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Dr.Shruti Bhat, Star formulator and Ace leader within pharmaceutical R&D, a specialist with hiTech formulations and quality-by-design. 
Shruti brings to you some highlights from current pharma and clinical research news, views and data. 

FDA Adds Boxed Warning To Plavix.
FDA "is adding its strongest warning to the label for Plavix [clopidogrel bisulfate], cautioning that some patients do not respond to the blockbuster blood thinner." The "warning indicates ...

Canada Approves Seasonal Flu Nasal Vaccine.
Health Canada for the first time "granted approval for a nasal vaccine FluMist, designed to protect against seasonal flu." The nasal vaccine which is marketed by AstraZeneca Canada, is ...

Extended Stroke Treatment Window Appears To Be A Safe Option For Saving Lives.
Extending the time window to treat stroke patients with the clot-dissolving drug tPA from three hours to up to 4.5 hours after the onset of stroke doesn't result in any significant delays in treatment and appears to be a safe option for saving lives," according to a new paper in The Lancet Neurology. ...

Reovirus May Hold Promise As Nontoxic Prostate Cancer Treatment.
The respiratory, enteric, orphan virus, or 'reovirus' is widespread," but those who are exposed to it tend to "suffer, at most, mild flu-like respiratory symptoms or diarrhea." More interestingly, ...

Research Team Finds Q Fever Demands 18 Months Or More Of Treatment.
Researchers based in France have outlined treatment for Q fever, and "the findings have relevance because of the current -- and unusual -- outbreak of Q fever in the Netherlands, where 3,483 cases have been diagnosed ...

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