With a newly discovered method of assembling organic molecules, a team of Princeton University chemists may have found a way to sidestep many of the expensive and hazardous barriers that stand in the way of drug development.
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In 2002 the European parliament voted resoundingly against allowing drug companies to provide information about their products directly to patients. However, five years on, this decision is set to be challenged again.
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In front of hundreds of aspiring pharmacy students, Sen. Richard T. Moore, D-Uxbridge, presented the Safe-Rx Award - recognizing Massachusetts as the top e-prescribing state in the nation - to Gov. Deval L. Patrick at the Face of Pharmacy event today.
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A new analysis of health reform bills in Congress prepared for the Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System shows that many current Congressional health care proposals could significantly reduce the number of uninsured Americans and also decrease overall health care expenditures including those for insurance administration and prescription drugs.
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Pharmacological and lifestyle interventions to prevent or delay Type 2 diabetes mellitus in individuals with impaired glucose
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Some seniors may pay thousands of dollars more for their medicines than others with the same drugs in other states
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Legal liability is a powerful driver that could dramatically hasten the development of personalized medicine, according to a newly published article by genetics and law experts at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law.
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Your heart-valve may damage if you are receiving treatment for Parkinson's Disease using drugs Permax and Dostinex, says the study published in the current issue of New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
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Medicare drug coverage enrollment deadline nears; however, Medicare will allow some changes until Feb. 15. Medicare partners and faith-based organizations help help the beneficiaries. Many opportunities nationwide, such as local pharmacies and online, permit Medicare drug plan enrollment.
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A 20 million euro Department of Health program to develop medicines specifically for use in children will be launched jointly by the University of Liverpool and the Royal Liverpool Children's NHS Trust (Alder Hey) tomorrow
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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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