GSK joint venture files new drug application for HIV treatment

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Research Triangle Park, N.C. — A new AIDS drug may soon be on its way to market. ViiV Healthcare, a joint venture of GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer and Shionogi, filed for regulatory approval of its proposed treatment for HIV on Monday in the U.S., Canada …
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Brooke Mueller checks back into rehab for Adderall addiction, marking her 19th …

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The troubled ex-wife of Charlie Sheen checked back into rehab Monday night to seek treatment for an addiction to Adderall, a psycho-stimulant drug commonly used for attention deficit disorder (ADD), according to TMZ. This would be the whopping 19th …
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Novel Drug Therapy Targets Aggressive Form of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

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Dec. 10, 2012 — Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common subtype of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and the seventh most frequently diagnosed cancer. The most chemotherapy resistant form of DLBCL, called activated B-cell — DLBCL …
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