SurfWax News Index  |  Track News  |  Save/Exchange Information |  About Us News and Articles on Paul Watkins New Approach Promises Greater Success For Predicting Drug Safety  May 12, 2009 Drug safety has become the major bottleneck in getting new drugs to patients, said Paul Watkins, M.D., distinguished professor of medicine at UNC and study co-author. Over the last several years, the pharmaceutical industry has made progress in developing drugs that are likely to work, but sometimes potentially deadly effects still do not emerge until they are on the market. (Science Daily) DEATHS FOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 2009 (1068)  Apr 9, 2009 CARTHAGE Paul Watkins Jr., 59, of Carthage died Tuesday at St. Joseph Hospital in Hot Springs. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Brown-Williams Funeral Home of Fordyce. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR) Virtual liver may save lives  Mar 10, 2009 "Even if this [first] model isn't perfect, it will be much better than what we have now," said Dr. Paul Watkins, an expert on drug-induced liver injuries who heads Hamner's Center for Drug Safety Sciences. Decades of research have produced a dizzying amount of information about how the liver works. (News & Observer) More of this story  Feb 10, 2009 Favorite book: 'The Promise of Light' by Paul Watkins. Favorite TV show: 'Grey's Anatomy. (Newport Daily News, RI) Back to Authors News [ Terms Of Use | Privacy | About ] ©1998-2009 SurfWax, Inc. All rights reserved. Patents pending. Copyright SurfWax, Inc. 2009