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Sepracor's STEDESA™ (Eslicarbazepine Acetate) New Drug Application Formally Accepted For Review By The FDA
Sepracor Inc. (Nasdaq: SEPR) today announced that it has been notified by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that the New Drug Application (NDA) for STEDESA™ (eslicarbazepine acetate) has been accepted for filing and is now under formal review. As previously announced, the NDA for STEDESA was submitted to the FDA on March 31, 2009 for adjunctive therapy in the treatment of partial-onset seizures in adults with epilepsy. The acceptance of the filing means that the FDA has made a threshold determination that the NDA is sufficiently complete to permit a substantive review.

New "microcapsules" Put More Medication Into The Bloodstream To Treat Disease
Scientists are reporting a potential solution to a problem that limits the human body"s ability to absorb and use medications for heart disease, Type-2 diabetes, cancer and other conditions. It is a "nano-hybrid microcapsule" that enables the stomach to absorb more of these so-called "poorly-soluble" medicines. Their study is scheduled for the June 1 issue of ACS" Molecular Pharmaceutics, a bi-monthly journal.
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Sebelius, DeParle Ready To Tackle Health Care Overhaul
The friendship between "working moms" Kathleen Sebelius and Nancy-Ann DeParle "could pay big dividends for President Obama now," USA Today reports. The two have a lot in common in the policy world as well. Sebelius, the secretary of Health and Human Services, and DeParle, director of the White House Office of Health Reform, "first met at the White House mess in 1997, during the battle for a patients" bill of rights to combat the constraints of managed care." Their relationship was then "built over a dozen years on topics ranging from the children"s health insurance program to raising their own children. Now, they are the "tag team for Obama"s most ambitious domestic policy goal: an overhaul of the nation"s health care system."
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British Medical Association Scotland Calls For An End To The Ridiculous Pricing Of Alcohol

Doctors leaders called for an end to the ridiculous pricing of alcohol for off sales in light of findings from the Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (SALSUS). The survey shows that 52% of 13 year olds and 82% of 15 year olds have had at least one alcoholic drink and that shops and off-licences were the second most common for purchasing alcohol. Dr Peter Terry, Chairman of BMA Scotland said: "When alcohol is cheaper than bottled water, we have to worry about what message we are sending our children. "Alcohol costs our economy around ÷£1 billion every year, but the human cost is much higher. One death every six hours in Scotland is caused by alcohol. "There is no single solution to Scotland"s alcohol problem, but evidence shows that there is a direct relationship between the price of alcohol and the amount consumed. BMA Scotland supports the introduction of minimum pricing to stop retailers from selling alcohol at very low prices." British Medical Association


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