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2015-04-01 18:34:16| PortlandOnline

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FDA panel backs Glaxo inhaler for adults, not adolescents

2015-03-20 02:54:36| Biotech - Topix.net

The Food and Drug Administration panel of experts voted 18-2 against using the British drugmaker's Breo Ellipta in asthma patients ages 12 to 17. That followed a positive vote of 16-4 supporting the drug's use in asthma patients 18 and up. Breo Ellipta is already approved in the U.S. for a type of chronic lung disease, but Glaxo is hoping to expand the drug's use to the much larger patient population of roughly 37 million Americans with asthma.

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Prevnar, Pfizer's pneumonia vaccine, okayed for adults in EU

2015-03-03 19:40:56| Biotech - Topix.net

Pfizer's blockbuster vaccine against pneumonia and other bacterial infections has won another approval, for use in European Union residents aged 18 and older. It protects against 13 strains of pneumococcal disease, the most common bacterial cause of pneumonia and a top cause of death and hospitalization worldwide.

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Majority of alcohol poisoning deaths in Michigan among middle-aged adults

2015-01-13 02:31:24| Biotech - Topix.net

As the Michigan Department of Community Health continues its efforts to raise awareness about the dangers of binge drinking, a new Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that alcohol poisoning kills an average of 77 people in Michigan each year, and three in four of those deaths involve adults ages 35 - 64 years. The report analyzes alcohol poisoning death rates across 46 states.

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