Advocates VS Pharmaceutical Companies Donations
According to the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), some of the most important and largest advocacy groups who serve patients with serious diseases like…
Doctors
Fighting the Opioid Addiction with Marijuana?
James Feeney, a surgeon in Connecticut, heard from his patients that they did not wish to take a painkiller called oxycodone, and were going to…
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Drug Approval
Spinraza was developed by Ionis Pharmaceuticals of Carlsbad in partnership with Biogen Inc. In July 2016, Biogen decided to license Spinraza. During Spinraza’s development, Ionis…
Oncologists VS High Cost Of Cancer Drugs
More than a hundred of cancer specialists and researchers from a lot of countries, who specialize in chronic myeloid leukemia (blood cancer) published their commentary…
The Number Of Children With ADHD Is Still Growing
Just a generation ago, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder was thought-about rare. Nowadays it’s one in all the foremost common behavioral disorders of childhood, characterized by…
The U.S. Doctor Was Ordering Unapproved Drugs
Dr. William Kincaid, of Johnson City, Tennessee, and his manager, Michael Dean Combs were convicted in cases of using non-approved medications during their practice by…
Higher Prices From Drug-Dispensing Physicians
According to the Workers Compensations Research Institute (WCRI) study, which was published in July this year, patients pay up to 3 times more to physicians…
Rising Of Kids On ADHD Medications
The new study finds that a number of children taking stimulant drugs (like Adderall or Ritalin) for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder treatment are still growing, but in…
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…
“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…