News tagged with generic drugs

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Aspirin-like Drug Could Help Control Diabetes

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Tulane University School of Medicine are participating in a national study testing the ability of a generic drug called salsalate to control diabetes.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 16, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Patent challenges reduce pharmaceutical innovation and productivity, researchers say

The development of new and innovative pharmaceuticals is being stifled by a U.S. law and successful patent challenges that embolden generic competition, according to an article published in this week's issue ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Innappropriate drug prescriptions wasting millions, raising health risks

A recent study in Oregon suggests that drugs designed for treating the most severe mental illnesses are often prescribed at inappropriately low doses and at considerable expense, for use in conditions where their benefit ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Drugmakers brace for generic versions of biotech blockbusters

In 2001, Abbott Laboratories spent nearly $7 billion on the biggest acquisition in the company's 123-year history, primarily to access one drug, Humira.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created May 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

No state lawsuits on generic drugs: US Supreme Court

The US Supreme Court narrowly ruled on Thursday that people may not sue generic drug makers under state laws if they believe a generic drug label failed to adequately warn of side effects.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jun 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Use of $4 generic drug programs could save society billions of dollars, study shows

If all eligible patients filled their prescriptions through a $4 generic drug program, the societal savings could amount to nearly $6 billion, according to a University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH) ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Mar 14, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Elder law expert: Health care reform act a mixed bag for seniors

Although the effects of the controversial health care reform act will be somewhat muted for many older Americans, it will inevitably have enough of an impact that seniors will discover that there is plenty to like and dislike ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Speedy generic approval may not benefit consumers as much as expected, model shows

Faster approval times for generic drugs will get them into consumers' hands quicker, but may not make the price any better, a pricing and marketing researcher has found.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Feb 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

DCA research on brain cancer

Medical Researchers at the University of Alberta reported today evidence that the orphan generic drug Dichloroacetate (DCA) may hold promise as potential therapy for perhaps the deadliest of all human cancers: a form of brain ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 12, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Generic versions of biologic medications are coming

The days of market exclusivity could soon come to an end for the biotech industry if Congress moves forward with plans to allow generic biologics on the U.S. market.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

EU steps up generic pharma anti-trust probe

Europe stepped up action against drug companies snarling up the entry of cheaper generic medicines onto markets, announcing Friday spot inspections confirmed by British No.2 AstraZeneca.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 03, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study: Heart failure drug guidelines often ignored

(AP) -- Most hospitalized heart failure patients are sent home without widely recommended inexpensive pills, despite a program to get more doctors to follow treatment guidelines, a study suggests.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

How drugs get those tongue-twisting generic names

Oseltamivir. Esomeprazole. Trastuzumab. Where do drugs get those odd-sounding generic names? The answers are in the current issue of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Soci ...

Chemistry / Other

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Abbott cuts 700 jobs from device and testing unit

(AP) -- Medical device and drugmaker Abbott Laboratories said Wednesday it will lay off 700 employees as part of ongoing restructuring efforts.

Technology / Business

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Free e-samples of prescription drugs: At what cost?

Search the Internet to learn about your asthma, high cholesterol or other common disorder, and odds are you'll be directed to a pharmaceutical company-sponsored Web homepage. There you'll often find an offer for a free sample ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0