan described ...
