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Florida Attorney General issues civil subpoenas to six pharmaceutical manufacturers

Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist has issued civil subpoenas to six pharmaceutical manufacturers regarding their wholesale pricing practices.

20 Jul 2004

New book focuses on pharmaceutical care

Established pharmacists as well as those studying to gain their qualifications will benefit from a new book which focuses on pharmaceutical care in New Zealand.

19 Jul 2004

Market research 'World RNAi Markets: Current and Future Outlook'

Gene silencing by RNAi has now been identified as a crucial technology for target validation and therapeutics. By targeting and interfering with messenger RNA (mRNA), RNAi technology blocks the expression of the proteins implicated in disease progression.

19 Jul 2004

Obesity is not a 'disease' if it can be cured by taking regular walks and eating less

Hysteria over obesity - largely driven by an industry looking for a massive payday - has led the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to open the door for Medicare to treat obesity as if it were a disease.

17 Jul 2004

AIDS Healthcare Foundation and Abbott Laboratories have agreed to work together on enhanced AIDS prevention

The agreement resolves the two lawsuits brought by AHF against Abbott over the company's price increase for its HIV/AIDS drug, Norvir® (ritonavir).

17 Jul 2004

3M granted FDA approval for cream to treat superficial basal cell carcinoma

3M announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first prescription therapy in nearly a decade for the treatment of superficial basal cell carcinoma (sBCC), a type of nonmelanoma skin cancer.

16 Jul 2004

Most Americans ignorant to high cholesterol facts

Results from a recent nationwide survey showed that most respondents did not know that high cholesterol comes from two sources, even though the respondents reported having high cholesterol.

15 Jul 2004

International pharmaceutical industries and governments are failing to develop and produce AIDS medicines

International pharmaceutical industries and governments are failing to develop and produce AIDS medicines and diagnostic tools suited to children, claimed Médecins Sans Frontières at the XV International AIDS Conference in Bangkok.

15 Jul 2004

Strategic analysis of the breast cancer therapeutics pipeline

Strategic partnerships between the pharmaceuticals industry and the biotechnology sector are making breast cancer therapeutics one of the most dynamic segments in the overall oncology market.

15 Jul 2004

Computer-based program that assesses the health of people enrolled in a given health plan

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have signed a multi-year agreement with PharMetrics, Inc., of Watertown, Mass., to acquire data from the company’s proprietary Anonymous Patient-Centric Database.

13 Jul 2004

AIDS Healthcare Foundation targets GSK over voluntary licensing of its AIDS drug patents in South Africa

At the international AIDS conference in Bangkok, AIDS Healthcare Foundation hosted a peaceful protest against British multinational pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline over its voluntary licensing of its AIDS drug patents in South Africa.

13 Jul 2004

How HIV/AIDS treatment can best be combined with community-based care in some of the poorest areas of sub-Saharan Africa

A West African community has joined the network of community-based treatment support programs that form Bristol-Myers Squibb's real world field test of how HIV/AIDS treatment can best be combined with community-based care in some of the poorest and most remote areas of sub-Saharan Africa.

13 Jul 2004

New guidelines for pulmonary arterial hypertension caution the use of calcium channel blockers

A new evidence-based guideline for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) cautions the use of calcium channel blockers, a commonly used treatment for high blood pressure, in unstable patients due to the potentially fatal side effects associated with the medication.

13 Jul 2004

Study evaluates effectiveness of LEXIVA/ritonavir and Lopinavir/ritonavir in protease inhibitor

HIV treatment regimens containing the protease inhibitor (PI) LEXIVA® (fosamprenavir calcium) dosed with ritonavir (LEXIVA/r) or lopinavir (LPV) and ritonavir (LPV/r) were effective in suppressing HIV in patients who had failed prior PI-containing regimens, according to information presented at the International AIDS Conference (IAC).

12 Jul 2004

ATS receives a US $3.8 million order for a manufacturing system for new drug delivery technology

ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc.has announced it has received a US $3.8 million (CDN $5.0 million) order from one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies to provide a manufacturing system for a new drug delivery technology.

10 Jul 2004

Health Canada warning on Trazodone interaction with certain medications

Health Canada, in association with Bristol-Myers Squibb Canada, is advising Canadians to consult with their health care professionals if they are currently being treated with the antidepressant trazodone in combination with any of the following medications: ketoconazole (an antifungal agent), ritonavir and indinavir (protease inhibitors used in the treatment of HIV), or carbamazepine (an anti-epileptic therapy).

9 Jul 2004

Patient care violations at Sutter Solano Medical Center pose serious threats to the health and safety of patients

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, a federal agency within the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, has concluded an investigation into patient care violations at Sutter Solano Medical Center that pose an “immediate and serious threat to the health and safety of patients.”

9 Jul 2004

Pharmaceuticals News and Research

Florida Attorney General issues civil subpoenas to six pharmaceutical manufacturers

New book focuses on pharmaceutical care

Market research 'World RNAi Markets: Current and Future Outlook'

Obesity is not a 'disease' if it can be cured by taking regular walks and eating less

AIDS Healthcare Foundation and Abbott Laboratories have agreed to work together on enhanced AIDS prevention

3M granted FDA approval for cream to treat superficial basal cell carcinoma

Most Americans ignorant to high cholesterol facts

International pharmaceutical industries and governments are failing to develop and produce AIDS medicines

Strategic analysis of the breast cancer therapeutics pipeline

Computer-based program that assesses the health of people enrolled in a given health plan

AIDS Healthcare Foundation targets GSK over voluntary licensing of its AIDS drug patents in South Africa

How HIV/AIDS treatment can best be combined with community-based care in some of the poorest areas of sub-Saharan Africa

New guidelines for pulmonary arterial hypertension caution the use of calcium channel blockers

Study evaluates effectiveness of LEXIVA/ritonavir and Lopinavir/ritonavir in protease inhibitor

ATS receives a US $3.8 million order for a manufacturing system for new drug delivery technology

Health Canada warning on Trazodone interaction with certain medications

Patient care violations at Sutter Solano Medical Center pose serious threats to the health and safety of patients

Pfizer donates $3.7 million worth of Nicotrol patches to the New York City Department of Health

AIDS Healthcare Foundation, AIDS Therapeutic Treatment Now Coalition to unveil ambitious pledge at Bangkok 2004

Endo announces agreement With FDA for new trial design of oxymorphone extended-release tablets

Oxygen Measurement eBook - Easily Understand Dissolved Oxygen Measurement eBook

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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