Drug News In Singapore From New Singapore Daily

Official probes drugs linked to corey haim - From sg.news.yahoo.com - 1 day 13 hrs 43 mts ago LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California Attorney General Jerry Brown on Friday said his office has opened an investigation into a prescription drug ring linked to the sudden death of actor Corey Haim earlier this week.

Street drugs can kill - From feeds.singaporenews.net - 1 day 13 hrs 44 mts ago A wooden case used by a sex drug peddler, which is filled with a variety of drugs, some of which are counterfeits of real drugs - all illegal. The drugs were uncovered by the Health Sciences Authority...

Some with ms already use estriol - From feeds.singaporenews.net - 2 day 11 hrs 4 mts ago An untold number of women with multiple sclerosis are not waiting to see if estriol wins approval as a therapy before using it. But these days, getting a prescription for the decades-old generic drug...

At least 8 dead across mexico in drug killings - From feeds.singaporenews.net - 2 day 13 hrs 53 mts ago CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico Gunmen burst into a wake in the border city of Ciudad Juarez on Thursday and opened fire, killing 5 young men and wounding five others, including a 10-year-old girl. ...

Abbot buys immunology specialist facet - From business-times.asiaone.com - 3 day 11 hrs 24 mts ago (NEW YORK) Abbott Laboratories, maker of the arthritis drug Humira, agreed to buy Facet Biotech Corp for US$27 a share in cash, for a net US$450 million, adding experimental medicines in cancer and immunology.

Actor corey haim dies of overdose in los angeles - From sg.news.yahoo.com - 3 day 16 hrs 27 mts ago LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Corey Haim, a Hollywood teen star of the 1980s who became as famous for his struggles with substance abuse as his acting, died in Los Angeles of an apparent prescription drug overdose.

Roadmap to smart energy use - From feeds.singaporenews.net - 5 day 17 hrs 17 mts ago By Koh Hui Theng THE worlds second-largest drug maker by revenue, Glaxo- SmithKline (GSK), has saved millions by going green. Since it installed an energy- monitoring system at its ...

Singapore cracks down on loan shark situation - From news.google.com - 5 day 19 hrs 56 mts ago Singapore Cracks Down On Loan Shark SituationGov MonitorMr. Chairman, I will address issues on loan-sharking, drug abuse, and the law and order situation in Singapore. On loansharking, Mr. de Souza and Mr. Ang ...and more »

Iran and us agree to talk over drug problem - From www.singaporenews.net - 5 day 19 hrs 57 mts ago At a meeting in Vienna, the United States has told Iran it would be happy to work with the country on a drug eradication program.

Pfizer ceo gets us$13.7m compensation - From business-times.asiaone.com - 6 day 12 hrs 23 mts ago (TRENTON, New Jersey) The chief executive of drug giant Pfizer Inc, Jeffrey Kindler, received a 2009 compensation package valued by The Associated Press at US$13.7 million, down 7.6 per cent from 2008, as the board reduced the stock awards he received, citing economic pressures.

The story of a miracle cancer drug - From business-times.asiaone.com - 6 day 13 hrs 16 mts ago (NEW YORK) GEORGE Demetri had witnessed countless near-death experiences in his career as a cancer doctor. This time, the life of a drug was on the line.

Ambush kills 2 mexican federal police, wounds 3 - From feeds.singaporenews.net - 8 day 17 hrs 23 mts ago MORELIA, Mexico -- Heavily armed gunmen ambushed a convoy of federal police on a highway in one of Mexicos drug battleground states Friday night, killing two officers and wounding three, officials s...

Liver transplant woman flies to singapore - From news.google.com - 9 day 19 hrs 6 mts ago border=1

ABC Online Liver transplant woman flies to SingaporeABC OnlineA 24 year old Perth woman facing death unless she receives a liver transplant is flying to Singapore today to prepare for the operation. Claire Murray is a former drug addict who has been refused a place on a waiting list for a second liver transplant ...Liver transplant hopeful Claire Murray flies to SingaporePerthNowDying addicts mercy dashThe West Australian (blog)Minister defends chequebook journalism for transplant womanABC OnlineABC Onlineall 6 news articles »

Top guatemalan officers arrested - From feeds.singaporenews.net - 10 day 14 hrs 12 mts ago Guatemala City, Guatemala (CNN) -- Guatemalas national police chief and the countrys top anti-narcotics official have been arrested in connection with the drug trade, Attorney General Amilcar Velasq...

Mayors' release a setback in mexican drug war - From feeds.singaporenews.net - 10 day 14 hrs 56 mts ago URUAPAN, Mexico -- Antonio Gonzalez insists he has no idea why he was among 12 Mexican mayors arrested last year in an unprecedented roundup of elected officials accused of protecting drug trafficker...

Next phase of electronic heath record to be implemented by april 2011 - From feeds.singaporenews.net - 10 day 20 hrs 20 mts ago SINGAPORE: Patients can expect cost savings from reduced duplicate or unnecessary tests, lower medication errors and adverse drug events from the next phase of the National Electronic Heath Record (NE...

Next phase of electronic health record to be implemented by april 2011 - From feeds.singaporenews.net - 10 day 20 hrs 20 mts ago SINGAPORE: Patients can expect cost savings from reduced duplicate or unnecessary tests, lower medication errors and adverse drug events from the next phase of the National Electronic Health Record (N...

Dying drug addict to get government loan - From www.news.com.au - 11 day 16 hrs 29 mts ago DRUG addict to receive $258,000 interest-free loan to travel to Singapore for life-saving surgery.

Former drug addict gets state loan for transplant - From news.google.com - 11 day 19 hrs 35 mts ago border=1

ABC Online Former drug addict gets state loan for transplantABC OnlineThe Western Australian Health Minister, Kim Hames, has agreed to lend more than $250000 to the family of a former drug addict so she can have life saving liver surgery in Singapore. Claire Murray has already had a donor liver transplant, but it failed ...WAs $250000 loan to dying liver transplant woman Claire Murray, 24PerthNowEx-heroin addict gets $258000 loan for new liverWA todayState will loan Claire $250000 for Singapore transplantThe West Australian (blog)all 5 news articles »

Loan for liver transplant - From news.google.com - 11 day 20 hrs 30 mts ago border=1

ABC Online Loan for liver transplantABC OnlineThe Western Australian Health Minister, Kim Hames, has agreed to loan more than $250000 to the family of a former drug addict so she can have life saving liver surgery in Singapore. Claire Murray has already had a donor liver transplant, but it failed ...WAs $250000 loan to dying liver transplant woman Claire Murray, 24PerthNowState will loan Claire $250000 for Singapore transplantThe West Australian (blog)all 4 news articles »

Guatemalan officials in trouble over drug robberies - From www.singaporenews.net - 11 day 20 hrs 40 mts ago Guatemala’s national police chief and the country’s anti-drug czar have been arrested on suspicion of being involved in robbery and cocaine crimes.

Swine flu may become resistant to tamiflu - From www.singaporenews.net - 12 day 15 hrs 37 mts ago Washington, March 2 (IANS) If the behaviour of the seasonal form of the H1N1 influenza virus is any indication, scientists say chances are high that most strains of the pandemic swine flu virus will become resistant to Tamiflu, the main drug stockpiled for use against it.

Doc fined for doling out pills too freely - From feeds.singaporenews.net - 12 day 20 hrs 58 mts ago A GENERAL practitioner has been fined $5,000 and suspended from practising for six months, for inappropriately prescribing sedatives, cough mixture and Subutex, a drug originally meant to wean addicts...

Man carrying $250,000 arrested at costa rican airport - From www.singaporenews.net - 12 day 20 hrs 58 mts ago San Jose, March 2 (IANS/EFE) Drug enforcement agents arrested a Mexican carrying $250,000 in undeclared cash over the weekend at Costa Ricas largest airport, making this the fourth large seizure of cash this year in the Central American country, the security ministry said.

Goa police hunt for israeli drug dealer's kazakh girlfriend - From www.singaporenews.net - 17 day 21 hrs 31 mts ago Panaji, Feb 25 (IANS) Anti narcotics sleuths are tracking down the Kazakh girlfriend of an alleged Israeli drug peddler arrested in the coastal belt of north Goa for possesing durgs worth Rs 3.81 lakh.

Drug firms aid to train doctors raises queries - From business-times.asiaone.com - 18 day 12 hrs 44 mts ago (NEW YORK) More than half of Americas medical residency programmes to train doctors in internal medicine accepted financial support from the drug industry, even though three-fourths of the programmes directors said accepting the aid was not desirable, a survey found.

160,000 illegal drug tablets seized in guatemala - From www.singaporenews.net - 19 day 20 hrs 8 mts ago Guatemala City, Feb 23 (IANS/EFE) Guatemalan drug enforcement agents seized some 160,000 pseudoephedrine tablets in a warehouse at the capitals La Aurora International Airport, but no arrests were made, the police said.

Lindsay lohan feared drug addiction would kill her - From www.singaporenews.net - 20 day 40 mts ago London, Feb 23 (IANS) Hollywood star Lindsay Lohan feared that her addiction to drugs would kill her.

Drug abuse found to be more serious in scotland - From www.singaporenews.net - 20 day 14 hrs 39 mts ago A United Nations report has named Scotland as the drug crime capital of the world.

Durect and nycomed amend posidur(tm) license agreement to separate funding and control of u.s. and e.u. clinical ... (pr newswire via ! finance) - From us.rd.yahoo.com - 20 day 14 hrs 39 mts ago DURECT Corporation announced today that Nycomed and DURECT have amended the Development and License Agreement entered into between the parties in 2006 covering the development and commercialization of POSIDURâ¢ , an investigational drug for the treatment of post-surgical pain.

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