Tag Archives: Pharmaceuticals policy

Over 100 Patients potentially infected by Superbug in Los Angeles Hospital

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The Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center has informed over 100 patients that they are at risk of having been infected with an antibiotics resistant bug. During endoscopic procedures that took place...

FedEx Indicted By US DOJ For Conspiracy In Trafficking Illegal Drugs

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International courier service FedEx Corporation, FedEx Express, Inc. and FedEx Corporate Services Inc has been indicted for knowingly distributing illegal drugs. Or so says a federal grand jury in...

Medicare: Why A Medicare Reformer Resigned?

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One of the major figureheads responsible for transforming and virtually revolutionizing the Medicare system under the Obama administration has called it quits. Jonathan Blum is a Medicare director...

New Study: Common Pain Relievers Fight Bacterial Infections

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Potentially huge news is simmering in the world of infectious disease treatment. Researchers publishing in the journal Chemistry and Biology have found that common anti-inflammatory pain relievers...

New Study: Common Pain Relievers Fight Bacterial Infections

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Potentially huge news is simmering in the world of infectious disease treatment. Researchers publishing in the journal Chemistry and Biology have found that common anti-inflammatory pain relievers...

Biotech IPOs: Lessons on How a Company Manages to Succeed After Failure

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The following post was published on the Knowledge@Wharton website on January 22, 2014. The data is in, and there is no question that 2013 was the most active year for biotechnology initial public...

How To Prevent Antibiotic Apocalypse

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Want to protect your kids from drug-resistant bacteria? Open your  wallet. Governments and insurance companies need to commit to paying 10 or 50 times more than they already do if industry is...

The Avorn-Stossel Debate On GSK Halting Payment To Doctors For Drug Promotion

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GSK recently announced that it would no longer pay doctors to promote its drugs, a move that has generated a good deal of discussion.  The PBS Newshour entered the fray by featuring a debate between...