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Case of vCJD leads Canada to expand list of deferred blood donors
Health Canada said it will add people who lived in Saudi Arabia from 1980 to 1996 to its list of deferred blood donors after the case of a Canadian resident who is thought to have contracted variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease...[more]
EU Clinical Trials Register was launched by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
https://www.clinicaltrialsregister.eu/
2nd European Commission report on voluntary and unpaid donations of blood and blood components
ec.europa.eu/health/blood_tissues_organs/docs/organs_reportdonation_en.pdf[more]
Novel HIV Drug as Good as Standard, Manufacturer Says
The investigational integrase inhibitor elvitegravir performs as well against HIV as the only approved medication in its class, raltegravir (Isentress), according to the drug's maker. full story[more]
Study offers clue on how bird flu is globally transmitted
Researchers using satellites, H5N1 outbreak data and genetics found a link between wild migratory birds from Tibet and the spread of bird flu. "The telemetry data also show that during winter, wild geese use agricultural...[more]
FDA panel is set to review Vertex's telaprevir next month
FDA advisers are scheduled April 28 to review telaprevir, Vertex Pharmaceuticals' investigational drug for genotype 1 hepatitis C. The goal is to use telaprevir in combination with two approved treatments. The agency is expected...[more]
New Viral Illness in China Linked to Ticks
A previously unrecognized severe febrile illness has been traced to a novel bunyavirus, possibly transmitted by ticks, Chinese investigators reported. full story
Source: medpagetoday[more]