U S approves new drug for diabetes
The FDA approved Starlix from Novartis as a first drug for Type 2 diabetes. It stimulates insulin production after meals to lower blood sugar and blunt postmeal spikes, addressing a key defect in Type 2 diabetes.
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Food and Drug Administration
Starlix
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp
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Lawrence Phillips
Emory University
Atlanta
Novartis
North Carolina debates expanding children's health program
The state considers widening a child health plan to cover more uninsured children. Critics warn expansion may outpace analysis and could drain private coverage, while supporters decry freezes that affect those most in need. About 71,000 children are enrolled with a $107.6 million price tag for the current year.
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John Hood
John Locke Foundation
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Adam Searing
N.C. Health Access Coalition
Searing
Jonathan Sher
N.C. Child Advocacy Institute
Sher
General Assembly
North Carolina
Perruzzi
Boeing lands multibillion dollar missile defense contract
The Pentagon awarded Boeing a multibillion dollar contract to advance a national missile defense system, valued at 6 billion dollars for January 2001 through September 2687 with potential to reach 13 billion for extended work. President elect Bush supports a shield, aiming to avoid test interruptions as the project spans the transition to the next administration.
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Pentagon
Boeing Co
United States
Clinton
Tration
Bush
Rick Lehner
Boeing
Lehner
Stolen goat serum HIV AIDS drug warning issued
The FDA warned Friday that an extremely dangerous batch of an experimental HIV AIDS drug produced in goats has been stolen from a storage facility. Dr Gary R Davis sponsors the product and says the batch may be used for sale. the FDA notes the serum is not approved for human use.
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Food and Drug Administration
Gary R. Davis
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FDA
CO Davis
Coxes on Board Walling Off Settlement Details
vCox Kimbro remains on the board while three former commissioners left office earlier this month and returned to urge the new board not to settle behind closed doors. Carson said he signed to end the dispute but opposes secrecy, and Cox defended disclosure, aiming for an open process and a detailed release. Jenkins said Cox is expected to sign next week as lawyers await his assent.
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