Drug Addiction on the Rise in Afghanistan
Drug addiction on the rise in Afghanistan – www.youtube.com/Allsupernews Drug addiction in Afghanistan is on the rise. According to UN reports, around three percent of Afghans abuse drugs, making the country the world’s top user per capita. But only a fraction of addicts receive proper treatment, as Jennifer Glasse reports.
Abbott Labs rises on hepatitis C drug data
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NEW YORK (AP) — Abbott Laboratories said Monday that its experimental hepatitis C drug regimen cured 99 percent of patients in a midstage study with the most common and hardest-to-treat type of the disease. Patients who took a three-drug regimen and …
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Drugs for HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis to be more affordable
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76/2012 on patented drugs on Sept. 3. “We will … These are highly active anti-retroviral drugs that include Efavirenz; Abacavir; Didanosine; a combination of Lopinavir and Ritonavir; and Tenofovir, an anti-viral medicine used to treat chronic HBV …
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Roche Cancer Drug Shows No Added Benefit With Longer Use
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Roche Cancer Drug Shows No Added Benefit With Longer Use. By Naomi Kresge – 2012-10-01T15:42:27Z. Roche Holding AG's (ROG) Herceptin breast- … Meanwhile, a second trial that sought to cut treatment to six months proved not to be a clear-cut failure …
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