Antibiotics for children that are covered by private insurance cost five times more in the United States than in the United Kingdom, where costs are covered by a government universal health plan. That's the finding of researchers who ...
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Health R&D Spending Moves Slowly Upward, Driven by Industry, Philanthropy and Voluntary Health Associations Federal R&D Funding Remains "Woefully Inadequate" to Address Health Threats and Global Competitiveness ?Highlights: ?Overall ...
After declining in FY10-11,health-related research and development(R&D)spending in the U.S.increased by$4.3 billion(3.5%)in FY11-12,according to Truth and Consequences:Health R&D Spending in the U.S.(FY11-12),the 10th edition from ...
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Pfizer Inc. announced that it has settled its litigation against Teva Pharmaceuticals, USA Inc., relating to Pfizer's patent covering the use of Viagra? to treat erectile dysfunction (sildenafil citrate 25, 50, and 100 mg tablets), which ...
Top 15 bedding producers generally see modest gains for the industry next year,one that would keep bedding on a growth track. Another growth year would be welcome,but the ride could be a bit rocky.Some producers see a year of ups and ...
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There is no evidence showing over-the-counter antibacterial soap products are any more effective at preventing illness than plain soap and water, officials say. Colleen Rogers, a lead microbiologist at the Food and Drug Administration, ...
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Eighteen medical communication companies (MCCs) received about $100 million from 13 pharmaceutical and one device company that released data in 2010, and all or most of the 18 MCCs were for profit, conducted continuing medical education ...
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Mylan Inc. (Nasdaq: MYL) today announced that its subsidiary Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. and partner, Banner Pharmacaps Inc. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Patheon Inc.), have entered into a settlement and license agreement with Eisai Inc. ...
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The United Steelworkers (USW) union released the following statement today in response to the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) draft report on the August 6, 2012, explosion and fire at the Chevron refinery in Richmond, Calif., that sent at ...
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The medical devices industry, already one of the most heavily regulated industries in the U.S., is confronting yet another complex rule – Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act, which requires SEC-listed companies to disclose the use of ...
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Two Cedars-Sinai physician-researchers have been awarded grants totaling $4 million from the National Institutes of Health to study how the environment - both in the womb and in the hospital where the baby is born - can affect the newborn ...
The Tire Industry Association (TIA) announced that Redburn Tire Co. is the first member to sign on with the organization's new self-funded group employee benefits solution. The program is offered to TIA members through an alliance with ...
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In October, Chicago preservationists' fight to save Bertrand Goldberg's historic Prentice Women's Hospital from demolition ended in disappointment. With the blessing of city officials and over the objections of renown architects like Frank ...
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A meta-analysis found exercise may be as effective as drugs in helping patients with strokes, diabetes and heart disease, British and U.S. researchers say. Researchers at the London School of Economics and Political Science, the Harvard ...
Safety is the most important factor to be considered to enjoy life to the fullest. If one is safe then he or she can achieve anything that they have ever dreamed of. It must be taken as the prime concern in everyone's life. Nothing in this ...