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Amazing Advances in Medicine from High School Kids

pharmacy — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:34:31 +0000

While most teenage girls are researching the most flattering lipstick color, 17-year-old Monta Vista High School senior Angela Zhang was using bioengineering to find a cure for cancer. According to Zhang, her breakthrough is a “nanoparticle that’s kind of like the Swiss Army knife of cancer treatment in that it can detect cancer cells, eradicate [...]

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HHS Health Data Initiative and the Health Datapalooza

pharmacy — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 13:51:34 +0000

This year’s Health Datapalooza will be held on June 5-6, at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. The event will feature exciting new products, services, applications, and features based on open source health data. Entrepreneurs across the country are submitting their innovations to be judged by panels comprised of health care professionals, community leaders, [...]

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Pharmacy Coaching Program Scores Big on Health Improvements

pharmacy — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:00:44 +0000

Beginning in 2008, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield teamed up with Kroger pharmacies to launch a program aimed at helping 845 Cincinnati and the Kroger employees learn to manage diabetes and hypertension. The employees received individual attention via one-on-one meetings with Kroger pharmacists specially trained to address their needs. The results were very promising. [...]

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FDA Warning: High Doses of Celexa May Be Dangerous

pharmacy — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:00:04 +0000

The FDA has issued a warning about new dosage recommendations for the antidepressant Celexa (citalopram). Aftermarket testing found that dosages higher than 40mg per day can result in dangerous changes to heart rhythm. Celexa is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) that’s been marketed in the U.S. since 1988. While it seems to take forever [...]

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New Sunscreen Rules: No More Over-the-Top Claims

pharmacy — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:00:29 +0000

After four years of development, the FDA has finally published the new rules about sunscreen labels, and that’s good news for consumers. Consider how we choose a sunscreen. We’ve all heard the warnings about picking a high sun protection factor (SPF) but how many consumers know that SPF only refers to UVB rays, leaving tender [...]

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Google Ponies up $500m in Fines for Allowing Illegal Drug Advertising

pharmacy — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:00:31 +0000

In a move that could be a tremendous boon to legitimate U.S. pharmacies, Google was smacked down hard by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Office of Criminal Investigations and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). In one of the largest forfeitures, Google has agreed to pony up a whopping $500 million for allowing online [...]

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Good News for Patients, Bad News for Big Pharma: Your 20 years is up

pharmacy — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:00:58 +0000

According to U.K. research firm EvaluatePharma Ltd., the next year or so will see an unprecedented number of common brand name drugs go off patent. This will open the door to generic medications for the most oft-prescribed drugs used to treat blood pressure, cholesterol, asthma, diabetes, HIV, bipolar disorder, and other common ailments. Over the [...]

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CMS Introduces Donut Hole Program Guidelines

pharmacy — Wed, 26 May 2010 15:50:19 +0000

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is working to address the Medicare Part D coverage gap for those receiving benefits for prescription drugs. The current plan includes a coverage gap, or “donut hole”, that suspends drug benefits when patients fall within certain limits of the plan. Early this year President Obama signed the [...]

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Children’s Prescriptions on the Rise

pharmacy — Wed, 26 May 2010 15:49:47 +0000

A report by Medco Health Solutions, Inc. found that prescription drug use by children increased more than adult drug use last year. The report cited a 5 percent increase among kids in comparison to an overall rise of 1.3 percent. The highest jump was in anti-viral drugs use attributed to cases of the swine flu. [...]

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Gold Standard/Elsevier

pharmacy — Wed, 26 May 2010 15:49:15 +0000

Gold Standard/Elsevier has announced that it will continue to publish drug price databases that include the average wholesale price (AWP) in addition to the calculated price types that include various markup percentages. The announcement comes as several other drug price databases have announced their intention to withdraw the AWP from their program price lists. The [...]

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