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February 05, 2016 Acting FDA Commissioner Stephen Ostroff, MD, notes that recent hearings on Capitol Hill highlighted the issue of access to quality, affordable medicines, in particular generic drugs. “FDA’s generic drug program promotes access to quality... by admin | Feb 5, 2016 | Archive
February 05, 2016 The rapidly fading effectiveness of the pertussis booster vaccine may help explain recent widespread outbreaks of whooping cough, according to researchers. The United States stopped using a whole-cell pertussis vaccine in the 1990s and began using an... by admin | Feb 5, 2016 | Archive
February 05, 2016 A new analysis finds that use of opioid analgesics—which are critical for treating pain—increased significantly in North America, western and central Europe, and Oceania from 2001–13. The same was not true for Africa, Asia, Central America, South... by admin | Feb 5, 2016 | Archive
February 05, 2016 A new Thomson Reuters report predicts there will be seven “blockbuster” drugs launched this year. While 2015 had 11 new blockbuster drugs, the forecast for drugs with at least $1 billion annual sales potential this year still bodes well... by admin | Feb 5, 2016 | Archive
February 05, 2016 Independent pharmacies, numbering more than 24,000 nationwide, are counting on federal legislation to overhaul what they say is a broken system that has caused many of their small businesses to fold. Under it, they are at the mercy of insurers that... by admin | Feb 5, 2016 | Archive
February 05, 2016 A new study in Critical Care Medicine finds that taking daily low-dose aspirin may offer protection against death from a Staphylococcus aureus blood infection. Swiss scientists followed 838 cases of S. aureus infection from 2001 through 2013, and...