Drug Slows Knee Osteoarthritis Progression

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12, 2012 — A drug used outside the U.S. to treat osteoporosis may not only lessen the everyday pain associated with knee osteoarthritis, but may even slow down the progression of osteoarthritis, researchers say. The drug is called … a large 2007 …
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Malarial Drug Shows 'Hopeful' Promise in Preventing Breast Cancer

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Researchers at George Mason University, near Washington DC, are conducting a clinical trial to see if a widely-prescribed drug used to prevent and treat malaria, called chloroquine (pronounced klor' oh kwin), will do the same for ductal carcinoma in …
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Abbott presents new Humira data at ACR

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US pharma major Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) today announced results from a post-hoc analysis of its blockbuster drug Humira (adalimumab) data in early and long-standing moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients from three randomized, …
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