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Americans cutting costs by skipping prescription drugsBy Dr Ananya Mandal, MD A Consumer Reports survey revealed that more Americans are ignoring their doctor’s advice and skipping prescription drugs or medical procedures to save money in 2011 than a2012/1/9
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Challenges in new product planning and development process for pharmaceutical industryThe new product planning and development process is fraught with challenges, from regulatory requirements and safety concerns to cost constraints and competitive pressures. New product planning lead2012/1/9
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SFDA issues Measures for Food and Drug Complaint Report (interim)In order to standardize the management of food and drug complaint report, firmly crackdown on illegal activities, and ensure food and drug safety for the public, the State Food and Drug Administ2012/1/9
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Scientists identify how dihydromyricetin counteracts acute alcohol intoxicationUCLA researchers have identified how a component of an ancient Chinese herbal anti-hangover medicine called dihydromyricetin, isolated from the plant Hovenia, counteracts acute alcohol intoxication2012/1/6
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Sanofi granted preliminary injunction to prevent launch of Seikagaku's Synvisc-OneSanofi US today announced that the U. S. District Court in Massachusetts granted the company a preliminary injunction against a Synvisc-One® (hylan G-F 20) competitor product developed by Seikagak2012/1/6
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Cost paid for statins 400% higher in the U.S. than U.K.In the United States, the cost paid for statins (drugs to lower cholesterol) in people under the age of 65 who have private insurance is approximately 400 percent higher than comparable costs paid b2012/1/6
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Vitamin D may stop conferring cardiovascular benefits: StudyNew research by Johns Hopkins scientists suggests that vitamin D, long known to be important for bone health and in recent years also for heart protection, may stop conferring cardiovascular benefit2012/1/5
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Study: Drug research often suppressedA British Medical Journal study examinedpharmaceutical research. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Drug Research Routinely Suppressed, Study Author FindsDrug research, even from clinical trials sponsored b2012/1/5
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Pfizer’s Prevenar 13 gets US approval for adultsBy Dr Ananya Mandal, MD Health authorities of United States have approved the expansion of Pfizer Inc's Prevnar vaccine for use in adults 50 and older to fight pneumonia, meningitis and other disea2012/1/4
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FDA notes shortage of ADHD medicinesBy Dr Ananya Mandal, MD According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) drugs to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are in such short supply that hundreds of patients co2012/1/4