Types of laxatives

Laxatives are medicines that relieve constipation (difficulty with bowel movements). They are a popular type of over-the-counter remedy. They can also be prescribed for conditions that could get wor...

Duac clindamycin/benzoyl peroxide regulatory update

Epiduo adapalene/benzoyl peroxide regulatory update

Sol-Gel announces positive results from E-BPO phase II study

Sol-Gel Technologies has announced positive results from encapsulated benzoyl peroxide (E-BPO) phase II trial conducted in the US.

FDA approves Perrigo ANDA for generic Duac gel

Perrigo Company has received final FDA approval for its abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) for clindamycin phosphate and benzoyl peroxide 1.2% / 5% topical gel, the generic equivalent of Duac gel...

Watson seeks FDA approval to market Epiduo Gel for severe acne

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today confirmed that its subsidiary, Watson Laboratories, Inc., filed an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration seeking approva...

Regulatory Update -- Stiefel, a GSK company announces a new, alternate, fixed-dose combination of Duac® (clindamycin 1% and benzoyl peroxide 3%) gains positive recommendation for approval in Europe

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, North Carolina, March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Stiefel, a GSK (LSE:GSK) company, announced today that it has received positive recommendation by MHRA (Medicine and Healthcar...

Controlling gene expression with hydrogen peroxide 'switches'

(North Carolina State University) Hydrogen peroxide doesn't just come in bottles from the drugstore - the human body makes it as well. Now researchers from North Carolina State University have found a...

Hydrogen Peroxide Vapor Helps Disinfect Hospitals

Dispersing a hydrogen peroxide vapor into the air and then detoxifying the room is highly effective at preventing the...

Topical dose justification: benzoyl peroxide concentrations.

Abstract Background: Benzoyl peroxide (BPO) is widely utilized in acne treatment as an alternative to antibiotics against which Propionibacterium acnes becomes more resistant. Objective: This overv...

Benzoyl peroxide (BPO)-promoted oxidative trifluoromethylation of tertiary amines with trimethyl(trifluoromethyl)silane.

The benzoyl peroxide (BPO)-promoted oxidative functionalization of tertiary amines under transition-metal-free reaction conditions was developed. Various 1-trifluoromethylated tetrahydroisoquinoline d...

Pd-catalyzed intermolecular C-h amination with alkylamines.

C-H amination of N-aryl benzamides with O-benzoyl hydroxylamines has been achieved with either Pd(II) or Pd(0) catalysts. Furthermore, we demonstrate that secondary amines can be directly used with be...

Association between allergy to benzoyl peroxide, vitiligo and implantation of a cemented total knee joint prosthesis : Is there a connection?

Allergies against bone cement or bone cement components have been well-described. We report on a 63-year-old patient who presented with progressive vitiligo all over the body after implantation of a c...

A new resorufin-based spectroscopic probe for simple and sensitive detection of benzoyl peroxide via deboronation.

A new resorufin-based probe is developed, which exhibits a rapid and sensitive color and a fluorescence off-on response to benzoyl peroxide (BPO) in aqueous media containing 10% ethanol via deboronati...