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J&J studying deaths of two patients on long-acting Zyprexa

(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said it was investigating deaths of two patients who died following injections with Eli Lilly and Co's long-acting treatment for schizophrenia, called Zyprexa Relprevv. Full story

FDA probes deaths of two patients on Lilly schizophrenia drug

(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said it was investigating the deaths of two patients who died following injections with Eli Lilly and Co's long-acting treatment for schizophrenia, called Zyprexa Relprevv. Full story

FDA wins temporary halt on some morning-after pills

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday won a temporary halt to part of a court order directing it to make emergency contraception available to girls over the counter. Full story

Valeant says FDA denies approval to nail infection drug

(Reuters) - Canada drugmaker Valeant Pharmaceuticals International said on Tuesday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration denied approval for its drug to treat onychomycosis, a fungal infection of the nail. Full story

AcelRX post-op pain treatment meets late-stage study goal

(Reuters) - AcelRX Pharmaceuticals Inc said its experimental treatment for post-operative pain met its main goal in a late-stage trial of patients who had undergone knee or hip replacement surgery, sending its shares up 15 percent. Full story

U.S. FDA panel votes against approval of Aveo's kidney cancer drug

(Reuters) - Aveo Pharmaceuticals Inc and Astellas Pharma Inc have not demonstrated that the benefits of their experimental kidney cancer drug tivozanib outweighs the risk, an advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday. Full story

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