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Generic Drugs are official nonbrand names by which medicines are known. Generic names usually refer to the chemical name of the drug.

Teva Pharmaceuticals granted final approval for Ribavirin capsules

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted final approval for the Company’s ANDA for Ribavirin Capsules, 200 mg. Shipment of this product is expected to begin immediately.

5 Oct 2004

Women aged 16 to 19 are 43% more likely to test positive for Chlamydia than women in their early twenties

Women aged 16 to 19 are 43% more likely to test positive for Chlamydia than women in their early twenties, show data from the first year of the Chlamydia screening programme in England, reported in Sexually Transmitted Infections.

29 Sep 2004

Australian Medical Association backs Labor’s commitment to focus on mental health

Dr Choong-Siew Yong, Psychiatrist and Chair of the AMA’s Public Health and Ethics Committee, today welcomed Labor’s commitment to focus on mental health as a national health priority

28 Sep 2004

Medicare drug card savings growing, new data show

Seniors are now saving more money with the new Medicare-approved drug discount cards, the nation’s top Medicare official announced today at a forum held by the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging.

23 Sep 2004

HHS enhances Medicare drug card program to help seniors

Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced new measures to help seniors get the lowest price possible for their medicines by allowing them -- for the first time -- to compare prices for similar drugs used to treat common diseases such as high cholesterol or blood pressure.

15 Sep 2004

Bush AIDS plan is using expensive, brand name drugs, rather than keeping its promise to use the lowest cost drugs available

Global AIDS Alliance reacted today to the statement of the Bush Administration regarding its global AIDS programs.

14 Sep 2004

A third of chronically ill adults don't tell their clinicians that they underuse medications due to cost

About one-third of chronically ill adults who underuse medications because of the costs associated with buying the drugs, never tell their health care practitioners, according to an article in the September 13 issue of The Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

12 Sep 2004

New multilingual chronic obstructive pulmonary disease website

The European Respiratory Society has launched a new multilingual website specifically targeted at patients with chronic bronchitis, emphysema or other “chronic obstructive pulmonary disease” (COPD), group of conditions in which the patient has an expiratory airflow obstruction that causes air to become trapped in the lung and limit the ability to exhale.

5 Sep 2004

Generic tritherapy can be used as a basic treatment for AIDS

A clinical trial, conducted in Cameroon by IRD researchers working with other organizations and supported by the ANRS, has demonstrated that one of the most common combinations currently deployed in Africa, using nevirapine, stavudine and lamivudine, satisfies these criteria.

5 Sep 2004

Research may significant consequences in leading drug researchers to develop new and more effective means to block influenza and other viruses

Combating viruses is often a frustrating business. Find a way to destroy them - and before you know it, they’ve found a way to defend themselves and neutralize the anti-viral treatment.

5 Sep 2004

Pfizer files lawsuits against eighteen internet sites for selling illegal copies of LIPITOR

Pfizer has filed lawsuits against a second group of operators of eighteen internet sites for selling unapproved and illegal copies of Pfizer’s leading cholesterol medicine, LIPITOR®, the company said today.

2 Sep 2004

Doctors trialing wireless enabled handheld devices to obtain immediate access to the latest patient information

The use of technology in medicine takes another step forward with a program being road-tested now at Creighton University Medical Center.

1 Sep 2004

U.S. FDA study shows Canadian drugs to be more expensive

If you think all drugs from Canada are cheaper than U.S. drugs, think again. In the United States, generic drugs - roughly half of all prescriptions - are often cheaper than both Canadian brand-name drugs and Canadian generic drugs, according to a study by the Food and Drug Administration.

29 Aug 2004

Florida-based online pharmacy illegally prescribed the powerful painkiller Vicodin to an Illinois state employee

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Department of Financial and Professional Regulation Secretary Fernando Grillo today announced a suit has been filed against a Florida-based online pharmacy that illegally prescribed the powerful painkiller Vicodin to an employee in Madigan's office posing as a consumer who had injured his back after slipping on ice.

20 Aug 2004

Consumer education campaign warning Connecticut residents of the dangers of illegal drug importation

Connecticut became the sixteenth state to join forces with the FDA to launch the "Looks Can Be Deceiving" educational campaign. During a press conference in Hartford, officials from CPA unveiled examples of the more than 40,000 flyers and prescription bag inserts that have been sent to 166 pharmacies across Connecticut.

18 Aug 2004

Thyroid expert concerned about recently approved generic levothyroxine preparations

Levothyroxine is taken by more than 13 million Americans to treat an underactive thyroid, thyroid gland enlargement, nodules, or cancer. In June, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ruled that several generic levothyroxine preparations had the same clinical effect and safety profile as certain branded products.

11 Aug 2004

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Teva Pharmaceuticals granted final approval for Ribavirin capsules

Women aged 16 to 19 are 43% more likely to test positive for Chlamydia than women in their early twenties

Australian Medical Association backs Labor’s commitment to focus on mental health

Medicare drug card savings growing, new data show

HHS enhances Medicare drug card program to help seniors

Bush AIDS plan is using expensive, brand name drugs, rather than keeping its promise to use the lowest cost drugs available

A third of chronically ill adults don't tell their clinicians that they underuse medications due to cost

New multilingual chronic obstructive pulmonary disease website

Generic tritherapy can be used as a basic treatment for AIDS

Research may significant consequences in leading drug researchers to develop new and more effective means to block influenza and other viruses

Pfizer files lawsuits against eighteen internet sites for selling illegal copies of LIPITOR

Doctors trialing wireless enabled handheld devices to obtain immediate access to the latest patient information

U.S. FDA study shows Canadian drugs to be more expensive

Florida-based online pharmacy illegally prescribed the powerful painkiller Vicodin to an Illinois state employee

Consumer education campaign warning Connecticut residents of the dangers of illegal drug importation

Thyroid expert concerned about recently approved generic levothyroxine preparations

Stranglehold on science is choking human ingenuity

Bush administration is depriving millions access to life-saving generic drugs

FDA approval for mint flavor nicotine gum

Inexpensive generic three-in-one fixed-dose combination pill taken twice a day has helped HIV/AIDS patients in Uganda

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