Concurrent Use Of PPIs, Clopidogrel In Heart Disease Linked To Fewer Gastroduodenal Bleeding Hospitalizations.

Dr.Shruti Bhat, Leader Pharmaceutical R&D and Expert in hiTech formulation development for over 35 different therapeutic class of drugs moeities, brings to you some highlights from current pharma and clinical research news, views and data.

FDA To Decide On Therapeutic Cancer Vaccine.
Prostate cancer strikes more American men than any other cancer. In fact, "just last year there were nearly 200,000 new cases" and "more than 27,000 deaths." But ...

Concurrent Use Of PPIs, Clopidogrel In Heart Disease Linked To Fewer Gastroduodenal Bleeding Hospitalizations.
Concurrent use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) in patients with serious coronary heart disease treated with clopidogrel is associated with fewer hospitalizations for gastroduodenal bleeding," Vanderbilt researchers found after reviewing data on "20,596 patients (including 7,593 concurrent users of clopidogrel and PPIs) who received clopidogrel between 1999 and 2005...

Metformin May Improve Ability Of Bicalutamide To Slow Proliferation In Hormone-Resistant Prostate Cancer Cell Lines.
The commonly prescribed anti-diabetes drug metformin appears to improve the ability of bicalutamide (Casodex), an androgen ablation drug, to slow proliferation in hormone-resistant prostate cancer cell lines," according to a study presented ...

NSAID Use May Not Reduce Risk Of Ovarian Cancer.
Regular use of anti-inflammatory drugs did not reduce the risk of ovarian cancer," according to a study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research meeting. Researchers found that "neither weekly nor daily use of aspirin...  

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