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NYSE: WAG Opened a Unique Walgreens Store Today on The UCSF Campus
Feb 27, 2014UC San Francisco and Walgreens (NYSE: WAG) (Nasdaq: WAG) have opened a unique Walgreens store today on the UCSF campus that aims to improve medication safety, decrease health care costs and help patients use medicines more effectively by ...
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Asthma Patients Are at Increased Risk for Unplanned Hospital Admissions
Jan 3, 2014By Kirsty Oswald, medwireNews Reporter Results from a German national health survey indicate that asthma patients with multiple comorbidities are at increased risk for unplanned hospital admissions. The findings also confirm that ...
Tags: asthma patients, comorbidities, cardiovascular disease, health
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Morphine Appears to Reduce Effectiveness of The Commonly Used Blood-Thinning Drug Plavix
Dec 24, 2013Morphine appears to reduce the effectiveness of the commonly used blood-thinning drug Plavix, which could hamper emergency-room efforts to treat heart attack victims, Austrian researchers report. The finding could create serious dilemmas ...
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Fewer People Should Take Medicine to Control Their High Blood Pressure
Dec 19, 2013Fewer people should take medicine to control their high blood pressure, a new set of guidelines recommends. Adults aged 60 or older should only take blood pressure medication if their blood pressure exceeds 150/90, which sets a higher bar ...
Tags: Health News, New Blood Pressure Guidelines, Bar for Taking Medications
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Canadian Regulatory Authority Health Canada Has Approved New Drug Submission
Oct 8, 2013Canadian regulatory authority Health Canada has approved Valeant Pharmaceuticals International subsidiary Valeant Canada's new drug submission of Jublia for the treatment of onychomycosis. Jublia is designated for the treatment of mild to ...
Tags: Fungal Drug, Medicine
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U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Richard Blumenthal Have Introduced Legislation
Aug 8, 2013U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) have introduced legislation that would help consumers distinguish between dietary supplements that are safe and those that have potentially serious side-effects or drug ...
Tags: Supplements Labels, Medicine, Packaging, Printing
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FDA Has Approved Labeling Changes to Bristol-Myers Squibb's Reyataz
Feb 19, 2013The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved labeling changes to Bristol-Myers Squibb's Reyataz (atazanavir), an antiretroviral medication. The label will now include warnings about kidney and gall stones in addition to updated ...
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The Assay Will Enable Drug Developers to Test Drug Candidates for Interactions with BCRP
Dec 4, 2012Absorption Systems has launched new assay for the human breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP) transporter. The new assay will enable drug developers to test new drug candidates for interactions with BCRP, which is involved in drug ...
Tags: Absorption Systems, breast cancer resistance protein transporter
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Prescription Drug Warning Labels Are Normally Small and Colourful in The US
Nov 28, 2012A study by US-based researchers, published in the journal PLoS, found that these warning labels often carry information about drug interactions or dosage information. The study found that consumers, particularly older ones, often overlook ...
Tags: Drug Warning Labels, Label, packaging, warning labels
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The FDA Has Granted Fast Track Designation
May 16, 2012The FDA has granted fast track designation for Achillion Pharmaceuticals' ACH-3102 as part of an interferon-free regimen for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C (HCV). ACH-3102 is a pan-genotypic second-generation NS5A inhibitor ...
Tags: FDA Fast Track Designation, chronic hepatitis C, pharmaceutical product