Archive for the ‘Drugs (Pharmaceuticals)’ Category

Merck’s Hepatitis C Drug Wins F.D.A. Approval

Victrelis, from Merck, is the first of a new generation of drugs that promise to increase the cure rate while shortening the treatment time.

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Skin Deep: New Stratagems in the Quest for Hair

Transplants, lotions, pills: what’s next in the search for a thick head of hair? Cloning, says one doctor.

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Federal Research Center Will Help Develop Medicines

The Obama administration has become so concerned about the slowing pace of new drugs coming out of the pharmaceutical industry that officials have decided to start a billion-dollar government center to help create medicines.

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