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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study suggests adding zoledronic acid to a drug regimen for patients with early stage breast cancer does not improve outcome. Zoledronic acid is a bisphosphonate that is used to treat osteoporosis and prevent skeletal fractures in patients with some types of cancer. In previous studies, bisphosphonates were shown to prevent or delay cancer metastasis and even reduce rates of recurrence and death. Researchers randomly assigned 3,360 patients to receive...

A drug used to protect bone may extend survival in older breast cancer patients, according to researchers at the Universities of Sheffield and Leeds. The AZURE trial, led by Professor Robert Coleman from the University of Sheffield, has revealed that the bisphosphonate drug zoledronic acid boosts disease-free survival in postmenopausal breast cancer patients but may have an adverse effect on younger women. The full results of the trial were presented today (25 September 2011) at the...

JERSEY CITY, N.J., June 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Aoxing Pharmaceutical (NYSE Amex: AXN) ("Aoxing Pharma"), a specialty pharmaceutical company focusing on research, development, manufacturing and distribution of narcotic and pain-management products, announced that its operating subsidiary in China, Hebei Aoxing Pharmaceutical Group Company, has been granted a patent by the State Intellectual Property Office of The People's Republic of China for midazolam maleate oral film. The Chinese...

A lower dose of zoledronic acid than currently recommended for prevention of bone fractures due to osteoporosis decreases bone resorption and increases bone density, and may be effective in reducing the risk of osteoporotic fractures, a study finds. The new research findings will be presented Monday at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston."Our research suggests that one fifth or one half of the recommended dose might be sufficient to decrease fracture risk," said...

DEERFIELD, Ill., May 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Takeda Global Research & Development Center, Inc. U.S., (TGRD U.S.) today announced results from three phase 3 studies of the investigational fixed-dose combination of azilsartan medoxomil plus chlorthalidone (CLD). In two phase 3 studies, azilsartan medoxomil combined in a fixed-dose with CLD lowered clinic systolic blood pressure (SBP) significantly more than the fixed-dose combination of olmesartan medoxomil plus hydrochlorothiazide...

PARSIPPANY, N.J., May 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Data evaluating the long-term efficacy and safety of olmesartan medoxomil, amlodipine besylate, plus hydrochlorothiazide (OM/AML + HCTZ) in patients with hypertension aged <65 years and greater than or equal to 65 years, showed that the triple therapy at Week 52 was both well-tolerated and effective in maintaining the blood pressure reductions seen in the pivotal study regardless of age.(1) The pre-specified subgroup analysis results,...

PARSIPPANY, N.J. and TOKYO, May 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Daiichi Sankyo announced that applications have been submitted for market approval for vemurafenib (PLX4032/RG7204) for the treatment of metastatic melanoma to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA). Additionally, a pre-marketing application for approval for a companion diagnostic test has been submitted in the U.S.; the test also will be registered in Europe. Vemurafenib is an oral,...

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Feb. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (Nasdaq: AMGN) today announced the publication of results from a Phase 3 head-to-head trial that compared XGEVA(TM) (denosumab) to Zometa(®) (zoledronic acid) in preventing bone complications called skeletal-related events (SREs) in 1,901 men with prostate cancer and bone metastases. The study, published in The Lancet, met its primary and secondary endpoints and demonstrated XGEVA's superiority compared to Zometa in preventing...

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Feb. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (Nasdaq: AMGN) today announced the publication of results from a pivotal Phase 3 study of 1,776 advanced cancer patients with different types of solid tumors (not including breast and prostate cancer) or multiple myeloma, which compared XGEVA(TM) (denosumab) to Zometa® (zoledronic acid) in preventing skeletal-related events (SREs). The study, which appeared today in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, found that XGEVA was...

CHICAGO, Feb. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Zoledronic acid (sold by Novartis as Zometa, Aclasta, and Reclast) is used to treat Osteoporosis, Tumor Metastasis, and Paget's Disease with sales of $2 billion a year.(1) It is associated with side effects such as post-dose syndrome and osteonecrosis of the jaw. A new patented method from Dr. Ketan Desai enables the administration of Zoledronic acid in combination with another drug that relieves the side effects. (Logo:...