According to U.K. research firm EvaluatePharma Ltd., the next year or so will see an unprecedented number of common brand name drugs go off patent. This will open the door to generic medications for the most oft-prescribed drugs used to treat blood pressure, cholesterol, asthma, diabetes, HIV, bipolar disorder, and other common ailments. Over the […]
For millions of obese Americans who love to scarf down burgers featuring the nutritional value of a half pound of lard, a pill that lowers the risk of a heart attack might sound like a miracle. After all, don’t those aspirin ads that relate tales of people whose lives were saved by munching on a […]
For pharmaceutical companies and distributors eager to jump on the social media marketing bandwagon, the seas can be stormy indeed. It’s easy to break the rules of the global marketplace and wind up in trouble – with the authorities of a country you do business in, or by unintentionally misleading customers.
In the grand tradition of preying on people desperate for help, several OTC products on the market offer help they cannot deliver. In May, the FDA and the FTC teamed up to take action against products that make fraudulent claims to treat, cure, or prevent sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS.
According to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, chronic patient noncompliance – refusal or inability to take prescribed medications – results in nearly $300 billion in avoidable costs to the healthcare system when patients wind up in the hospital. Pharmacies, especially independents that have more time to focus on customer services, […]
HealthOneMed recently announced Dispense-A-Pill (DAP), a new device designed to help patients manage medications and provide reminders and alerts for up to three months at a time.
Last month the CDC posted a lighthearted look at emergency preparedness by couching a serious subject in terms of a zombie attack, and the ploy worked. The blog post, Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse by Assistant Surgeon General Ali Khan, scored millions of hits in a single week. The web public loved the rare glimpse of […]
Improving the health care system to lower costs and make health care more accessible has been a topic of discussion in the U.S. for decades. One objection to President Obama’s health care bill was the fear that there would not be enough doctors to cover the additional patients and services. Fortunately, pharmacies were already in […]
