Santarus, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNTS), a specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced that it has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a new tablet formulation to add to its ZEGERID® family of branded prescription pharmaceutical products. The new formulation is an immediate-release tablet that combines omeprazole, a proton pump […]
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Newspapers published editorials and an opinion piece Tuesday in response to President Obama’s repeal of the “global gag rule,” also known as the “Mexico City” policy, which denied federal funding to international family planning organizations that provide abortion services or information about the procedure. Summaries of the editorials and opinion pieces appear below.
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Although the “overseas battle over family planning is a familiar one, … [l]ittle noticed in the United States is that abortion jurisprudence — the court cases that define rights and restrictions for the procedure — has increasingly gone global,” Michelle Goldberg — author and journalist — writes in a Slate opinion piece.
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President Obama “betrayed two of his campaign pledges” — including his “pledg[e] to unite us, not divide us” and his “promis[e] to find common ground on cultural issues” like abortion — when he repealed the “global gag rule” last week, a
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Title: HouseholdCleaningBadforAsthma?Category: Health NewsCreated: 1/26/2009Last Editorial Review: 1/26/2009
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The Senate on Wednesday voted 60-37 to reject an amendment that would have reinstated the “Mexico City” policy, also known as the “global gag rule,” as part of legislation to reauthorize the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (S. 275), the
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The election of President Obama, who supports abortion rights, and a Democratic Congress has “divided” the abortion-rights opposition movement over whether its members should support polices aimed at reducing the need for abortion rather than continuing to focus on overturning Roe v. Wade, Newsweek reports.
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A bill (HB 2076) introduced in the Kansas Legislature on Monday would require that physicians offer a woman seeking an abortion a chance to view an ultrasound, receive a copy of the ultrasound image and listen to audio of a fetal heart monitor 30 minutes prior to the procedure, the
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The co-chairs of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation called on world leaders, corporations, NGOs, and individuals to maintain commitments to foreign assistance and investment despite the difficult economic times, citing strong evidence showing that investments in development and health work.
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Abortion-rights opponents at Sunday’s annual Tennessee Right to Life rally focused on a resolution (SJR 127) under consideration in the state legislature that would amend the constitution to say that nothing secures or protects the right to abortion or requires funding for the procedure, the
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