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Teleconference Discussion Of Results From Cocaine Vaccine Study

Main Category: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs
Also Included In: Immune System / Vaccines
Article Date: 04 Oct 2009 - 0:00 PDT

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What

Teleconference on newly released results from a National Institute on Drug Abuse sponsored trial of an anti-cocaine treatment vaccine

Who

NIDA Director Dr. Nora Volkow and lead investigator, Dr. Thomas Kosten, Baylor College of Medicine

When

Monday, October 5th
4:00 to 5:00pm Eastern Daylight Time

Where

Operator assisted live dial-in event at: 888-567-1602 (U.S. and Canada) or (201) 604-5049 (international callers).

Doctors Volkow and Kosten will discuss the findings of a study in the October issue of Archives of General Psychiatry evaluating the safety and efficacy of a vaccine to treat cocaine addiction. Currently there is no FDA-approved medication for treating cocaine addiction.

Source
The National Institute on Drug Abuse




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