This Week in Biotech: Part 2

Published November 11, 2012

This Week in Biotech: Part 2

Filed under: Treatment for Cocaine Addicts

Microcap Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners (Nasdaq: CPRX ) more than lived up to its name this week after reporting mid-stage results on its cocaine de-addiction drug, CPP-109. The results, however, failed to live up to investors' … Not only did the …
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Sweet relief finally within reach

Filed under: Treatment for Cocaine Addicts

Do those words evoke images of cocaine, heroin, Oxycontin or Vicodin? You may be surprised to learn that my drug of choice is a seemingly innocuous white powder that can be found in your own home. I'm a sugar addict. I prefer the term “sugar sensitive …
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Lab Notes: These Rats Don't Get Hyper on Meth

Filed under: Treatment for Cocaine Addicts

An immunotherapeutic approach may help treat methamphetamine addiction someday, a study in rats suggested. Similar to what is being studied for nicotine and cocaine addiction, a vaccine targeting methamphetamine prevented two of the major effects of …
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