Doctor And Pharmaceutical Company Financial Ties
Sometimes doctors advise their patients on taking a certain expensive brand-name medication or choosing a specific manufacturer of any other kind of medical supply. There…
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Google Pays $500 Million Because Of Illegal Canadian Phamracies Ads
Google Inc. agreed to pay $500 million to settle Department of Justice (DOJ) case over running illegal Canadian online pharmacies advertisement. The case was started…
Nutritional Information On Foods Is Censored By TheFDA
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is playing a role of competition police for all the largest pharmaceutical companies in the U.S. This makes a…
Health Care Reform And Pharmaceutical Industry
On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) that was designed to provide health care to…
“Dispense As Written”
Sometimes patients could notice the next line in their prescription: “dispense as written”. It means pharmacist should fill the prescription with a brand-name drug (which…
Florida Customers And Pharmacies Are Upset With Mail-Orders
Now some medications are required to be delivered by mail order for state employees. Community pharmacists it causes trouble for local pharmacies and limits the…
“Virtual” Clinical Trial Is Conducted By Pfizer
On June 7, Pfizer Inc., under the investigational new drug application, conducted first in the history electronic clinical trial. This trial is unique because it…
Drugs Combination Adverse Effect
According to the research of Harvard Medical School, Vanderbilt University and Stanford University School of Medicine, commonly used the combination of Pravachol (cholesterol-lowering drug) and…
CVS Caremark Will Manage Drugs Under 2012 Medical Benefit
CVS Caremark Corp. is going to be the last pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) company which will be managing benefits under 2012 medical benefits. The main…
Generic Drugs: Are They The Best Choice?
Since 2008, rough economy situation pushed consumers to buy more generic medications than brand-name alternatives because of their lower price. And often consumers hear, that…