Medications in Biological Technology

Pharmacy Compounds Liquid Mupirocin for the Chronic Sinusitis Patient

... no shaking or mess and is compatible with other medications mixed in saline immediately prior to the nasal ... This solution will mix well with other concurrent medications the physician may prescribe," states ASL ... in Camarillo, CA that specializes in formulating medications (antibiotics, anti-fungals, and ...

FDA Issues Complete Response Letter for RISPERDAL(R) CONSTA(R) for the Adjunctive Maintenance Treatment of Bipolar Disorder

... The company currently markets prescription medications for the treatment of schizophrenia, bipolar ... doctor. RISPERDAL(R) CONSTA(R) and similar medications can raise the blood levels of a hormone known as ... continued use. Some side effects seen with these medications include the absence of a menstrual period; ...

Phase 3 Data Demonstrate Efficacy and Tolerability of Paliperidone Palmitate, an Investigational Long-Acting Therapy for the Treatment of Schizophrenia

... mental health, it currently markets prescription medications for the treatment of schizophrenia, bipolar mania ... about any current or past heart problems. Some medications interact with paliperidone. Please inform your healthcare professional of any medications or supplements that you are taking. ...

Cardinal Health Launches Pyxis(R) MedStation(R) 4000; Introduces Industry-First Service to Interpret Dispensing and Infusion Data

... hospitals increase the security of high-alert medications and reduce medication errors. Key new features ... Provides the option to require clinicians to scan medications upon removal to help ensure they've retrieved the ... used during restocking to help ensure the right medications are loaded into the right drawer location. ...

Family Medicine Cabinet: Free, New On-Line Tool Helps Track Your Medication Safety

... ( www.drugs.com/mednotes ) -- Add your medications to instantly assemble relevant medical ... conditions. -- Use MedNotes to manage medications profiles for yourself and your family. ... different family members, enter the names of all medications being taken and register to receive -- all in one ...

Cephalon Launches National Consumer Awareness Initiative on Appropriate Use of Prescription Opioid Medications

... 4:00 p.m. Eastern, and will focus on safeguarding medications in the home. "This program is consistent with Cephalon's commitment to ensure that prescription medications are used safely by the appropriate patients," ... and the public can do to safeguard medications and help prevent abuse and diversion of ...

Prominent Physician Achieves Success Using Topical Sinus Medications via Pulsitile Irrigation

... doctors regarding his method of administering medications via pulsatile irrigation with the Hydro-Pulse. ... maximum effect, the patient administers their medications as follows: 1. The patient fills the ... not blow their nose for the next hour Which medications should be used? Dr. Grossan initially began with ...

Pharmacy Students Taught Improved Medication Adherence and Holistic Health Services Through Program Incorporating InforMedix's Med-eXpert(TM) System

... 14 different medications, who is taking these medications to treat congestive heart failure, high ... and advising patients with respect to their medications and health. Bill G. Felkey, Professor of ... while tracking patients' adherence to their medications and care plans, and The Med-ePhone(TM), which ...

New Aptivus(R) (tipranavir) Oral Solution Approved for Treatment-Experienced Pediatric and Adolescent HIV Patients

... have received multiple courses of anti-HIV medications and many have evidence that their HIV strains ... for increased bleeding or who are receiving medications known to increase the risk of bleeding. -- The ... or other medical conditions, or who are receiving medications known to increase the risk of bleeding such as ...

Treatment with Paliperidone ER May Be Associated with Significantly Reduced Use of Mental Health Resources

... about any current or past heart problems. Some medications interact with paliperidone. Please inform your ... contact your doctor. Paliperidone and similar medications can raise the blood levels of a hormone known as ... use. Some side effects seen with these medications include the absence of a menstrual period; ...

Abbott Receives FDA Approval for SIMCOR(R) (Niaspan(R) / simvastatin), a Novel Combination Medicine for Comprehensive Cholesterol Management

... Use of Niaspan with other lipid-altering medications called statins may increase the risk of ... or other medicines including lipid-lowering medications called fibrates or niacin, increasing the risk of ... Patients should tell their doctor about any other medications they are taking. The most common side effects are ...

Study Suggests Risperidone Long-Acting Injection Combined with Standard Treatment Helped Delay Time to Relapse in Patients with Bipolar Disorder

... for more health care resources, more concomitant medications and poorer outcomes.(4) About Risperidone ... less than or equal to 3 and the subject's medications and doses of other psychotropic medications remained unchanged. (b) RMB = a fully ...

Wedgewood Pharmacy Will Continue to Provide Avastin(R) to Ophthalmologists and Retinal Specialists

... A compounding pharmacy creates customized medications for individual patients in response to a licensed ... and has different needs, customized, compounded medications are a vital part of quality medical care. The ... to) the following situations: -- When needed medications are discontinued by or generally unavailable ...

PARI Respiratory's LC PLUS & PRONEB Ultra Deliver Dey, L.P.'s New COPD Therapy; Perforomist Launched Yesterday

... nebulizer system for new nebulized medications in clinical development. About Perforomist ... Inhalation Solution belongs to a class of medications known as long-acting beta2-adrenergic agonists ... Inhalation Solution should not be used with other medications containing LABAs. Do not use more than one nebule ...

Topline Findings from Comparative Analysis of INVEGA(TM) and Quetiapine in Schizophrenia to be Postered at the 20th Annual U.S. Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress

... Please inform your healthcare professional of any medications or supplements that you are taking. Neuroleptic ... their risk for seizures. INVEGA and similar medications can raise the blood levels of a hormone known as ... continued use. Some side effects seen with these medications include the absence of a menstrual ...

iGuard Transforms Drug Safety Alert and Update Process

... information about the risk profile of their medications through iGuard, a wholly-owned subsidiary ... sent personalized risk ratings about the medications they take, including interactions between drugs. ... research findings back to patients based on the medications they are taking." Stephenson, a medical doctor ...

NJ Board of Pharmacy Approves Wedgewood Pharmacy Technician-Training Program

... A compounding pharmacy creates customized medications for individual patients in response to a licensed ... and has different needs, customized, compounded medications are a vital part of quality medical care. The ... and potency levels than commercially available medications supply. Through this relationship, patient needs ...

New Survey Reveals Many Adults With High Cholesterol Fail to Take Necessary Steps to Improve Their Condition

... concerned about the possibility that prescription medications will damage their liver (83 percent) and kidneys ... class of non-systemic cholesterol-lowering medications is the bile acid sequestrant class (BAS). The ... differs from many other LDL cholesterol-lowering medications on the market because it is non-absorbed, meaning ...

FDA Approves RISPERDAL(R) to Treat Adolescents with Schizophrenia and Children and Adolescents with Bipolar Mania

... or body movements that can be caused by all medications of this type. If you have these symptoms, talk to ... talk to your health care professional. Some medications may interact with RISPERDAL(R). Avoid alcohol ... The company currently markets prescription medications for the treatment of schizophrenia, bipolar mania ...

Sumavel(TM) DosePro(TM) (sumatriptan injection) Approved by FDA for Acute Migraine and Cluster Headache: First Product Featuring Novel DosePro Needle-Free Delivery System

... a ground-breaking advancement in the self-administration of subcutaneous medications without a needle," said Stephen Farr, Ph.D., president, chief operating ... not be used within 24 hours of other ergotamine-containing or ergot-type medications or other 5-HT1( )agonists and is not generally recommended for use with ...

Brain Monitor Eliminates Need for Routine Oxygen With Propofol - Friedberg's Triad Unveiled

... PK anesthesia in 1997. Since then, no PK patients needed any anti-vomiting medications or strong pain, narcotic medications for pain. Most anesthesia providers who give propofol have observed ...

Sinobiopharma Announces SFDA Approval of Anti-Hypertension Drug Perindopril

... drug. Perindopril, used alone or in combination with other medications to treat high blood pressure, is the latest generation of a class of medications called angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors. It supports ...

First oral uveitis drug reduces both inflammation and recurrence in potentially blinding eye disease

... Additionally, in patients who are discontinuing potentially toxic medications for uveitis, such as the corticosteroid prednisone, LX211 actively reduces ... successfully treat uveitis, and there are currently no FDA-approved oral medications for this condition. Treating physicians often prescribe corticosteroids, ...

Mylan's Matrix Receives First Tentative FDA Approval Under PEPFAR for Generic Truvada(R)

... yet another important step in providing access to a range of critical HIV medications to patients in developing countries. Mylan and Matrix continue to make a ... inhibitor (NRTI or "nuke") family and is used in combination with other medications to control HIV infection. Patients often use second-line therapies if and ...

Atritech Completes $30 Million Financing

... risk of having a stroke. Typically these patients require blood thinning medications to prevent these clots from forming in the heart. Current medical therapy ... alternative for patients with AF who may not want to take blood thinning medications for life. "Atritech has developed an exciting new product that in our ...

FDA Approves SYMBICORT(R) for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

... twice daily,(2) SYMBICORT is a combination of two proven respiratory medications - budesonide, an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS), and formoterol, a rapid and ... patients with asthma not adequately controlled on other asthma-controller medications (eg, low- to medium-dose inhaled corticosteroids) or whose disease ...

Genetic information personalizes warfarin prescribing

... to patient, depending on factors such as age, gender, weight and other medications taken. Recently, clinicians identified two genes, CYP2C9 and VCORC1, that ... genetic database. "We hope to do similar studies for hundreds of medications and diseases," he says. ...

New label-free method tracks molecules and drugs in live cells

... the technology to map lipids in a live cell, and to measure diffusion of medications in living tissue. These are just two early examples of how SRS microscopy ... penetration by dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), a compound added to many topical medications and ointments to enhance absorption. Scientists currently use a variety ...

T-System Releases The T SystemEV(R) 2.6.3, Featuring New Meds/Allergies Notification, Automated Charge Capture

... allows authorized departments outside the ED to access a patient's present medications and allergies prior to discharge, before all documents are locked and ... T SystemEV already screens for drug/drug and drug/allergy interactions for medications entered in the Core Clinical Data Module (CCDM), based on patients' ...

Clinical Study of Intermezzo(R) for the Treatment of Middle of the Night Awakening Published in SLEEP

... awakenings at the time they occur. The most commonly prescribed sleep medications are intended to be taken at bedtime and they produce sleep for seven to eight hours after dosing. Such medications can be used at bedtime to prevent an awakening later in the night, but the ...

Risky Business: New Survey Suggests Many Americans Live Dangerously, Even When They Say They Aren't 'Risk Takers'

... taking health risks included: -- Forgetting to take prescribed medications overall: 12 percent regularly or occasionally -- Forgetting to take ... Consumer Care Division is among the largest marketers of over-the-counter medications and nutritional supplements in the world. Some of the most trusted and ...

Palatin Technologies, Inc. Reports Positive Results of Phase 2a Clinical Study with PL-3994 for the Treatment of Heart Failure

... that PL-3994 can be given safely to patients taking antihypertensive medications commonly administered to heart failure and hypertension patients. The ... at least one episode of acute HF that requires treatment with intravenous medications in the hospital. There were over 1.1 million hospitalizations for HF in ...

Roche Introduces Program to Facilitate Corporate Pandemic Stockpiling of Tamiflu(R)

... released proposed guidances for businesses on the stockpiling of antiviral medications as part of pandemic flu planning. The guidances, which are posted at ... community outbreaks." The Strategic National Stockpile of antiviral medications will only cover 25% of the population. Moreover, if antivirals are ...

A single VSOP can do a 'proton' magic!

... that remove infected pathogens, this finding may help to design new medications for enhancing the activities of innate immunity. They report this work in ... without making any assembling hole. This finding may help to design new medications for promoting activities of innate immunity or prevention of abnormal ...

First Annual Autism Conference at Packard Children's and Stanford Brings Parents and Researchers Together

... it be genetic? What is it like to be a child with autism? Are there new medications or therapies that might alleviate some of my child's symptoms?" On May ... will review the safety and effectiveness of traditional and innovative medications for some of the symptoms of autism and Asperger's Disorder. He will be ...

New Patient Satisfaction Study With budesonide/formoterol Combination Therapy and fluticasone/salmeterol Combination Therapy in Adults With Asthma

... Categories included symptom relief, onset of action, sensations that medications are working and self-management of dosing, as well as seven other ... be used for patients not adequately controlled on other asthma-controller medications (e.g., low-to-medium dose inhaled corticosteroids) or whose disease ...

Lilly CEO Urges Policy Prescriptions to Help Ensure Public and Private Biotech Investments Generate Dividends and U.S. Job Growth

... pay off, the intellectual property protections the government affords new medications ranks among the top of the list, he said. Intellectual property protections for a class of medications called "biologics," is a policy battle now just heating up on Capitol ....

Anavex appoints Dr. Dimitri Goundis to lead Clinical Development

... ) and Roche (SWX: ROG). He has successfully led the development of several medications currently on the market, including SPP 100 (Tekturna/Rasilez), which was ... Our drug candidates have the potential to be safer and more effective than medications currently on the market because they aim to modify and treat the ...

Baxter's V-Link Luer-Activated Device With VitalShield Protective Coating Now Available For Hospitals

... protective coating Many hospitalized patients need a steady supply of medications or fluids delivered into their bloodstream. Typically, an IV catheter ... to allow direct access to the bloodstream. In the process of injecting medications or fluids into a sterile line, surface or other environmental contaminants ...

Sharps Compliance Corp. Announces Purchase of Medical Waste Disposal Facility and Addition of Autoclave Technology

... for additional revenue streams - Expanding ability to dispose of unused medications and expired pharmaceutical waste, including controlled substances ... substances. It believes that it will be in a position to accept unused medications and expired pharmaceutical waste, including controlled substances, for ...