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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008Is LegitScript legit — or a new Big Pharma front group?
Source: eDrugSearch.com
While reading Benjamin Gluck’s Internet Pharmacy Law blog, I came across a reference to an “Internet pharmacy verification and information service” I hadn’t yet heard of: LegitScript.
I like the professed mission of LegitScript: to improve online pharmacy safety by offering a database that allows […]
India: U.S. Pharma Behind Ranbaxy Ban?
Monday, October 20th, 2008India: U.S. Pharma Behind Ranbaxy Ban?
Indian officials say American drug lobbies pressured the FDA to ban 30 drugs from the pharma giant
Source: Business Week
The Union health ministry has come to the defence of Ranbaxy, alleging that vested interests were behind the US ban on 30 drugs of the Indian pharma major. The US Food […]
9.5% Of American Adults Treated For Arthritis
Thursday, October 16th, 20089.5% Of American Adults Treated For Arthritis
Approximately 21 million Americans - 9.5 percent of adults 18 and older - either visited or called a doctor for a prescription to reduce arthritis pain in 2005, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
The most common form of arthritis […]
More Americans getting high blood pressure: study
Thursday, October 16th, 2008More Americans getting high blood pressure: study
The number of Americans with high blood pressure is on the rise thanks in large part to growing rates of obesity, researchers said on Tuesday.
But increasing numbers of those with high blood pressure, also called hypertension, are getting the condition treated, researchers from the U.S. government’s National Institutes of […]
Dr. Mike Takes His Own Advice to Save Money on Medications!
Monday, October 13th, 2008Dr. Michael Bihari writes a drug blog on About.com. He suggests buying medications at an online Canadian pharmacy to save money on your prescription drug costs when you hit the medicare doughnut hole. To view his post click this link http://drugs.about.com/b/2008/10/13/dr-mike-takes-his-own-advice-to-save-money-on-medications.htm
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