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Roundup: Ariz. lawmakers revive vetoed health care price transparency bill; Big tobacco starts health care payments to states

The Arizona Senate voted Monday to revive the major provisions of a medical pricing transparency bill that was vetoed by Gov. Jan Brewer just last week. Senate Bill 1115 by Republican Sen. Nancy Barto would have required health care providers to post prices for common medical procedures (Christie, 4/15).

17 Apr 2013

Updated labeling for Purdue Pharma's reformulated OxyContin tablets gets FDA approval

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved updated labeling for Purdue Pharma L.P.'s reformulated OxyContin (oxycodone hydrochloride controlled-release) tablets.

17 Apr 2013

Study finds no evidence that digoxin increases mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation

A study published today in the European Heart Journal found no evidence that digoxin increases mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation, the opposite of results just published by another group in the same journal analyzing the same data.

17 Apr 2013

Study: Women with RA exposed to anti-tumor necrosis drugs may have increased abortion rates

A new study published in the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) journal, Arthritis Care & Research, reveals that women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who were on methotrexate (MTX), a drug commonly used to reduce inflammation caused by RA, had lower rates of induced abortions compared to women with RA who were not exposed to the medication.

16 Apr 2013

Propranolol drug can improve language abilities, social functioning of people with ASD

People with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often have trouble communicating and interacting with others because they process language, facial expressions and social cues differently.

16 Apr 2013

Institut de France awards 2013 Grand Prix Scientifique to Penn Medicine researcher

Garret FitzGerald MD, FRS, chairman of the Pharmacology Department and director of the Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, has been awarded the 2013 Grand Prix Scientifique by the Institut de France.

16 Apr 2013

Production of synthetic artemisinin an attack against farmers currently growing the plant

"On Thursday, the founder of Amyris Biotech triumphantly announced production of 70 million doses of the anti-malarial compound artemisinin," Jim Thomas, research program director for ETC group, a technology watchdog that works with farmers' organizations, writes in The Guardian's "Poverty Matters" blog.

16 Apr 2013

Drug products from ApotheCure, NuVision Pharmacy lack sterility assurance, FDA warns

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting health care providers, hospital supply managers, and pharmacists that sterile drug products made by ApotheCure, Inc. and sterile lyophilized (freeze dried powder) drug products made by NuVision Pharmacy were produced under conditions that could create a high potential for contamination.

16 Apr 2013

New study to discover preventive use of antibiotics for Lyme disease

At the start of the "Tick Week", the Netherlands National Institute for Public Health and the Environment and Wageningen University are commencing a large-scale study to discover whether preventive use of antibiotics can stop Lyme disease developing after a tick bite.

16 Apr 2013

Taking too much vitamin E not real health concern, expert says

Despite concerns that have been expressed about possible health risks from high intake of vitamin E, a new review concludes that biological mechanisms exist to routinely eliminate excess levels of the vitamin, and they make it almost impossible to take a harmful amount.

16 Apr 2013

FDA finds violations at 28 drug compounding pharmacies

The FDA has found safety violations at 28 of 29 compounding pharmacies that are supposed to be producing sterile drugs.

16 Apr 2013

New nanosponge safely removes dangerous toxins from bloodstream

Engineers at the University of California, San Diego have invented a "nanosponge" capable of safely removing a broad class of dangerous toxins from the bloodstream - including toxins produced by MRSA, E. coli, poisonous snakes and bees.

15 Apr 2013

New data on T cells' protective role suggests need for new approach to dengue vaccine design

As efforts to create a strong and effective vaccine for the dreaded dengue virus continue to hit snags, a new study from researchers at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology offers surprising evidence that suggests the need for a revamped approach to dengue vaccine design.

15 Apr 2013

Drug makers must change R&D practices or patent disputes will continue

"[T]he impact of [a decision by the Supreme Court in India to disallow a new patent for an updated version of Novartis' cancer drug Glivec] will likely be broader than just that issue, escalating a long-simmering fight over patented cancer medications in emerging markets," Thomas Bollyky, senior fellow for global health, economics, and development at the Council on Foreign Relations and an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University, writes in an Atlantic opinion piece.

15 Apr 2013

FDA grants Fast Track designation to Elorac's naloxone topical lotion

Elorac, Inc., a rapidly growing specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of dermatological disorders, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Fast Track designation to the Company's naloxone topical lotion for the relief of pruritus in patients with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.

15 Apr 2013

FDA approves Taro's NDA for Topicort Topical Spray

Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. reported today that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its New Drug Application Topicort (desoximetasone) Topical Spray, 0.25%.

15 Apr 2013

Ameritox study shows correlation between positive marijuana tests, misuse of prescription drugs

Ameritox, one of the nation's leaders in pain medication monitoring, announced new research today showing a correlation between positive marijuana tests and higher rates of potential prescription drug non-adherence among chronic pain medication users.

15 Apr 2013

FDA accepts Otsuka Pharmaceutical's tolvaptan NDA for priority review

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has accepted for priority review the company's new drug application for the potential use of tolvaptan for the treatment of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.

15 Apr 2013

VCU researchers shed light on biopsychosocial, spiritual effects of taking opioids for noncancer pain

Researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University sought to shed light on the biopsychosocial and spiritual effects of taking prescribed opioids to treat noncancer pain.

15 Apr 2013

Pharmacological study shows interactions between drugs can be detected with minute doses

Clinical pharmacologists at Heidelberg University Hospital have achieved major progress for improving the reliability of drugs. In a pharmacological study, they showed for the first time that interactions between drugs can be detected with minute doses in the range of nanograms.

15 Apr 2013

Pharmaceutical News

Roundup: Ariz. lawmakers revive vetoed health care price transparency bill; Big tobacco starts health care payments to states

Updated labeling for Purdue Pharma's reformulated OxyContin tablets gets FDA approval

Study finds no evidence that digoxin increases mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation

Study: Women with RA exposed to anti-tumor necrosis drugs may have increased abortion rates

Propranolol drug can improve language abilities, social functioning of people with ASD

Institut de France awards 2013 Grand Prix Scientifique to Penn Medicine researcher

Production of synthetic artemisinin an attack against farmers currently growing the plant

Drug products from ApotheCure, NuVision Pharmacy lack sterility assurance, FDA warns

New study to discover preventive use of antibiotics for Lyme disease

Taking too much vitamin E not real health concern, expert says

FDA finds violations at 28 drug compounding pharmacies

New nanosponge safely removes dangerous toxins from bloodstream

New data on T cells' protective role suggests need for new approach to dengue vaccine design

Drug makers must change R&D practices or patent disputes will continue

FDA grants Fast Track designation to Elorac's naloxone topical lotion

FDA approves Taro's NDA for Topicort Topical Spray

Ameritox study shows correlation between positive marijuana tests, misuse of prescription drugs

FDA accepts Otsuka Pharmaceutical's tolvaptan NDA for priority review

VCU researchers shed light on biopsychosocial, spiritual effects of taking opioids for noncancer pain

Pharmacological study shows interactions between drugs can be detected with minute doses

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