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Read More »Smallpox treatment: Smallpox can no longer be used as a biological weapon; a new drug gets approval from the USFDA
[ad_1] WASHINGTON: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Saturday approved the first drug with an indication for the treatment of smallpox. Smallpox, an infectious contagious and sometimes fatal disease, was …
Read More »The smallpox drug will be stockpiled by the US government in case of bioterrorism attack
[ad_1] The deadly smallpox virus has been eradicated worldwide for a long time – but experts now fear that the virus could be turned into a biological weapon. As a precautionary measure, …
Read More »FDA initially approves smallpox treatment of SIGA
[ad_1] The FDA approved the first treatment for smallpox. SIGA Technologies tested the drug in 359 healthy volunteers to demonstrate its safety and relied on animal data to demonstrate its efficacy. Smallpox …
Read More »Why the FDA has just approved a drug for smallpox, a disease that no longer exists
[ad_1] In 1980, the World Health Organization declared the world free of smallpox, three years after the last known case of contagious and often fatal disease. Yet on Friday, the US Food …
Read More »FDA approves first drug to treat smallpox used as bioweapon
[ad_1] This 1975 microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a group of smallpox viruses. (Photo: Fred Murphy, AP) The Food and Drug Administration approved the …
Read More »Protecting Against a Nightmarish Scenario, FDA Approves New Drug to Counter Smallpox Epidemic – Endpoints News
[ad_1] Whenever the FDA approves a drug, companies usually tout the patient population that it will help. However, this is not exactly the case for the most recent approval to the FDA …
Read More »US approves new drug to treat smallpox to counter the risk of bioterrorism – Xinhua
[ad_1] LOS ANGELES, July 15 (Xinhua) – The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the new drug tecovirimat to treat smallpox, the first drug against the deadly disease since a …
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