Latest Drugs Stories
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., Oct. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A recent high-profile incident involving drug contamination and patient deaths associated with a compounding pharmacy underscores the safety challenges associated with current drug compounding processes throughout the country. Fortunately, there is a system available today that may help ensure the sterility of drugs during the drug compounding process. The Diana(TM) Hazardous Drug Compounding System, manufactured by ICU Medical,...
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Oct. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Medbox, Inc. (Pinksheets: MDBX) (www.medboxinc.com) announced a major new division and product line for 2013. The company also released financial projections through 2016. Within the next few weeks, the company will spin off a new division called Medbox RX(TM), to focus on the pharmaceutical sector. Medbox RX will offer their medication storage and retrieval systems, and automated medicine dispensing units to pharmacies, assisted...
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Express Scripts (NASDAQ: ESRX) is applying its understanding of behavioral science to a new program to help workers' compensation payers save money on costly medications. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080827/EXPRESSSCRIPTSLOGO) The new product is based on the findings of a pilot study designed to encourage injured workers to use clinically equivalent generic medications. For example, the pilot found that injured workers who were...
As Cold and Flu Season Nears, Consumers Are Urged to Double Check Their Medicine Labels to Avoid Doubling Up on Acetaminophen WASHINGTON, Oct. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Acetaminophen Awareness Coalition is launching a nationwide initiative today calling on consumers to double check their medicine labels so they don't double up on medicines that contain acetaminophen during the cold and flu season. Acetaminophen is the most common drug ingredient in America. It is found...
Unique program offers significant discounts on thousands of prescription drugs while serving as a source of revenue for County Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (PRWEB) October 15, 2012 The providers of the Coast2Coast Rx card and the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors announced today that the county is celebrating its third year of participation in the free discount prescription program—and the fact that it has saved residents more than $3,722,807 on prescription drug costs. The card...
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) today presented data comparing the effects of FORTEO and zoledronic acid on transiliac crest bone biopsies at six months in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis, based on additional analysis of data from the SHOTZ trial. Results, which were presented in an oral presentation at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) in Minneapolis, MN, clearly differentiate the...
BOONTON, N.J., Oct. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Unigene Laboratories, Inc. (OTCBB: UGNE), a leader in the design, delivery, manufacture and development of peptide-based therapeutics, today announced that its successful Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating an experimental oral parathyroid hormone (PTH) analog for the treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women was the subject of an oral presentation given by Morten Karsdal, MSc, PhD, Chief Executive Officer of Nordic Bioscience, at...
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to findings of a new survey, WAKE UP! will host RISE UP, a community town hall meeting on teen prescription drug abuse, this weekend. To view the multimedia assets associated with this campaign, please click: http://www.multivu.com/mnr/58171-wake-up-now-prescription-drug-abuse-us-teenagers-the-pain-truth WHO: All San Diego Residents Are Encouraged to Attend...
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Every year millions of people are tossing out drugs that have reached or passed their expiration dates; many could be doing so because they believe such drugs are not as potent as they once were. However, a new analysis of eight prescription drugs that have well-surpassed their discard date, some by as much as 40 years, has found that these drugs are just as potent as the day they were manufactured. Just as most consumers are...
Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online With pharmaceuticals becoming more and more accessible, medication overdose appears to be a rising concern throughout the world. Researchers have found that overdose is related to both nonprescription drugs and prescription drugs. Studies have shown that there are a number of reasons overdose occurs and many medical experts believe that these studies will help them better understand the trends that are occurring. One study from the...
