Cherry-Flavoured Malaria Drug Launched For Children In Africa - UK's Department For International Development Funds Innovative Anti-Malaria Research A new child-friendly malaria drug which will be distributed in Africa, where a child dies every 30 seconds from malaria, is to be launched in the UK on Monday 23 March 2009. The new drug is the result of public-private collaboration between Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), a non-profit funded by the UK's Department for International Development, and the drug company Novartis.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comPotential For Delivering Antibiotic Treatment Via Aerosol Aerosol delivery of antibiotics via nanoparticles may provide a means to improve drug delivery and increase patient compliance, thus reducing the severity of individual illnesses, the spread of epidemics, and possibly even retarding antibiotic resistance. Delivery of antibiotics via nanoparticles has shown promise as a drug delivery mechanism, particularly for controlled release or depot delivery of drugs to decrease the number of doses required to achieve a clinical effect.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comFocus On Patient Adherence In Clinical Trials Before Product Launch McLean, VA - Dr. Dorothy L. Smith, President and CEO of McLean-based Consumer Health Information Corporation (CHIC) and a leader in patient advocacy, spoke about the importance of the patient's role in successful therapeutic outcomes during clinical trials to an audience comprised of pharmaceutical industry executives, clinicians and researchers.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNew Study Sheds Light On Higher Adherence To HIV Drugs In Africa Than In North America Levels of near-perfect adherence to life saving antiretroviral drugs among African HIV patients should be understood as a means of preserving key social relationships, says a new study published in the open-access journal PLoS Medicine. In Sub-Saharan Africa, adherence to these anti-HIV drugs improves patients' health, which is also a strong predictor of adherence success in developed countries.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comIowa Rocks! Unlikely Band Selected for Hall of Fame Competition Aeroroot, a band made up of Frontier Natural Products Co-op™ employees, has made it to the finals of the 9th Annual FORTUNE Battle of the Corporate Bands. (PRWeb May 27, 2009)
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Source: www.prweb.comLeapfrog Group Hospital Survey Finds Majority Of Hospitals Fail To Meet Important Quality Standards Though it has been 10 years since the Institute of Medicine's Landmark report on the failure of U.S. hospitals to adequately protect patient safety, too many hospitals still have failed to implement standards known to improve quality and save lives. According to the 2008 Leapfrog Hospital Survey, released today, only 7% of hospitals fully meet Leapfrog medication error prevention (CPOE) standards and low percentages of hospitals are fully meeting mortality standards (see below).
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comTighter Surveillance Of Swine Flu In Pigs Needed Worldwide Says CDC The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that there is a "global need for more systemic surveillance of influenza viruses in pigs", during a press briefing where they explained the findings of a recent study on the genetic and antigenetic properties of the new 2009 H1N1 swine flu virus.
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