Men Ignorant About True Risk Of Fake Medicine New research released today (12 November) highlights the risk men are taking by purchasing counterfeit
medicines. The 'Cracking Counterfeit' report commissioned by Pfizer reveals one in ten men interviewed - which would equate to more than 335,931 men living in major cities alone - admit to purchasing
prescription only
medicines without a
prescription.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comPfizer Launches Global Regenerative Medicine Research Unit Pfizer today announced the launch of a new research unit known as Pfizer Regenerative
Medicine. This independent research unit will build on recent scientific progress in understanding the biology of stem cells and the opportunity that provides, to discover and develop a new generation of regenerative
medicines for major medical needs.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCVS, Rite Aid Will Provide Language Services For Non-English-Speaking Customers Filling Prescriptions In New York State CVS and Rite Aid pharmacies in New York have agreed to provide customers who fill
prescriptions with spoken and written language services in Chinese, French, Italian, Russian, Polish and Spanish, state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo (D) announced on Thursday,
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNew Data On Cancer Diagnostic Presented By Arbor Vita Arbor Vita Corporation (AVC), a privately held biopharmaceutical company, presented new data on its rapid, point-of-care prototype HPV test with a high positive predictive value for cervical cancer and pre-cancer. Targeted for use throughout the developing world, this diagnostic test is being developed in partnership with PATH.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comThe USA Is Still The Preferred Market For Launching New Medical Products While the number of annual new drug approvals in the United States has declined during the past decade, the U.S. remains the preferred market for launching new products, according to a recently completed analysis conducted by the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development. The study found that new U.S. drug approvals dropped to 48 in 2005-07, from a peak of 110 in 1996-98.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comRep. Maloney Predicts Obama Will Reinstate Funding For U.N. Population Fund Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday at the launch of the United Nations Population Fund's annual State of World Population report said that President-elect Barack Obama will lift the Bush administration's freeze on U.S. funding for UNFPA's family planning programs,
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLabor Unions Launch Campaign To Highlight CVS' Alleged Improper Promotion Of Costly Diabetes Treatment Change to Win, a group of several labor unions, on Friday will launch a campaign alleging that CVS Caremark violated patient privacy and improperly marketed an expensive diabetes drug, the Wall Street Journal reports. According to CTW, a letter sent by CVS to physicians urged them to prescribe
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comTIBCO Speeds Drug Discovery For Chemists TIBCO Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TIBX), today announced the release of TIBCO Spotfire® Lead Discovery. The solution allows chemists to quickly access chemistry and biological data in a single analysis environment, then easily build best-practice applications for chemical structure analysis. The solution, built on the powerful TIBCO Spotfire® Enterprise Analytics platform,, integrates with leading cheminformatics software, including Symyx and CambridgeSoft.
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