Killer drug not on the loose — yet

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“It's definitely around… it's pretty much everywhere,” said Dr. Joseph Shrand, medical director for the High Point Treatment Center program in Brockton called CASTLE – or “Clean And Sober Teens Living Empowered.” “I know, talking to young people that …
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Sanofi CEO: Thanks to Genzyme, investors take us seriously

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True, Genzyme came with some pricey, successful rare-disease drugs, including the Fabry disease treatment Fabrazyme and the Gaucher disease therapy Cerezyme. Genzyme's products have been growing ever since the buyout, adding a measure of …
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10 Worst Epidemics

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Nurses care for victims of the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic outdoors amidst canvas tents in Massachusetts. Hulton Archive/Getty Images …. After the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) declared malaria eradicated in the United States, the World Health …
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FDA Ophthalmic Devices Panel Favorably Votes for the ReSure® Sealant

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BEDFORD, Mass. — The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Ophthalmic Devices Panel concluded that ReSure Sealant (Ocular Therapeutix, Inc., Bedford, MA), a first-of-a-kind medical device in the United States, is safe and effective for the management …
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