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Oral Ivermectin May Be Superior to Malathion Lotion in Head Lice Treatment

Medscape (free registration) | 15 minutes ago

Treating head lice with oral ivermectin (Stromectol, Merck) is more effective than applying malathion lotion (Ovide, Taropharma) in difficult-to-treat children, according to a study published March 11 in the New England Journal of Medicine. Affecting more than 100 million people worldwide annually, head lice are most apt to plague children 3 to 11 years old. Typical first-line treatment consists of topical insecticides, but resistance to many such lotions is widely documented.... (more)

MiddleBrook Pharma Plans Massive Layoffs, CEO Resigns

Wall Street Journal, The | 2 hours 18 minutes ago

Pfizer Disappointed in Study Results for Two Drugs

Wall Street Journal, The | 2 hours 19 minutes ago

Ardea Biosciences' revenues total $8.3M for three months ended December 31, 2009

News-Medical.Net | 2 hours 20 minutes ago

XOMA initiates Phase 2 clinical trial of XOMA 052 in Type 1 diabetes patients

News-Medical.Net | 2 hours 20 minutes ago

BeaconEquity.com: BPAX incurs net loss of $6.4M for quarter ended September 30, 2009

News-Medical.Net | 2 hours 20 minutes ago

Abbott will acquire Facet Biotech for about $450 million

BIO SmartBrief | Mar 10, 2010

Roche and Biogen halt development of ocrelizumab

BIO SmartBrief | Mar 09, 2010

Innate Pharma will focus R&D on monoclonal antibodies

BIO SmartBrief | Mar 08, 2010

Genomics pioneer shares his vision on the future of medicine

BIO SmartBrief | Mar 09, 2010

Aveo Pharmaceuticals will go public with 7 million shares

BIO SmartBrief | Mar 08, 2010

Feeling the pinch in today's market hurts

BIO SmartBrief | Mar 12, 2010

BIOtech Now

BIO SmartBrief | Mar 11, 2010

Grant-funding opportunities

BIO SmartBrief | Mar 10, 2010

Connect with people, ideas that can save lives in the developing world

BIO SmartBrief | Mar 08, 2010

Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush at 2010 BIO International Convention

BIO SmartBrief | Mar 05, 2010

Fitch Affirms EIX's 'BBB-' IDR; Downgrades EME and MWG's Long-Term IDRs to 'B'

Business Wire | 32 minutes ago

Bull & Lifshitz, LLP Announces Investigation of the Acquisition of Facet Biotech Corporation by Abbott Laboratories

Business Wire | 32 minutes ago

Pharmacyclics to Present at the ROTH Capital 22nd Annual OC Growth Conference

PRNewswire | 32 minutes ago

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Webcasts of its Presentations at Two Investor Conferences

Business Wire | 3 hours 1 minute ago

Endo Pharmaceuticals Announces Appointment of New Chief Operating Officer

PRNewswire | 3 hours 1 minute ago

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