As a member of the IPPF BOD and one of Janet’s longest standing supporters, I wanted to relect on where Janet brought us from — and to. Janet Segall has had many outstanding accomplishments since she started the Foundation in…
月別アーカイブ: September 2009
What in the heck is this thing called RSS?
RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. What it actually is can simplify the lives of the information-starved from the comfort of their home computer, laptop, or mobile phone.
カテゴリー: Issue 58 - Fall 2009
Awareness: Clinical Trial Rule Is Widely Ignored
Many researchers are ignoring a 2005 requirement that they register proposed clinical trials in a government database as a condition for publishing their results in medical journals. And the journals are publishing the papers anyway, a new study reveals.
カテゴリー: Around the Globe
Copycat Biopharmaceuticals Would Not Guarantee Savings
There is a lot of money involved. IMS Health reports that global biotech sales grew 12.5 percent in 2007, exceeding $75 billion.
カテゴリー: Around the Globe
Want to Change Patients’ Behavior? Look to the Internet
Health insurers face ever-changing expectations from their primary customers — employers — and one challenge that has been tough to meet is getting consumer buy-in on wellness and health promotion.
カテゴリー: Around the Globe
Document Details Plan to Promote Costly Drug
The pharmaceutical industry has developed thousands of medicines that have saved millions of lives, but it has also used its marketing muscle to successfully peddle expensive pills that are no more effective than older drugs sold at a fraction of…
カテゴリー: Around the Globe
For Profit, Industry Seeks Cancer Drugs
SAN DIEGO — Pfizer’s fortunes in the past were built on cardiovascular drugs, like the cholesterol buster Lipitor and the blood pressure pill Norvasc.
カテゴリー: Around the Globe
Disparities: Study Finds Risk in Off-Label Prescribing
Physicians are allowed to use drugs in ways that are not specifically approved by the Food and Drug Administration, a practice called off-label prescribing.
カテゴリー: Around the Globe
