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Drugmaker Merck says U.S. regulators have approved its vaccine Gardasil to prevent genital warts in boys, a new use for a product ...

Drugmaker Merck said Friday that U.S. regulators cleared its vaccine Gardasil to prevent genital warts in boys, a new use for a product already approved to prevent cervical cancer in women.

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The Canadian government is being targeted in a new U.S. advertising campaign that alleges Ottawa's latest anti-smoking law violates international trade agreements by discriminating against U.S. cigarette imports. In newspaper ads that will run next week in two widely read Capitol Hill newspapers, Kentucky's burley-tobacco growers say they've been side-swiped by legislation that bans candy-flavoured products marketed to youth. Burley tobacco is air-cured tobacco used primarily for cigarette production. Its growth is centred in Kentucky. The farmers also are preparing a World Trade Organization complaint that contends provisions in Bill C-32, which received royal assent Oct. 8, unfairly outlaws the sale in Canada of U.S.-style cigarettes blended with burley.

THE City Council this week voted 46-1 to ban many flavorings in a variety of tobacco products, and Mayor Bloomberg is likely to sign it into law. Speaker Christine Quinn justified it as an effort to protect children -- but the main effect will be to make it harder for adult smokers to quit. The ban also covers many flavors of snus -- a smokeless, and thus far less harmful, tobacco. . . . But sales of all tobacco products to minors are already illegal. The city should enforce the law on the books rather than stymie adults' switch to a less harmful product. Ironically, the city ban exempts flavored hookah tobacco and menthol -- both of which are popular among younger tobacco users and which, unlike the banned flavored snus, have no redeeming public-health value. They certainly don't help people quit cigarettes. New York City is not alone in banning the wrong products. Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal recently called for a ban on e-cigarettes. . . . The federal gove

EyeGate Pharma, the leader in non-invasive ocular drug delivery, announces the completion of a Phase II study of its lead product candidate, EGP-437, for the treatment of anterior uveitis. In the study, EGP-437, a corticosteroid solution specifically designed for iontophoresis, was delivered using the EyeGate® II Ocular Drug Delivery System, a non-invasive drug delivery technology that has the potential to treat multiple ocular diseases.

The law is the same. It is not perfect, and it is not everyone's ideal. FSPTCA is neither perfect nor ideal. Its precautionary measures are commendable but its limitations too many. As Wagner said, "It's obstructing capitalism. It's basically shutting down a company. Djarum, imported by Kretek, only sells flavored cigarettes, such as cloves." Djarum is selling their products to people of legal age. They are allowed to target ads at younger people. Though the law cracks down on this, they are not the ones who are responsible for not taking IDs and selling their products to underage smokers. And with the law coming down harder on underage smoking and advertising aimed at children, it seems unfair to deprive smokers of options. "Part of underage smoking is doing something just to get away with it, and some kids will try it anyways," said Adair. "The images and lack of flavoring will only help to a certain extent." change can be good, and it is important to keep the future in mind. Howev

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today warned consumers to use extreme care when purchasing any products over the Internet that claim to diagnose, prevent, treat or cure the H1N1 influenza virus. The warning comes after the FDA recently purchased and analyzed several products represented online as Tamiflu (oseltamivir), which may pose risks to patients.