Tricast has introduced the new version of its core product, AccuCAST, at the annual National Conference of Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) Conference. Tricast president and CEO Greg Rucinski said that the AccuCAST leapfrogs standard ...
If you've ever had trouble affording your medications and wanted to call your doctor on it, here's some encouraging news: Doctors aren't pleased about the prices either. Denouncing "profiteering" by pharmaceutical companies, more than 100 ...
About a year after they expire. In most cases, prescription-drug expiration dates are one year to five years from the date they were made. But some pills can actually keep for a decade or even longer, research suggests. "Except for ...
BioControl Medical has gained the US Food and Drug Administration approval to begin the third and largest phase of INOVATE-HF (INcrease Of VAgal TonE in Heart Failure), a global, multi-center, investigational device exemption (IDE) clinical ...
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End Discrimination Now issued a highly critical statement regarding the new prescription drugs laws approved this week by the NYS Senate. Characterizing the “new” law as “alarmist”, “excessive” and ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted to review Antares Pharma's new drug application (NDA) of OTREXUP, designed for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), poly-articular-course juvenile RA and psoriasis. OTREXUP ...
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted notice of allowance (NOA) to Collegium Pharmaceutical's patent application NO.12/823,628 covering a tamper-resistant, extended-release opioid product. The patent entitled, ...
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Q. I am 68 and have only Medicare Part A. My sole source of income is $1,062 a month from Social Security. I'm in good health but concerned about future medical needs. Are there any plans for lower-income people? A.Yes, and it's a shame ...
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Q. I heard that the Medicare Part B premium was going to go up to $120 in 2013 and $247 in 2014 as part of Obamacare, and that this was kept under wraps so as not to influence the outcome of the 2012 election. True or false? A. I've been ...
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Atlantic Pharmaceuticals has received two new US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) patents for its tamper-resistant SMART/Script drug delivery platform. The patents cover company's tamper-resistant platforms, designed to resist dose ...
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Delcath Systems has submitted its proprietary chemosaturation delivery system's new drug application (NDA) to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The application includes the use of chemosaturation system along with melphalan ...
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BioControl Medical is set to commence the second phase of its INcrease Of VAgal TonE in Heart Failure (INOVATE-HF) study, following the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval. The CardioFit system, which comprises a stimulator, a ...
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US based NuPathe announced that its New Drug Application (NDA) resubmission for its migraine patch (NP101) has been accepted for filing by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Migraine Patch (NP101 or Zelrix) is an active, ...
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SPI subsidiary Sucampo Pharmaceuticals has received approval from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in Japan for Amitiza (lubiprostone), a prescription drug for the treatment of chronic constipation, excluding constipation caused by ...
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Walmart pharmacies has announced the availability of Ecoslide-RX, an eco-friendly prescription pharmaceutical package which is said to be designed to improve patients' adherence to medications. The package, which is manufactured by ...
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