The Indianapolis-based pharmaceutical company, which is one of the world's biggest makers of diabetes medicine, will conduct clinical trials, handle regulatory approval and make and market the products. Alkermes, a maker of drug delivery systems, developed the Alkermes AIR system, in which relatively large drug particles can be efficiently inhaled using simple inhaler devices. Recent studies have shown that inhaled insulins being developed several companies could be an effective alternative to injections. Antibotics Use in Sinus Infections Antibiotics have little or no effect against most acute sinus infections in children, despite guidelines that recommend their use when symptoms linger, a study found. The study comes amid growing concern that the overuse of antibiotics is creating drug-resistant germs.
Acute sinusitis is an inflammation of membranes lining the sinuses.
It affects perhaps 20 million U.S. adults and children a year and is among the most common childhood ailments for which antibiotics are routinely prescribed. Serious complications such as meningitis can occur but are rare. Abbott Lastest Company to assist Poor Countries with Aids Abbott Laboratories said Tuesday it will make its two AIDS drugs and HIV diagnostic test available in AIDS-ravaged Africa at no profit, becoming the latest pharmaceutical giant to bow to international pressure on the issue. Abbott also said it will make its Determine HIV test available at cost. The Texas Court of Appeals recently rendered a decision determining that pharmacists don't have a legal obligation to warn patients of potential adverse reactions to prescription drugs.