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IRI To Launch MunoTM Boost - Immune System Booster

IRI Separation Technologies (TSX.V:IRI) is the manufacturer of a remarkable new dietary supplement that enhances the human body’s natural immune system through direct supplementation of actual antibodies . The product will be available in the United States and Canada under the brand name “Muno Boost” and will be available as an over-the-counter dietary supplement in pharmacies and through direct marketing.

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A few facts about Pharmacy Management in Workers Comp

I'm knee deep in my annual survey of pharmacy management in workers' comp, and if I look at one more column of data I'm going to need a few class 2's myself.

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Wal-Mart Pharmacy Saves Customers Above $1 B On Prescription Drugs

In an address to the Council of Teaching Hospitals in New Orleans, Wal-Mart's senior vice president and president of health and wellness, Dr. John Agwunobi will confirm a major milestone for the company's $4 prescription program. Since its launch in September 2006, the program walmart.com/pharmacy has now saved Americans more than $1 billion ($1,032,573,012.61 as of March 10, 2008).

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Sweden: Those in Debt Denied Medication

Sweden’s pharmacy monopoly has all but given up on being paid the US$ 46.7 million it’s owed by customers who have charged their medications.

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Device prevents potential errors in children's medications

A device designed to eliminate mistakes made while mixing compounds at a hospital pharmacy was 100 percent accurate in identifying the proper formulations of seven intravenous drugs.

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Netherlands to extend its medical marijuana program

The Dutch Health Ministry said that it plans to extend its experimental medical marijuana program for five years.

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Researchers create new synthetic heparin

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have patented a synthetic version of the drug heparin, called Recomparin, that is less complex chemically and should be easier to produce than previous forms.

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Combating counterfeit Rx from China

Agencies worldwide are cracking down on counterfeit pharmaceuticals, and much of the focus has been on China, where an official was recently executed for approving fake medicines.

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Prescription drug cost sharing associated with lower rates of drug treatment

A review of previous studies indicates that an increase in prescription drug cost sharing is associated with a decrease in drug spending and use of pharmacies; and for some chronic conditions, higher cost sharing is associated with greater use of expensive medical services, according to an article in the July 4 issue of JAMA.

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Walgreen Co. to Acquire Option Care, Inc.

On July 2nd Walgreen Co. (NYSE, NASDAQ: WAG) and Option Care, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPTN) announced a definitive agreement in which Walgreens will acquire Option Care in a cash transaction for $19.50 per share.

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Safer way to dose life-saving heart drug

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have taken the dangerous guesswork out of dosing a lifesaving medication for congestive heart failure.

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Many patients don't understand prescription medicine labels

When Michael Wolf paged though dusty, yellowing pharmacists' logs from the 1890s at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, he found the following entry about a druggist's encounter with a confused patient: "Shake well," a patient apparently read out loud to the pharmacist from his prescription drug bottle label. "Does that mean I shake myself."

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