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Biotech looks to mini antibodies...

LONDON - GlaxoSmithKline Plc.'s head of biotech research is excited about a new generation of "slimline" antibody medicines that may be successors to current blockbusters such as Avastin and Rituxan.

That's no surprise, perhaps, given Ian Tomlinson headed the next-generation antibody firm Domantis until Glaxo snapped it up for 230 million pounds ($405 million US) in 2006.

But the ...

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A doctor grapples with children's issues on two fronts...

Boston-trained pediatrician Perri Klass has forged a literary career writing about what she knows best - the humanitarian aspects of medicine. Most tellingly, she writes about the relationship between medicine and parenting, and her latest novel, "The Mercy Rule," is right on target, built around a protagonist who struggles daily with the balance of motherhood and her career as a doctor.

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Rees ready to roll with a few more punches...

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News National News National General Rees ready to roll with a few more punches BRIAN ROBINS AND ALEXANDRA SMITH 13/09/2008 12:00:01 AM

AFTER what he described as a "rollercoaster week", a clearly tired Nathan Rees said yesterday the worst was not over for his party, as Labor prepared to take a thum...

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Six UI professors win regents awards...

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Food pantries desperately need donations...

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Some reactions to drug change may be psychological - experts...

Government agencies are looking at two applications to sell and subsidise other brands of the thyroid drug levothyroxine after patient complaints about perceived side effects from GlaxoSmithKline's Eltroxin.

Abbot Laboratories has an application being evaluated, and a second company, Goldshield Healthcare NZ is expected to file an application by the end of the month.

Drug buying ag...

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Fans of Lucinda Williams, Beyonc and The Pretenders won’t have to ......

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Perhaps Death Is Proud; More Reason to Savor Life...

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Jeff Swensen for The New York Times ‘CONDITION A’ “I did the only thing I could do,” Theresa Brown said of trying to save a patient.

That’s hardly our intention, but they die nonetheless.

Usually it’s at the end of a long struggle — we have done everything modern medicine can ...

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Jury process continues at trial...

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QPS’ Bio-Kinetic Clinical Applications Phase I Unit Announces ......

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