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BusinessWeek
May 15, 2008
Arlene Weintraub
What the Doctors Aren't Disclosing A new study shows how authors of medical journal articles flout rules on revealing conflicts of interest. mark for My Articles similar articles
Information Today
May 15, 2008
ProQuest Hospital Collection Makes Its Debut The new ProQuest Hospital Collection has five health and medicine databases and includes full-text articles from 2,100 medical journals. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
May 15, 2008
Brian Orelli
So-So Syneron A little growth is an acceptable outcome in the struggling medical laser industry. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
May 15, 2008
Brian Lawler
You're Kidding Me, Cardiome! Canadian pharmaceutical company Cardiome is still awaiting an FDA decision on its lead drug. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
May 15, 2008
Brian Lawler
What's Cooking at Flamel? The drugmaker makes finding partners to help pay for its hepatitis C and diabetes compounds a top priority. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
May 15, 2008
Brian Orelli
Wanted: FDA Approval -- Pronto Teva and Amphastar have the courts on their side, but the FDA still stands in the way of a generic-drug launch. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
May 14, 2008
Simon Hadlington
Bird Flu's Drug Resistance Mapped UK scientists have shown exactly why a mutant version of the deadly bird flu virus H5N1 becomes resistant to the drug oseltamivir - marketed as Tamiflu. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
May 14, 2008
Brian Lawler
Teaching Old Drugs New Tricks Pfizer's top drugs post mixed results in recent off-label studies. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
May 14, 2008
Brian Orelli
Abbott Knocks Down Boston Scientific Abbott Labs proves its drug-eluting device works better than its competitors as it presented more data from its ongoing Spirit III trial. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
May 13, 2008
Brian Lawler
Sanofi Can't Shake the Generics A new threat to the pharmaceutical's top drug may have arrived. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
May 13, 2008
Rich Duprey
Healthways Doesn't Need a Ventilator Several temporary setbacks have been reflected in Healthways' stock, which has tumbled more than 50% this year. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
May 13, 2008
Brian Orelli
Is Merck Keeping Its Enemies Close? The drugmaker strikes a deal with an Indian generic company. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
May 13, 2008
Brian Orelli
Omrix's Wild Ride High-growth stocks like Omrix Pharmaceutical can be hard to value. Not only are growing revenues hard to predict, but expenses can fluctuate wildly as the company grows. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
May 12, 2008
Brian Orelli
Merging Mylan Meanders Through 2008 In the larger-is-better world of generic-drug makers, it's kind of surprising that investors haven't yet gotten behind the Mylan/Merck KGaA deal. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
May 12, 2008
Brian Orelli
Lowering the Barr Barr Pharmaceuticals disappoints by lowering expectations. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
May 12, 2008
Brian Lawler
Hep C Drugs Slug It Out Does Vertex's telaprevir really trump Schering's boceprevir? mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
May 8, 2008
Chris Ladd
Autonomous 3D Robot Doc Gets X-Ray Powers With DIY A.I. Looks like the robotic uprising could be headed for the OR after all: Bots can now see through your flesh in three dimensions and direct a mechanical arm to perform a biopsy. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
May 8, 2008
Arlene Weintraub
Big Drug R&D on Campus With pipelines drying up, drugmakers are enlisting universities to help create new treatments. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
May 8, 2008
Arlene Weintraub
The Doctor vs. Device Makers Dr. Charles Rosen is on a mission to end the conflicts of interest between manufacturers and physicians. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
May 8, 2008
Hepeng Jia
China to fast track pioneering drugs China is to speed up the approval of groundbreaking new drugs in an effort to encourage innovation in its pharmaceutical sector, a State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) official has revealed. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
May 7, 2008
Brian Orelli
Black Onyx, but Not for Long Onyx posts a stellar quarter, but earnings for the pharmaceuticals company are headed in the other direction for the rest of the year. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
May 7, 2008
Brian Orelli
Teva's on a Tear The generic-drug maker can't be stopped. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
May 7, 2008
Brian Lawler
Cephalon's Long Shot Falls Short An FDA advisory panel brings bad news for the company. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
May 6, 2008
Brian Orelli
A Sign of the Pharma Times Merck is the latest big pharma cutting jobs to improve its bottom line. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
May 6, 2008
Brian Lawler
MannKind Moves Ahead The pharmaceutical awaits pivotal data on its lead drug Technosphere. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
May 6, 2008
Steven Renaldi
McKesson Garners Generic Growth New products offer the generic-drug distributor profit potential in a competitive industry. mark for My Articles similar articles
Information Today
May 5, 2008
Premerus Introduces Medical Misdiagnosis Portal Premerus provides a platform for consumers to read and post their own experiences to share insights about the impact of diagnostic errors. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
May 5, 2008
Brian Orelli
A Short Wait for Discovery Labs? The company gets a third letter about Surfaxin, but should be able to satisfy the FDA soon. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
May 5, 2008
Brian Lawler
Good News for Abuse-Resistant Drugs Drug developers working on harder-to-abuse pain remedies, including Pain Therapeutics, King Pharmaceuticals, and Alpharma, got a guarded thumbs-up from the FDA last week. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
May 2, 2008
Brian Orelli
Sepracor Diversifies to Sleep Better With its two top drugs in decline, diversification was the only answer for Sepracor. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
May 2, 2008
Steven Renaldi
Cardinal Health Gets Its Nest in Order Share price rises as investors hope the company is beginning to put some of its troubles behind it. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
May 1, 2008
Bruce Einhorn
Made in China: MRI Machines Medical device makers are stepping up manufacturing on the mainland, raising safety concerns. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
May 1, 2008
Brian Lawler
Soliris Brightens Alexion's Quarter Alexion Pharmaceuticals' lone drug posts gargantuan growth. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
May 1, 2008
Brian Lawler
Glaxo's Global Growth Gambit The pharmaceutical's new CEO has changes in mind. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
May 2008
Derek Lowe
In the pipeline The controversy over cholesterol drug Vytorin has been going on for months. Surveying the wreckage, my first thought is: what a terrible shame the whole affair is. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
April 30, 2008
Brian Lawler
Pfizer Protects Profitable Patent The courts uphold a key patent on Pfizer's top drug. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
April 30, 2008
Brian Lawler
The Start of a New Endo The drugmaker marks its first quarter under new management. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
April 30, 2008
Brian Lawler
Idenix Aims for a Comeback This drugmaker may be down, but it's not yet out. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
April 30, 2008
Brian Lawler
Alexza Advances 2 More Drugs The pharmaceutical company's compounds keep zipping through clinical trials. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
April 30, 2008
Brian Lawler
A Dominating Danish Drugmaker Novo Nordisk turns in solid first-quarter financial numbers. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
April 30, 2008
Brian Lawler
A Tale of 2 DNA Drugs More trouble for Genentech's No. 2 product, the systemic lupus treatment Rituxan. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
April 30, 2008
Brian Orelli
Medco's Far-From-Generic Quarter Pharmacy benefit manager Medco Health Solutions benefits from new generic drugs. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
April 30, 2008
Brian Lawler
BioMarin's Bodacious Earnings BioMarin raises revenue guidance for all of its marketed drugs, thanks to strong sales so far in 2008. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
April 29, 2008
Brian Lawler
Sciele's Blue-Moon Buyback The specialty pharmaceutical surprisingly renews its share repurchase plan. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
April 29, 2008
Brian Orelli
Will These Drugs Get FDA Approval? Discovery Laboratories and Adolor are waiting FDA decisions on their drugs next month. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
April 29, 2008
Brian Lawler
Medarex Takes Another Hit Its lead cancer-fighting drug suffers a regulatory delay. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
April 29, 2008
Brian Lawler
So Pharmasset, So Good Early data hints at a promising hepatitis C treatment. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
April 29, 2008
Brian Orelli
Merck's Recovery Flushed Down Merck's best hope at recovery fails approval by the FDA. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
April 25, 2008
James Mitchell Crow
Drug Costs Cut on World Malaria Day Swiss pharmaceuticals firm Novartis has announced it will reduce by one fifth the price it charges governments and NGOs for artemisinin-based antimalarial Coartem. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
April 24, 2008
James Mitchell Crow
FDA takes tough line on biologic drug The US Food and Drug Administration has rejected an application from biotechnology firm Genzyme to make its already-approved, protein-based drug Myozyme in larger batches. mark for My Articles similar articles
Fast Company
May 2008
Greg Lindsay
Medical Leave Your next heart surgery could well be in Bangkok -- but don't worry, it'll be "in network." How your health care is taking wing ... mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
April 17, 2008
Nuala Mora
World's first therapeutic cancer vaccine approved In move that will be a fillip to cancer vaccine developers, US biotech Antigenics has won Russian approval to market Oncophage to treat kidney cancer. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
April 9, 2008
Richard Van Noorden
The shortest recipe for Tamiflu US chemists have published the shortest synthesis to date of oseltamivir (Tamiflu), the anti-influenza drug which is also used to treat bird flu. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
April 14, 2008
Ananyo Bhattacharya
Psychiatric Drug Ads 'Frequently Misleading' Advertisements for psychiatric drugs - including many top-selling antidepressants - often make claims that are either misleading or impossible to verify, according to a new US study. mark for My Articles similar articles
Reason
April 2008
Ronald Bailey
Medical Speech As a 1997 law expires, the FDA is mulling a plan allowing companies to disseminate unabridged reprints of "truthful and non-misleading" medical journal articles describing "off-label" uses of approved medications to physicians. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
April 9, 2008
Mark Peplow
vCJD filter for blood could be in use 'by summer' ProMetic's prion filter, attached to a blood pack, is being marketed by French medical equipment company MacoPharma to clean blood of the proteins responsible for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD). mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
March 2008
Martin Sipkoff
The Epilepsy Battle in the War Between Brands and Generics Brand-name manufacturers and many neurologists see danger in generic substitution, but the FDA insists that the practice is safe mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
March 2008
Lola Butcher
Health Plans Come Together for Better Outcomes Research Companies that participate in large research cooperatives such as the HMO Research Network are helping the whole medical system mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
March 2008
Kathryn J. Alexander
Health Plans Embrace Retail Clinics Convenient care clinics, as they like to be called, are spreading quickly because members and plans like them mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
March 2008
Neil Versel
Health 2.0: Will Its Promise Be Realized? Advocates say new health care websites will transform health care; detractors warn against overestimating the potential mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
March 2008
John Carroll
Should Plans Pay Physicians To Switch Patients to Generics? The AMA calls it a kickback, but the industry sees it as just good practice to give doctors an incentive to get patients on equivalent generics mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
March 2008
Proposed 2009 HEDIS Measures Address Immunization, Obesity Rates The National Committee for Quality Assurance wants to expand what the committee's Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) measures look at in 2009. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
March 2008
Drug Caps Lower Spending, but .... These policies tend to make consumers shoulder some of the cost of prescriptions and the cost could be a barrier to medication adherence. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
March 2008
New Drug Abuse Codes Adopted The American Medical Association says that new CPT codes it developed should make it easier for health plans to determine whether doctors have screened for drug abuse. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
March 2008
Tony Berberabe
Headlines On Deadline ... The Cleveland Clinic has joined with the Internet giant Google to test a secure exchange of patient medical record data involving prescriptions, conditions, and allergies. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
March 2008
Martin Sipkoff
PBMs' Rebate Income Threatened By Lawsuits and Move to Generics A recent court settlement may affect the way the PBM industry makes profits, but could it also lead to higher drug costs? mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
March 2008
CMS Hybrid Payment System Shows Promise Combining Medicare fee-for-service payments with new incentive programs could help physician groups save money for Medicare and reach quality-of-care targets. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
March 2008
PDP Drug Restrictions Block Comparison Shopping A review of 169 commonly used drugs covered by Medicare Prescription Drug Plans (PDPs) reveals that only 4 of the 10 largest plans by enrollment have all of those 169 drugs on formulary. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
March 2008
Specialty Drug Spending to Double by 2010 Additional indications for existing products, rather than new products, account for the bulk of increased specialty drug use. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
April 3, 2008
Rebecca Trager
GSK Challenge to US Patent Rules Successful A US district court has said that the US patent office cannot introduce new rules that drug firms argued were a threat to innovation. mark for My Articles similar articles
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