Scientists are developing a type of injection that could help people living with pain control their symptoms for days without taking additional pain medication. Researchers say liposomes--specially designed fat-based particles that hold pain meds--can be injected either into the tissue or a nerve area causing pain. Once there, they can numb the area and control the patient's pain for up to a week.
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The Phase III clinical program has begun for an oral form of salmon calcitonin designed to treat osteoarthritis (OA). Drugmaker Emisphere says that... Read more »
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