Study Calculates Black Lives Lost Because Of Racial Disparities In Blood Pressure Control
A new study published in the Annals of Family Medicine suggests that the lives of 8,000 blacks could be saved each year if their blood pressure was controlled to the average level of whites, the AP/Albany Times Union reports. The study, by Kevin Fiscella of the University of Rochester

Third Pivotal Phase 3 Study For NicOx' Naproxcinod Shows Positive Efficacy, Safety And Blood Pressure Results
NicOx S.A. (NYSE Euronext Paris: COX) announced that the third pivotal phase 3 study for naproxcinod in patients with OA of the hip showed a highly statistically significant result (p

Metabolex Announces Positive Results From Phase 1a Clinical Trial Of MBX-2982
Metabolex, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of proprietary new medicines for the treatment of metabolic diseases, announced positive results from a Phase 1a clinical trial of MBX-2982. A summary of the results was presented at the World Congress on Controversies to Consensus in Diabetes, Obesity and Hypertension (CODHy) on November 1, 2008.