Entries from November 2008
Sun Pharma buys US-based narcotic maker (WSJ)
Pharma Updates And What You Need To Know (Pharma’s Market)
Will A Big Pharma Pusher Come To The Big Screen? (Pharmalot)
Frost & Sullivan: Will Big Pharma Embrace its Orphans? (BioNity.com)
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Tags: Pharma bloggers
November 25th, 2008 · 3 Comments
We assume that eDrugSearch.com users already take Wikipedia with a grain of salt, but just in case you needed some further convincing:
AttorneyatLaw.com reports that Wikipedia entries on prescription drugs “may exclude important information about life-threatening side effects and drug interactions,” according to researchers from Nova Southeastern University in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
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Tags: Drug interactions · Drug safety · Prescription drugs
OrganizedWisdom Interview with Health 2.0 Conference Co-founder Indu Subaiya (Organized Wisdom Blog)
Hospitals hit by economic downturn (The Health Care Blog)
Number of US Health 2.0 Consumers Now at 60 Million (RRW)
Health 2.0 Companies Seek To Improve Medication Management(ASHSP)
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Tags: Health 2.0
Have you heard of Movember? (Cancer Commentary)
The Ethical Challenge and Surgical Innovation (Sututure for a Living)
Managment Lessons from Mayo: Act Small (Hospital Impact)
Finding Out What You Want to Do (The Differential)
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Tags: Healthcare100
November 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment
I came across this excellent post on Thomas Hawk’s blog. If you’re pinching pennies these days, you must read it.
Here are a few of Tom’s 50 tips:
Unplug appliances part of the time when not in use. Also unscrew lightbulbs in some places instead of just turning the light off. This especially will help [...]
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Tags: Drug costs · Generic drugs · Health 2.0 · Prescription drugs
Hard Times for Biotech Could Spur Big Pharma Feast (WSJ Health Blog)
Amid Big Pharma Woes, Shire in “Best Shape Ever” (PharmExecBlog)
Big Pharma Promoting Highly Addictive Pain Killers to Little Boys (Connecting the Dots in the New World Order)
Big Pharma’s Loss May Be Little Pharma’s Gain (Pharmalot)
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Tags: Pharmaceutical companies
Health 2.0 - Social Networks (Site Boat)
Do You Do Health 2.0? (NPA)
Health 2.0’s impact on the digital divide (The Health Care Blog)
Why Use a PHR (The Medical Quack)
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Tags: eDrugSearch.com
November 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments
The Type 2 diabetes drug Januvia has become a source of controversy after the drug’s maker, Merck, funded a letter to doctors by CVS Caremark, the pharmacy benefits manager, urging the physicians to add the drug to specific patients’ treatment regimens.
Januvia costs as much as 10 times the price of older diabetes drugs [...]
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Tags: Drug costs · Prescription drugs
The (not-so-)Beautiful (un)Truth: The “alternative” medicine movement gets an Expelled! to call its very own (Respectful Insolence)
Putting flu virus on the no fly list? (Effect Measure)
Do you remember your defense? (Terra Sigillata)
Why You Weigh Less in the Morning (TBTAM)
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Tags: Healthcare100
November 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment
PharmacyChecker.com is the leading verification authority for online pharmacies in the United States and Canada. Google requires all pharmacies in its ad network to receive PharmacyChecker verification, and eDrugSearch.com requires all member pharmacies to have PharmacyChecker verification as well.
PharmacyChecker has just produced a free five-page pdf report called “Safe Strategies for Drug Savings.” It [...]
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Tags: Drug costs · Drug safety · Prescription drugs