Archive for January, 2008
« Previous EntriesTeva Announces Approval Of Pravastatin Sodium Tablets, 80 Mg
Monday, January 21st, 2008Teva Announces Approval Of Pravastatin Sodium Tablets, 80 Mg
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Nasdaq: TEVA) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted final approval for the Company’s Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Pravastatin Sodium Tablets, 80 mg.
Teva’s Pravastatin Sodium Tablets, 80 mg are the AB-rated generic equivalent of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Pravachol® […]
Massachusetts Group Launches Campaign To Regulate Drug Maker Marketing
Monday, January 21st, 2008Massachusetts Group Launches Campaign To Regulate Drug Maker Marketing
The newly formed Massachusetts Prescription Reform Coalition on Thursday announced an effort to curb pharmaceutical industry marketing in an attempt to bring down drug costs and health spending, the Boston Globe reports. The group contends that rapid drug spending growth is putting Massachusetts’ health care law in […]
Bone-Strengthening Drugs May Be Overprescribed
Monday, January 21st, 2008Bone-Strengthening Drugs May Be Overprescribed
Drug companies exaggerate the benefits and downplay the risks of prescribing bone-strengthening drugs for women whose bones are weakened but who do not have osteoporosis, a new report claims.
Drugs such as raloxifene, alendronate and risedronate do reduce the risk of fractures of women with osteoporosis, according to the article in […]
Drug Approved. Is Disease Real?
Monday, January 14th, 2008Drug Approved. Is Disease Real?
Fibromyalgia is a real disease. Or so says Pfizer in a new television advertising campaign for Lyrica, the first medicine approved to treat the pain condition, whose very existence is questioned by some doctors.
For patient advocacy groups and doctors who specialize in fibromyalgia, the Lyrica approval is a milestone. They […]
Suicide Labels May Cut Antidepressant Use
Thursday, January 10th, 2008Suicide Labels May Cut Antidepressant Use
Study: “Black Box” Warnings Reached Their Target Group Of Children, Teens
Warnings about suicide risk in youths taking antidepressants have affected the use of those drugs .
New research shows that antidepressant use by kids and teens fell nearly 10 percent annually after the drugs got a “black box” warning — the […]
