The Top 100 Drugs

The pharmaceutical industry is massive, both in range of products and in financial values. These are the top 200 drugs (ranked in descending order according to total sales in 20010, $), and the co...

FDA Approves Zecuity - First Skin Patch to Combat Migraines

MONDAY, Jan. 21 -- A skin patch for the treatment of migraines, and the intense waves of nausea that often accompany these debilitating headaches, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administr...

Pre-treatments for peripheral neuropathic pain patch receive European Commision approval

The European Commission (EC) has approved expanded options for pre-treatment prior to use of QUTENZA (8% capsaicin patch). Before application the patient may now take an oral analgesic, or the treatme...

With Bio-patch sensor, health care can be moved into home, researcher says

The future of health care could be found in a tiny, paper-thin skin patch that collects vital information. The Bio-patch sensor developed by researchers at Stockholm's KTH Royal Institute of Technolog...

FDA approves NuPathe's skin patch for migraine treatment

NuPathe has secured FDA approval for use of its Zecuity transdermal patch in treating patients with migraines.  -More- 

European Commission approves new pre-treatment options for QUTENZA™ (8% capsaicin patch) in peripheral neuropathic pain

The European Commission (EC) has approved expanded options for pre-treatment prior to use of QUTENZA (8% capsaicin patch). Before application the patient may now take an oral analgesic, or the treatme...

Paper-thin skin patch collects vitals: E-health made easier and more comfortable

The future of health care could be found in a tiny, paper-thin skin patch that collects vital information. The Bio-patch sensor is inexpensive, versatile and, best of all, comfortable to wear.

EMA calls for feedback on patch and modified release delivery techs

Delivery speed and accurate dissolution testing are top priorities in new EMA draft guidance for tablet and patch developers.

Intercell announces Phase I results on its Vaccine Enhancement Patch (VEP) with Pandemic Influenza antigens

Intercell AG announced the results from a Phase I study investigating Intercell's adjuvant patch (Vaccine Enhancement Patch - VEP) containing LT (a heat-labile toxin from E. coli) in combination with...

Habitat patch size and isolation as predictors of occupancy and number of argyrodine spider kleptoparasites in Nephila webs.

How fully a suitable habitat patch is utilized by organisms depends crucially on patch size and isolation. Testing this interplay is made difficult in many systems by the arbitrariness of defining a "...

Transdermal Tulobuterol Patch, a Long-Acting β(2)-Agonist.

Tulobuterol patch (HokunalinTM Tape), which contains a β(2)-adrenergic agonist, is the first bronchodilator to be available as a transdermal patch. This drug delivery system ensures that the time at...

Positive strip patch test reactions with coexistent negative patch test reactions : Relevance for the assessment practice of occupational skin disease.

The strip patch test is recommended whenever a patch test is presumed to be false negative. The aim of this technique is to increase skin sensitivity to test substances by removing the upper layers of...

Optimal patch application time in the evaluation of skin irritation.

We investigated the optimum application for evaluating skin irritation response by using samples of irritants commonly used as additives in cosmetics and other common household products. We studied 47...

Reoperation for prosthetic ventricular septal defect patch endocarditis: long-term results with an autologous atrial septal patch.

Treatment of prosthetic patch endocarditis after closure of a ventricular septal defect is challenging. It is essential to reduce inflammation and prevent recurrence of endocarditis. We report a succe...