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US Hospital Group Offers Warranty on Surgeries

...roup on Health, a California organization of large companies that provide medical benefits to their workers. Geisinger is one of the few systems in the country that is just beginning to understand the lessons of global manufacturing, Dr. Milstein said. The doctors nevertheless needed some persuading that Pro...

Government Hospitals to the Rescue of Loss-making Pharma Companies

...very year and their orders will certainly help the companies very well, said Satwant Reddy, secretary in the ministry. "Private companies are not producing necessary drugs for poor people. You will not find a folic acid tablet by a privat...

Spending on Diabetes Drugs Soars in US

...anager that negotiates prescription drug costs for companies and other large clients. But while new medicines and combination therapies can be expensive, the cost of treating complications from untreated diabetes would create a much larger burden on government and private health plans and patient pocketbooks...

DiCaprio Bites Back Over Eco 'Hypocrisy'

...talk about the big picture, let's see what big oil companies are doing. "This person is truly trying to relay a message to the public and the way he travels and the way he leads his life should not be splayed out like that." DiCaprio, who described himself as an environmentalist for the last decade, got in...

Beware Weight Loss Drugs, Say Canadian Experts

...ble criteria for safety and efficacy. He also said companies skirted the ephedra ban by using related chemicals, such as those found in bitter orange plants, which can also cause cardiovascular problems. Any obesity drug either prescription or over-the-counter that doesn't prevent or reduce a person's risk...

Gilead's AIDS Drug Awaits Patent in India

...lieve that protecting the intellectual property of companies who engage in drug research and development is a critical part of the treatment access equation. Intellectual property protection, when used responsibly, encourages research and discovery of newer and more effective molecules. "Gilead respects Cipl...

My Space Pressured into Sharing Data on Sex Offenders

...ined the data from Sentinel Tech Holding Corp. The companies partnered in December to build a database with inf...rofiles out of a total of about 180 million. The companies "developed 'Sentinel Safe' from scratch because there was no means to weed (sexual predators) out an...

Single-tablet With Two Drugs may Help Control High BP Better

... multiple medications they need. As a result, many companies have developed combination pills. The ACCOMPLISH data suggest that these combination tablets have the potential to improve control rates to over 80 percent. The findings of the 18-month data were presented at the American Society of Hypertension me...

WHO Announces Deal on Sharing Bird Flu Virus

...st December, pointing out that the pharmaceutical companies that could develop vaccines could make them too expensive for its population. Though Indonesia's health minister last week announced that the country had shared three viruses with a WHO-accredited laboratory in Japan, it is uncertain whether furthe...

Patients Will Suffer Under PBS Cost Recovery

...e Australian people. It is inevitable that drug companies will push up the prices of medicine to recover the additional costs. The AMA calls on the Federal Government to abandon its plans to introduce this measure. PBS cost recovery from the pharmaceutical industry is due to be introduced in July next y...

Women Urged to Be Wary of Ads Promoting Unwanted Drugs

... on direct-to-consumer advertising, pharmaceutical companies have taken their messages directly to the people. ...sends hundreds of letters each year requiring drug companies to retract their ads, most people don't hear about them. The FDA does not require new drugs to be...

Researchers Discover Starch Cocktail Fuel for green Car

...torage and transportation of hydrogen. "Most car companies are putting some money into developing hydrogen cars. A straightforward, cheap strategy like this will be important in allowing hydrogen energy technologies to come into common use, said Kylie Vincent of Oxford University in the UK. Zhang, who pla...

Study Finds Glycerin to Be a Good Source for Cattle Feed

...cent years, academic scientists and private-sector companies have been racing to find solutions and applications for the by-product. An alternative food source for cattle is but one possibility. However, it's likely only a short-term option for the cattle industry. He said economics is another factor becaus...

Researchers Found Drug Effects of Deadly Prescription Well Before FDA

...w study also shows, however, that the FDA and drug companies were faster than RADAR to spread the word about se...RADAR's reports were more complete. Pharmaceutical companies sent out safety notifications two years earlier than RADAR reported its results in journals. However...

Multinationals Exploit Groundwater Sources, and People Suffer

...ow to stand on its own feet again after the lumber companies bottomed out and took off. The town has less than 1,400 people and a high school of four students. But one thing McCloud does have is an abundance of water -- pristine spring water that comes from Shasta's glaciers and feeds some of the world's bes...

Medarex Announces Collaborative Research Agreement With Mitsubishi Pharma

...Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation . The two companies expect to generate and evaluate fully human monocl...he potential treatment of autoimmune diseases. The companies plan to use Medarex's UltiMAb Human Antibody Development System(R) to generate antibodies for resear...

Stop Smoking, Start Living: World No Tobacco Day

...rful anti-smoking campaign on the rise the tobacco companies have resorted to amazing marketing strategies to keep the popularity of tobacco alive. New products such as fruit-flavored, chocolate-flavored, additive-free and organic cigarettes are flooding the market. There is a conscious effort to make ciga...

Combination Therapies Continue to Thrive Among Pharma Brands

...d New Market Entry Strategies" reveals that 58% of companies that launch combination therapies increase revenue...orin and Caduet being broadcast. "One reason the companies are pursuing combination therapies so heavily is that they are relatively cheap and a great solution...

FDA Approves ZYFLO CR(TM) (Zileuton) for Chronic Treatment of Asthma

... a co-promotion agreement executed between the two companies in March 2007, DEY will co-market Critical Therape...ZYFLO CR(TM), the combined sales forces of the two companies will begin promoting ZYFLO CR(TM) to approximately 15,000 allergists, pulmonologists and primary car...

New Guidelines for HIV/AIDS Prevention, Treatment Program in African Workplace

...lized textbook providing additional details on how companies can implement an HIV/AIDS workplace program, and a...impact of HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa, a survey of companies with fewer than 100 workers showed that only 13 percent of the companies had a company policy in pla...

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