Latest Pharmaceuticals policy Stories
Through the serendipity of science, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have discovered a potential treatment for deadly, drug-resistant bacterial infections that uses the same approach that HIV uses to infect cells. The National Institutes of Health-supported discovery will be described in the June issue of the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. It is especially promising in the development of a potential treatment for lung infections in people with cystic fibrosis....
Company Confirms Cancellation of 1 Billion Shares, Continuing Efforts to Cancel Additional 5 Billion Shares and OTC Marketplace Update SAN GERONIMO, Calif., May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Virogen Inc. (OTC:VRNI), a holding company that owns Tiger Team Technologies and The Cannabis Connection, today advised of its progress following recent announcements concerning its new business unit, The Cannabis Connection, a company initiative designed to capture a portion of the $15-20 billion...
Tax Relief Will Benefit California Pet Owners SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- They have the best intentions, keeping their pets healthy and saving money. Sounds like a good thing to do, right? Not when it involves buying pet medications from unregulated outlets that may deliver incorrect, outdated, or dangerous medications. That's why Senator Cathleen Galgiani (D-Stockton) has authored Senate Bill 688 to help animal owners afford reliable animal prescriptions and...
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bipartisan legislation that would let pharmacists devote more time to Medicare beneficiaries and less to haggling with drug benefit middlemen over clerical issues and below-cost payments for generic drugs was introduced in the U.S. Senate and won the backing of the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) today. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100106/DC33253LOGO) "Patients trust independent community...
Low cognition hinders seniors' wise Medicare choices, calls into question potential effectiveness of voucher system Millions of seniors are turning down free money. The Low Income Subsidy for Medicare Part D is a rare beast in economics research. The subsidy provides prescription drug coverage essentially free for low-income adults. That means it is what economists call a dominant option. For those who are eligible, there is no rational reason not to choose it. And yet, a new study...
Health Affairs study proposes comprehensive Medicare benefit that simplifies benefits and lowers premiums and out-of-pocket costs 17 percent to 40 percent Combining Medicare's hospital, physician, and prescription drug coverage with commonly purchased private supplemental coverage into one health plan could produce national savings of $180 billion over a decade while improving care for beneficiaries, according to a new study by researchers at The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public...
AMSTERDAM, May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Co-located events P-MEC/ICSE/BioPh/InnoPack/LABWorld are helping to build improved partnerships and drive GMP standards across the region CPhI announces that CPhI China [http://www.cphi-china.com ], an event organised by UBM Live and UBM Sinoexpo, is returning to the Shanghai New International Expo Center (25-27 June 2013, Shanghai) for the 13th consecutive year - with an increased scale, more informative exhibition and regional...
LONDON, May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- GW Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: GWPH, AIM: GWP, "GW" or the "Company"), a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing novel therapeutics from its proprietary cannabinoid product platform, announces that it has received commercialization approval for its prescription medicine Sativex(®) in Italy. A full marketing authorization has been granted by the authorities in Italy for the treatment of moderate to severe...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Men who feel a tinge of embarrassment when visiting their local pharmacist to pick up a bottle of those Little Blue Pills will soon be able to get their prescription filled in the same way they buy almost everything else: online. Pfizer, the maker of Viagra, announced today that they’ll soon begin selling their famous erectile dysfunction (ED) drug on their website. This move is a first for the drug industry which has always...
New Ad: Drugstore Lobby Agenda Causes Wasteful Spending, Higher Prescription Drug Costs WASHINGTON, May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As policymakers examine ways to reduce health care costs, a recent study finds that the vast majority of prescription medication waste in Medicare Part D occurs at local drugstores, not mail-service pharmacies. Mail-service pharmacy prescriptions account for just 0.02% of "waste" in Medicare Part D, according to a study from Visante released by...
