Archive for January, 2009

PR Newswire Europe - Warner Chilcott and Paratek Pharmaceuticals Sign Collaboration Agreement for Novel, Narrow-Spectrum Agents for Acne and Rosacea.

Saturday, January 10th, 2009

FAJARDO, Puerto Rico and BOSTON, July 9 /PRNewswire/ —
Warner Chilcott Company, Inc. and Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that the two companies have entered into an exclusive license …

Journal of Health Population and Nutrition - Emergence of multidrug-resistant strain of Vibrio cholerae OI in Bangladesh and reversal of their susceptibility to tetracycline after two years

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

Sir,
Cholera is endemic and follows a distinct seasonality in Bangladesh (1). Early administration of rehydration therapy using appropriate oral or intravenous fluid(s) saves the lives of patients with cholera. Th…

Environment News Service - Antibiotic Resistance Tracked From Hog Farms to Groundwater

Saturday, January 3rd, 2009

CHAMPAIGN, Illinois (ENS) —
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The routine use of antibiotics in swine production can have unintended consequences, with antibiotic resistance genes sometimes leaking from waste lagoons into groundwater, according to new…

Skin & Allergy News - Tetracycline Derivative Induces Lupus

Friday, January 2nd, 2009

A new angiogenesis agent being tested in a phase I cancer trial induced phototoxicity and systemic lupus erythematosus in 3 of 35 patients.
The compound, 6-demethyl-6-deoxy-4-dedimethylaminotetracycline (COL-3), is the second tetracycline derivative to be associated with drug-induced …