US Funds "Ground-Breaking Research" in Myanmar's Anti-Malaria Fight

US funds "ground-breaking research" in Myanmar's anti-malaria fight

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… Myanmar's anti-malaria fight. By Tony Yoo | Friday, 21 December 2012 … Artemisinin is the leading drug for malaria treatment but resistance has been detected in Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam, according to the WHO. Scientists believe …
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Dan Burton On Tax Cuts: GOP Would Swallow Democratic Tax Plan After

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Solving longstanding prison problems — releasing elderly convicts unlikely to commit crimes, offering treatment or counseling as an alternative to prison for non-violent offenders, slightly shortening the sentences of well-behaved inmates, and …
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Upcoming Orphan Drug Approval Decisions For 4 Biopharma Companies

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In June 2012, the FDA accepted the New Drug Application (NDA) for RP103. In November 2012 Raptor announced positive results from the RP103 extension study, in which 40 patients completing phase III clinical trial elected to continue on RP103 treatment …
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Oregon finds efforts to treat drug addicts paying off

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That philosophy fuels Oregon's nationally reputed system of addiction care that officials, health experts and treatment professionals say provides lessons for Kentucky as it struggles with a crippling prescription drug-abuse problem and an overwhelmed …
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