Recent news on Fentanyl

Drug law enforcement 'risks lives'  -  May 24, 2007
Channel 4 News,Russian authorities said a derivative of the painkiller Fentanyl - which is more powerful than morphine - was delivered through the air-conditioning system

BDSI (BDSI) Announces Positive Key Secondary Efficacy Endpoint ...  -  May 14, 2007
StreetInsider.com (subscription),BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. (Nasdaq: BDSI) announced additional statistically significant results with BEMA Fentanyl in cancer patients with

BEMA Fentanyl demonstrates substantial transmucosal delivery  -  May 9, 2007
News-Medical.net,BioDelivery Sciences International has announced the results of a 12 subject, crossover study comparing the absorption of fentanyl from both single and

Propofol Plus Fentanyl Makes a Better Sedative for Children ...  -  May 9, 2007
DG NewsThe study found the combination of propofol and fentanyl resulted in fewer cases of hypotension and airway obstruction and a reduction in the severity of

Bema Fentanyl Demonstrates Substantial Transmucosal Delivery In ...  -  May 7, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),The data demonstrates that the absolute bioavailability (ie the total amount absorbed from the delivery system) of fentanyl from the BEMA(TM) disc was more

Former hospital pharmacist charged in fentanyl thefts  -  May 10, 2007
NEPA News,A former hospital pharmacist waived a preliminary hearing on charges in the thefts of more than 3300 vials of the powerful narcotic painkiller fentanyl

Former hospital pharmacist charged in fentanyl thefts  -  May 10, 2007
Penn Live,He acknowledged taking the vials, saying the fentanyl was for personal use and patients were not denied the medication, court papers said.

BDSI Announces Positive Phase III Clinical Trial Results for BEMA ...  -  Apr 25, 2007
PipelineReview.com (press release),The results demonstrated that patients treated with BEMATM Fentanyl showed a statistically significant improvement on the primary efficacy endpoint at 30

Post-discharge Adverse Behavioral Events in Children Receiving ...  -  Apr 27, 2007
AEM (subscription)Compare post-discharge adverse behavioral events of three sedation regimens: ketamine with and without midazolam and fentanyl/midazolam (F/M).

Man charged with stealing painkiller gives up medical license  -  May 19, 2007
Stamford Advocate,Goldsmith, who worked at Stamford Hospital for two months last year, confessed to stealing a tube of Fentanyl from a woman undergoing induced labor in

OHIOVILLE (1) - Break-in reported  -  May 21, 2007
Beaver County Times,The missing medicines included Fentanyl patches, cough syrup with codeine and medication that contained hydrocodine. Smilek said people sometimes chew on

Bonds reduced for Omro couple charged in drug death  -  May 16, 2007
Oshkosh Northwestern,Autopsy results indicate Hoeft died due to fentanyl toxicity. She had fentanyl, cocaine and cocaine metabolites in her system when she died, according to

Substantial transmucosal delivery demonstration  -  May 7, 2007
HULIQ,BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. (Nasdaq:BDSI) announced the results of a 12 subject, crossover study comparing the absorption of fentanyl from both

Drug Delivery Fuels Specialty Pharma  -  May 15, 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),Fentanyl was initially a roughly $20-million hospital room anesthetic; the development of Duragesic® (fentanyl in a controlled-release transdermal patch)

Morrisville pharma reveals more good news on lead drug  -  May 14, 2007
Phoenix Business Journal,Phase III trials for BDSI's leading drug candidate, BEMA Fentanyl, showed that the drug is effective in treating "breakthrough" pain in cancer patients 15

BioDelivery Sciences Reports More Positive Test Results on Lead Drug  -  May 14, 2007
Local Tech Wire,In a Phase III clinical trial testing the efficacy of its BEMA Fentanyl product, BDSI reported Monday that the drug met a key endpoint – speed of delivery

Dying to feel better  -  May 9, 2007
Deseret News,The drugs that kill them include pain relief staples such as hydrocodone, fentanyl and oxycodone. And, increasingly, methadone. For both 2004 and 2005,

Cephalon General Counsel John Osborn Nominated by President Bush ...  -  May 16, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),The company's proprietary products in the United States include: PROVIGIL(R) (modafinil) Tablets [C-IV], FENTORA(R) (fentanyl buccal tablet) [C-II],

Cephalon Presents Positive Results For FENTORA(R) In Breakthrough ...  -  May 2, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),FENTORA contains fentanyl, an opioid agonist and a Schedule II controlled substance, with an abuse liability similar to other opioid analgesics.

Cephalon Presents Positive Results for FENTORA(R) in Breakthrough ...  -  May 1, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),IMPORTANT WARNINGS AND SAFETY INFORMATION FENTORA contains fentanyl, an opioid agonist and a Schedule II controlled substance, with an abuse liability

Results from pain-patch test boost BDSI  -  Apr 25, 2007
News & Observer,Shares of BioDelivery Sciences International surged 30 percent Wednesday after the company reported that its Bema Fentanyl patch is an effective and more

LAB International Reports Results for First Quarter of Fiscal 2007  -  May 15, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),The increase in spending is primarily attributable to the costs associated with the advancement and finalization of the Fentanyl TAIFUN(R) Phase II trial

BDSI Announces Positive Phase III Clinical Trial Results for BEMA ...  -  26 Apr 2007
PipelineReview.com (press release),The results demonstrated that patients treated with BEMATM Fentanyl showed a statistically significant improvement on the primary efficacy endpoint at 30

Amazon Among Stock Market's Big Movers  -  26 Apr 2007
Forbes,The drug developer said a trial showed its drug Bema Fentanyl was effective in reducing pain in cancer patients. The biopharmaceutical company said its

Cephalon Expects First Quarter 2007 Results to Exceed Expectations  -  26 Apr 2007
MSN MoneyThe company currently markets six proprietary products in the United States: PROVIGIL(R) (modafinil), FENTORA(R) (fentanyl buccal tablet) [C-II],

Labtec’s Next Generation Pain Patch Successful in Clinical Studies  -  26 Apr 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),...“After the huge success story of our Fentanyl patch, which is marketed by our licensee ratiopharm and several other leading generic companies in Europe,

Drugs for Breakthrough Pain, Including Therapies From Cephalon and ...  -  26 Apr 2007
PR Newswire (press release),In 2015, expensive novel formulations of fentanyl such as Fentora and Titragesia will account for 30% of cancer pain market sales in the United States,

Wednesday's Small-Cap Winners & Losers  -  26 Apr 2007
TheStreet.com...meanwhile, rocketed more than 30% in extremely heavy trading volume after the Morrisville, NC, biotech's Bema Fentanyl treatment for breakthrough pain

BDSI announces positive phase III clinical trial results  -  Apr 25, 2007
SpiritIndia,BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. (Nasdaq: BDSI) announced today statistically significant results with BEMA Fentanyl in cancer patients with

Case tests felony-murder law  -  Apr 22, 2007
Kansas City Star,But Knapp faces first-degree murder charges because prosecutors think he supplied a fatal dose of the painkiller fentanyl to Brown, who overdosed on the

Woman accused of stashing fentanyl patches in Easter card to ...  -  Apr 9, 2007
York Dispatch,State police said she allegedly tried to hide two fentanyl transdermal patches in the "Happy Easter" card she mailed in early March to Andrew Kelley Mathis,

LAB International announces positive results from the open-label ...  -  Apr 6, 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),Based on the interim adverse event data, Fentanyl TAIFUN(R) doses have been well tolerated and adverse events recorded were in accordance with previously

Omro couple face homicide charges in woman's drug death  -  Apr 21, 2007
Appleton Post Crescent,An autopsy conducted by Fond du Lac County Medical Examiner Douglas Kelley indicated that Hoeft, 29, died due to a fentanyl toxicity.

...Arrest could make somebody pay  -  Apr 22, 2007
Bridgeton News,Schaper, a Deerfield Township resident, died at her parent's home on Kenyon Avenue of an overdose of fentanyl, an opiate used by surgeons as a pre-op

Grand jury indicts Rochester doctor on fentanyl charges  -  Mar 29, 2007
Detroit Free Press,A Rochester doctor who has an office in Macomb County was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury in Detroit on charges he prescribed fentanyl to a

Macomb County doctor charged in fentanyl case  -  Mar 29, 2007
DetNews.com,The indictment alleges that on July 17, 2003, an unnamed patient died as a result of taking fentanyl the patient received from White.

Cephalon Files Marketing Application for Approval of a Fentanyl ...  -  Mar 29, 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),FENTORA was launched in the US market in October 2006, and is the first tablet formulation of fentanyl and the first buccal tablet approved for

Doctor accused of prescribing fentanyl to patient who died  -  Mar 30, 2007
MLive.com,DETROIT (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted an area doctor, saying he prescribed the painkiller fentanyl without a legitimate medical purpose to a

Romeo doctor accused of giving fentanyl to patient who died  -  Mar 30, 2007
Detroit Free Press,A federal grand jury has indicted an area doctor, saying he prescribed the painkiller fentanyl without a legitimate medical purpose to a patient who later

Doctor Indicted In Fentanyl Death  -  Mar 30, 2007
WDIV,DETROIT -- A federal grand jury has indicted a Detroit doctor, saying he prescribed the painkiller fentanyl without a legitimate medical purpose to a

opportunity waiting at the passport office  -  Apr 21, 2007
Vancouver Sun (subscription),She wears a fentanyl patch to control the pain. Fentanyl has an analgesic potency of about 80 times that of morphine. Her doctors have given her two years

Disease takes 'lady lost in system'  -  Apr 19, 2007
The Grand Rapids Press,SE, stemming from the mix of fentanyl and morphine Corrigan was given for pain by staff there last October, despite her intolerance of opiate-based medicine

BioDelivery Sciences Names Al Medwar as Vice President of Marketing  -  Apr 10, 2007
dBusinessNews Triangle (press release),As previously announced in January, BDSI plans to release its Phase III efficacy data on its lead product, BEMA TM Fentanyl for the treatment of

Tainted heroin concerns police officials  -  Apr 13, 2007
Delmarva Daily Times,Around the same time last year, heroin cut with the powerful painkiller fentanyl was responsible for more than 30 overdoses -- some fatal.

Couple overdose on pain patch  -  Apr 12, 2007
Florida Times-Union,The fentanyl patch deaths were unusual, according to homicide Sgt. Derrick Lewis, who said police haven't seen more than a couple cases locally.

BioDelivery Sciences Names Al Medwar as Vice President of Marketing  -  Apr 10, 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),As previously announced in January, BDSI plans to release its Phase III efficacy data on its lead product, BEMA(TM) Fentanyl for the treatment of

Mylan Labs Sees Higher Profit  -  Apr 11, 2007
MSNBCMeanwhile, Mylan continues to generate steady sales of its generic painkiller fentanyl, in spite of market expectations that competition over that drug

Parents are a force against drugs  -  Apr 8, 2007
Detroit Free Press,Brian died because he'd injected pure fentanyl, perhaps into his ankle or some other less obvious spot, thinking it was heroin.

District judge dismisses MHSC motion  -  Apr 4, 2007
Green River Star,The issue stems from suspension of Boese by the hospital after a small amount of Fentanyl was allegedly found missing. Fentanyl is used to anesthetize

Man enters revised plea in drug case  -  Apr 12, 2007
Livingston Daily,Keith Jeffrey Bint, 23, said Monday that he nearly overdosed on a heroin-Fentanyl mix the day before he sold heroin to undercover narcotics officers in

Wilmington sees rash of heroin overdoses  -  Apr 15, 2007
The News Journal,Wilmington police are unsure if four non-fatal heroin overdoses in the city between March 25 and April 10, were caused by a heroin and fentanyl -- a

Overdose deaths spark concern  -  Apr 15, 2007
Stamford Advocate,Fentanyl is several times more powerful than morphine and gives users a more intense but far deadlier high. Heroin also is much purer than in past decades,

StreetInsider.com Unusual 11 Mid-Day Movers 04/25/2007  -  Apr 25, 2007
StreetInsider.com (subscription),BioDelivery Sciences Int'l (Nasdaq: BDSI) 58.4% HIGHER; Announced statistically significant results with BEMA(TM) Fentanyl in cancer patients with

Doctor charged with drug death  -  Mar 29, 2007
DetNews.com,A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted a Romeo doctor on charges of unlawful distribution of fentanyl, causing death. Dr. Larry White, 65,

Motions filed in Boese, MHSC case  -  Mar 29, 2007
Green River Star,The issue stems from suspension of Boese by the hospital after small amount of Fentanyl was allegedly found missing. Fentanyl is used in anesthetize

Appeal questioning state's second-degree murder statute allowed  -  Apr 16, 2007
Chattanooganow (subscription),Mr. Grant, 55, is accused of providing Fentanyl to Sheila Cooper, who, according to court records, overdosed and died after being injected multiple times

Mylan Labs lifts 2007 earnings forecast  -  Apr 10, 2007
MarketWatchMylan's fentanyl transdermal patch, used to treat pain, is a generic version of the Duragesic patch, which is made by Johnson & Johnson's (JNJ :

Addicts Dying from Abusing Drug Patch  -  Apr 4, 2007
WBAY,Each represents a life lost to fentanyl. There are four so far. The coroner suspects there will be at least two more once toxicology test results come back.

Man arrested after painkillers stolen from pharmacy  -  Apr 10, 2007
9NEWS.com,Englewood Police say Kelly Shaun Clark stole fentanyl after pointing a gun at the clerks on April 2. No one was injured. Fentanyl is a prescription drug

Man Pleads Not Guilty In Pharmacy Burglaries  -  Apr 10, 2007
NBC4.TV,The drug charges include possession for sale of OxyContin, Hydrocodone, Oxycodone, Fentanyl and methadone. Fleming is suspected of twice breaking into the

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