Glaxo drug hikes platelets, cuts bleeding in study
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GlaxoSmithKline Plc's experimental platelet-boosting drug eltrombopag has produced further positive results in patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP), researchers said on Saturday.
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The blood-thinning drug Angiomax works as well as rival drugs, but with 47 percent less risk of major bleeding, to maintain blood flow in patients who have had a heart attack or severe chest pain, according to study results published on Wednesday.
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The latest studies on Avandia, GlaxoSmithKline's blockbuster diabetes drug, have raised enough questions about the drug's safety to worry the American Diabetes Association.
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Bayer AG&#39;s  experimental pill  rivaroxaban is significantly more effective than standard  injections of Lovenox in preventing blood clots after knee  surgery, researchers said on Sunday.
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A widely publicized study that has already linked hormone replacement therapy to an increased risk of stroke, heart attack and some cancers also uncovered a blood clot hazard, researchers reported on Tuesday.
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A newer drug appeared to delay the progression of the most common form of diabetes a little longer than two older medications but also raised the risk of heart problems, weight gain and fractures, a large study has found.
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Antidepressants may increase the risk of abnormal bleeding in some patients, according to a study in Monday&#39;s Archives of Internal Medicine.
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A drug widely used to prevent excessive bleeding during heart surgery appears to raise the risk of dying in the five years afterward by nearly 50 percent, an international study found.
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The move follows recent studies suggesting that the medications might cause heart attacks.
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Pfizer Inc. says a new study finds increased risk of heart problems with taking painkiller drug Celebrex.
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Study confirmed concerns that the drug significantly raises the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK.L: Quote, Profile, Research) has agreed to release all clinical studies of its drugs to settle a lawsuit that accused it of withholding negative information about the antidepressant Paxil, the New York
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Bayer AG and Onyx Pharmaceutical Inc.'s key cancer drug Nexavar significantly raises the risk of high blood pressure, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday ordered the review of preventative studies involving Pfizer Inc.'s painkillers Celebrex and Bextra, in light of recent evidence they may increase the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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Boston Scientific Corp. BSX.N on   Thursday said an internal analysis confirmed an increased risk   of blood clots with its drug-coated device used to keep   previously clogged arteries open.
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Patients given the blood-clot preventer Plavix after a heart attack or after receiving a stent have a far higher risk of heart attack or death in the three months after they stop taking the drug, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
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GlaxoSmithKline Plc , Europe's  biggest drugmaker, nudged up its 2006 earnings forecast on  Wednesday, but said there were several reasons to be "a little  conservative" about the second half, knocking its shares.