Health boards looking to increase transparency
28.11.2008Health boards across Scotland are looking into introducing registers for all medical staff to allow them to declare if they have any links with drug companies. The news comes following fears that some of the world's pharmaceutical giants have too much influence over what drugs some doctors prescribe. NHS Greater Glasgow has told the Herald that following a consultation it hopes to have a register, which would be publicly available, in place by June. Read more
Napp Pharmaceuticals found to breach MHRA advertising guidelines
28.11.2008
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has found that Napp Pharmaceuticals broke its advertising rules. A complaint was lodged about the firm's advert for the painkiller BuTrans (buprenorphine matrix patch) in the British Medical Journal in November 2005. Read more
Pharmacy care program helps elderly take their medications
28.11.2008
A pharmacy care program for elderly patients increases medication adherence according to a study appearing in JAMA. Read more
11 million Acetaminophen bottles recalled by FDA
28.11.2008
FDA informs public of nationwide recall of 500mg strength store-brand acetaminophen caplets. Read more
Minds may need changing
28.11.2008
Dr Sami Timimi gives a lucid account of the socio-cultural context behind the rising rates of prescription of psycho-stimulants for children. Read more
The harmful pressure of market forces
28.11.2008
Gordon Brown’s recent speech on the limits of market mechanisms did not go quite far enough, argues Margaret CookWhen great men make great speeches it has been remarked that the content is often not as impressive in the reading as in the hearing. Read more
Prescription for closing community pharmacies?
28.11.2008
Proposals to deregulate the market for community pharmacy may end up cutting services patients need, says Richard LewisTo the casual observer, the Office of Fair Trading seems to have it in for community pharmacists. Read more
Health research serves profit rather than the public
28.11.2008
Most health research is driven by commercial interests, leading to significant gaps in healthcare understanding, a report from the King’s Fund thinktank concludes. Read more
Whose DNA is it anyway?
28.11.2008
Thousands of gene patents have been issued – yet in most cases they are not inventions, and patenting harms the public interest, warns Sue MayerFor some years a fierce argument has been raging over whether genes should be patentable. Read more
Need not greed
28.11.2008
Many deaths in developing countries could be avoided if essential drug prices were lowered. Ken Bluestone explains how pharmaceutical companies are being urged to take their social responsibilities seriouslyWhy not lower drugs prices systematically for developing countries? Read more
Drugs dominate response to mental health problems
28.11.2008
Too many people who visit their GP with mental health problems are being offered drugs as the only option, according to the mental health charity Mind which has launched a campaign for more choice. Read more
More Health News and Articles in Pharmacy Articles
- Dirty fighting in the other drug wars
- Psychiatry ???hijacked??™ by Big Pharma
- Facts, but no feelings
- The price is still not right
- Global pressure leads to falling drug prices
- There??™s a lot more to health than drugs
- A licence to print money?
- ABPI: UK medicines research under threat
- WHO calls for concrete action on counterfeit drugs
- Merck KGaA profits up
- Alarm over drugs fast tracking
- 'More women' prescribed headache drugs
- Solvay Laboratories pharma sales up 30 per cent
- AstraZeneca appeals in patents case
- DIY abortions at home
- Eli Lilly to withdraw advice leaflet
- Sanofi-Aventis recalls Clexane syringes
- GlaxoSmithKline antibiotic goes to FDA review
- Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly change Yentreve AriClaim deal
- Woman loses Herceptin battle
- Allergan Botox could be used to fight cancer
- Cash boost for NHS mental health
- Forest Laboratories ups research spending
- Pliva Pharma buys Novartis subsidiary
- GlaxoSmithKline Arixtra found effective
- AstraZeneca withdraws Exanta
- Cephalon posts losses as revenue up 19 per cent
- Roche and GlaxoSmithKline Bonviva gets Scottish approval
- MPs back blanket smoking ban
- FDA strengthens safety info for erythropoiesis-stimulating agents
- Therapeutic peptide frees the protein p73 to kill tumor cells
- To be taken in small doses
- Health boards looking to increase transparency
- Napp Pharmaceuticals found to breach MHRA advertising guidelines
- Pharmacy care program helps elderly take their medications
- 11 million Acetaminophen bottles recalled by FDA
- Minds may need changing
- The harmful pressure of market forces
- Prescription for closing community pharmacies?
- Health research serves profit rather than the public
- Online Pharmacy Links
- Health News and Articles
- At right angles to Health
- Walker Online Pharmacy
- Weight Loss Online Books
- Pharmacy Drugs-Zone
- Medical Search Engine
- Online Broker for Pharmacies
- Medicalmanagement.Ag
- Pharmamedics Drugs Broker
- Health News 247
- The Xanax
- Beauty news
- Beauty Weblog
- Weight Loss Weblog
- All About Beauty
- Pharmasellers.com
- Drugshop247.com Online Pharmacy
- Pharmacy2u
- PharmacyInfo
- Online Pharmacy FDA
- AnxietyOnlinePharmacy
- 1stCanadaMeds
- BuyCanadianPharmacy
- OrderCheapDrugs
- OnlinePharmacyChoice
- OnlinePharmacyChecker
- PharmaInspector.com
- EDPharmacyDrugs.com
- anxietypharmacy.blogspot.com
- mentaldisordersinfo.blogspot.com
- anxietydepressiontips.blogspot.com
- mentalhealthdisorders.blogspot.com
- mentalguide.livejournal.com
- edpharmacy.wordpress.com
- menshealthzone.wordpress.com
- edmenshealth.wordpress.com
- menshealthtips.livejournal.com
- mentalguide.livejournal.com
- healthpharmacydrugs.blogspot.com
- healthpharmacy.wordpress.com
- piart.com.ua
