AstraZeneca heart drug wins Canada approvalCanadian regulators have approved AstraZeneca's key new heart drug Brilinta, boosting prospects for a product whose future in North America is uncertain. The green light from Health Canada means the medicine is now approved in 33 countries More… |
Doctors warned on heart drug combinationDoctors in Bahrain are being asked to exercise caution when prescribing a potentially fatal combination of two drugs to people suffering from heart ailments. It follows an alert issued by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which sa More… |
Don't panic over heart drug news, says groupNews that the popular cholesterol drug Vytorin may not work to protect arteries and may in fact worsen clogging should not cause patients to panic, the American College of Cardiology said. They said the study -- which was carried on newspa More… |