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Of death, drugs, recalls, and arrogance

"Niacin (nicotinic acid) comes in prescription form and as 'dietary supplements.' Dietary supplement niacin is not regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the same way that prescription niacin is.

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Exploration of the relationship between health-related quality of life and the price of pharmaceutical products

Objective: The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between a pharmaceutical product's impact on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and differential product price. Methods: Design: An exhaustive search

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How Sud-Chemie keeps drugs high and dry: an interview with Robert Crossno, director of sales and marketing

At Sud-Chemie, we're not just a desiccant manufacturer. We provide a complete spectrum of solutions that can grow along with our customers' needs, ranging from desiccant and oxygen-absorbing canisters and packets to complete

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Africa still awaits Canadian drugs

Jean Chretien's Pledge to Africa Act, which allows generic drug firms to charge Third World countries the cost of manufacturing plus an unprecedented, low 15 per cent, has been stalled by technicalities, according to government officials. In a Canadian Press report, Tony Parmar of Doctors Without Borders,

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A fishy therapy: a thriving but controversial

A fishy therapy: a thriving but controversial dietary supplementShark cartilage is for sale all over the Web. Powders of it, packaged in jars and capsules, are among the products offered at sites specializing in herbal remedies,

Drug makers may shift R&D focus to 'more

Drug makers may shift R&D focus to 'more predictable revenue streams' - Chain PharmacyBOSTON -- The search by brand-name drug companies for a new generation of b blockbuster drugs may give way to the development of medicines that could be more modest in scope but that produce

Tobacco Money at the University of

Tobacco Money at the University of CaliforniaLike many health sciences institutions around the world (1, 2), six academic units throughout the 10-campus University of California system have adopted policies not to accept

Development costs still rise, but success is

Development costs still rise, but success is hit or miss - Chain PharmacyBOSTON -- With scarcely more than 1-in-5 new drug compounds that reach human testing stage actually passing all the way through the testing and review gauntlet,