Data Mining By Drug Companies Raises Concern The Los Angeles Times examines a practice called data mining in which drug companies track how doctors prescribe medications by obtaining data from pharmacies and health insurers. "That information has become not just a powerful sales and marketing tool for the pharmaceutical industry but also a source of growing concern among some elected officials, healthcare advocates and legal authorities...
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNovartis Tasigna(R) (nilotinib) Trial Shows Superior Results To Glivec(R) (imatinib) In Newly Diagnosed, Chronic Phase Chronic Myeloid LeukaemiaIn a large clinical trial, nilotinib demonstrated greater efficacy over the current gold standard treatment, imatinib, in adult patients with newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukaemia (Ph+ CML) in the chronic phase...
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comDrug Interface To Save Lives Developed By University Of Alberta ResearchersA drug information interface system developed by two University of Alberta researchers has been shown to help in dealing with visual and motor impairments, which can make sorting, holding and indentifying pills a challenge as we age. Lisa Given and Stan Ruecker, professors in humanities computing, asked seniors, age 65 and older, to imagine having accidentally dropped and mixed up their pills...
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNorpramin (desipramine hydrochloride) - Dear Healthcare Professional Letter Risk of sudden death and cardiac dysrhythmias in patients being treated with Norpramin.
Source: www.fda.govNew York Cuts Drug Reimbursements, States Trim Tobacco Prevention Funding Crain's New York Business: "Independent New York pharmacies say new state budget cuts will drive more drugstores out of business. Albany's deficit reduction plan calls for $18.5 million in savings from Medicaid and Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage (EPIC)
pharmacy reimbursement rates...
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comAlka-Seltzer Plus Day & Night Cold Formula Liquid Gels - Incorrect Packaging One lot recalled because labeling on the foil blister card of certain packages were printed with the label reversed, and consumers may not be aware of the warnings of an antihistamine that could cause drowsiness.
Source: www.fda.govCardiovascular Systems ViperSheath Sheath Introducer - Recall Nationwide recall due to stretching or fracture of the sheath during use.
Source: www.fda.govNew Professional Leadership Body Criticises Consultation On Future Regulatory Standards For PharmacyThe three National
Pharmacy Boards of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, which will represent pharmacists once the demerger of the Society takes place in spring 2010, have strongly criticised both the content of the future regulatory standards for
pharmacy and the manner in which the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence (CHRE) consultation on those standards has taken place...
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comPharmacy Expedition To Challenge Perceptions, AustraliaCombining the opportunity to travel to unusual and interesting locations while furthering your
pharmacy education has been the philosophy behind the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia's popular Expedition Education conferences...
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