Archives for August 22, 2006

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Researchers show efficacy of first Staph drug for decades

By  Wai Lang Chu

Researchers have demonstrated the effectiveness of a new drug for treating infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus bacteria representing the first drug of its kind to be FDA approved in two decades.

Test to gauge lung cancer treatments developed

By  Wai Lang Chu

US scientists think they have come up with a novel test that indicates how a patient with early-stage lung cancer will respond to chemotherapy, giving the opportunity to tailor treatment to the individual.

Rexam's Indian pharma packaging dreams come true

By  Gregory Roumeliotis

Rexam, the world's largest beverage can maker, has bought Indian pharmaceutical packaging firm Truepack for £5m (€7.3m), hungry for a slice of the country's growing pharma market.

Merck offers first glimpse of $300m vaccine plant

By  Gregory Roumeliotis

For the first time Merck has opened the doors of its under-construction manufacturing plant in North Carolina to public officials, boasting it will eventually contribute about two-thirds of its annual live-virus vaccine production.