I’m not quite sure what to make of ScribeMedia yet, but they produce some interesting videos, and Fard Johnmar is part of it, so that speaks well of it. Here’s a new one on the history of medicine — check it out. They also do a regular Pharma Report. We’re still waiting to be interviewed [...]

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eMarketer reports: Pharmaceutical sites aimed at consumers are drawing as many as 20% to 30% of their visits from physicians, according to Manhattan Research. Manhattan Research CEO Mark Bard told eMarketer that some of that traffic has been out of necessity. Online marketing to physicians has not been as widespread as direct-to-consumer marketing, and product [...]

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Thanks to new legislation soon to be signed by President Bush, the scandal-rocked FDA will have a host of new powers designed to enable them to better regulate prescription meds. Here is a quick summary from OnPharma: -Order warnings on drug labels -Review drug ads before they air on television -Make results of drug clinical [...]

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In this 10-minute video, Natalie, a lovely Austin, Texas-based nutritionist, discusses how to improve your diet so you can take fewer statins (cholesterol drugs like Simvastatin), proton pump inhibitors (drugs for heartburn and acid reflux like Nexium and Prilosec) and antidepressants (Prozac, Zoloft, etc.)

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Disney plans to build and brand a children’s hospital in Florida. Hmmm — wonder what that might be like?

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We were concerned to see this item on PharmaGossip, via Impactivity: Police have launched a missing persons investigation for a 28-year-old Chicago woman last heard from earlier this week. Nailah Franklin, a pharmaceutical representative for Eli Lilly & Co., was last seen Sunday evening, Sgt. Virginia Zic said. Franklin, who lives in the 1500 block [...]

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From TheBostonChannel.com: A cancer charity is recalling about 200,000 bracelets it sold as a fundraiser because they contain high levels of lead. The Friends of Mel Foundation tested the bead-and-metal bracelets after getting an e-mail that a 9-month-old boy apparently ingested lead from a bracelet… The foundation said it’s raised more than $1 million for [...]

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Lord knows there are tons of Star Wars fans out there who would give their collector lightsabers and Darth Vader helmets to have a close encounter with a Wookiee — but it turns out all you need is a fungal infection and a prescription for Pfizer’s Vfend. From CNBC: At a scientific conference in Chicago [...]

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According to the AP , reports of side effects from medications nearly tripled from 1998 to 2005, per an analysis of new drug data. The number of deaths and serious injuries from prescription and over-the-counter drugs has risen from 34,966 to 89,842 during the period; the number of deaths from prescription drugs rose from 5,519 [...]

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From the Daily Dog: The state and city of New York filed suit this week against Merck, claiming the drugmaker concealed the risks of the withdrawn arthritis treatment Vioxx. The lawsuit seeks damages, penalties and restitution for “tens of millions of taxpayer dollars wrongfully spent on Vioxx prescriptions,” the office of New York State Attorney [...]

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