News tagged with generic medications
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.
Jan 25, 2012 |
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EU trade deal threatens access to life saving drugs for developing countries
A new trade agreement between India and Europe would block access to life saving drugs for billions of people living in developing countries, warns an expert in the British Medical Journal today.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 22, 2011 |
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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
Mar 14, 2011 |
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Study lays foundation for more patient access to medical records
A new study by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine suggests that many patients are dissatisfied with the way they receive results of radiology tests and want more access to information in their medical ...
Nov 02, 2009 |
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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
Oct 20, 2009 |
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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
Mar 04, 2009 |
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