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Article: Lawsuit could block peanut allergy drug.
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- United Press International
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- March 10, 2003
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DENVER, Mar 10, 2003 (United Press International via COMTEX)
A legal squabble among companies making drugs that might prevent peanut food allergy incidents has halted large-scale studies of the medications, researchers said Monday.
Dr. Hugh Sampson, professor of pediatrics at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, said investigators earlier this year were ready to begin a large study of the drug TNX-901, which showed effectiveness in preventing life-threatening peanut allergy reactions. But because of the legal dispute over competing drugs those studies have been stalled indefinitely.
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