News: May 2012 Drug News
Here is what is in the May Drug News:
- Community pharmacies preferred over mail order at a rate of 4:1, study shows
- Shingles Vaccine Safe But Underutilized: Study
- Measles Cases At 15-Year High In 2011: CDC
- Daily Activity Can Lower Alzheimer’s Risk In The Very Old: Study
- No Proof Bad Gums Cause Heart Trouble: Experts
- New Caffeine “Aeroshots” Criticized by FDA
- More Consumers Tapping Social Media For Health Info: Survey
- Humira on pace to be world’s No. 1 drug
- Poll: More Americans Expect Supreme Court Decision To Be Political
- Urinary Incontinence Drugs Have Only Modest Benefits: Study
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News: April 2012 Drug News
Here is what is in the April Drug News:
- ADA Unveils New Diabetes Risk Test
- Antitrust exemption bill for independent pharmacies gets House hearing
- APhA, NCPA back proposal for new nonprescription class of drugs
- Mail-order waste: $30,000 of unused medications turned in to pharmacy
- Court weighs making health coverage a fact of life
- Fake Vicodin Being Sold Online
- NACDS, NCPA And Pharmacies File Lawsuit To Stop Proposed Merger Of Express Scripts And Medco To Protect Patient Access To Community Pharmacy
- Medicare beneficiaries saved more than $3.2 billion with closing of ‘donut hole’ under ACA, Sebelius says
- HHS Warns Public About Diabetes Phone Scam
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March 2012 Drug News
Here is what is in the March Drug News:
- Reduced Omega-3 Speeds Brain Aging: Study
- PBM (Pharmacy Benefit Managers) Bosses bashing community pharmacists points out need to prevent their merger.
- Flu Season Is Just Starting, but It Appears to Be Mild.
- Successful Advocacy Continues for Pharmacy
- Pediatric Group Issues HPV Vaccine Recommendation For Boys
- FDA Panel Backs Previously Rejected Diet Pill
- Getting A Colonoscopy Saves Lives: Study
- Georgia voters strongly oppose mandatory mail-order plans
- Two members of Congress urge support for MTM Benefits Act
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February 2012 Drug News
Here is what is in the February Drug News:
- CEOs’ Revealing Comments Return to Haunt PBM Mega-Merger as Wisconsin Congressman Weighs In.
- Most Americans Want High Court To Reject Insurance Mandate: Poll
- Pot-based prescription drug looks for FDA OK
- New Definition Of Autism Will Exclude Many, Study Suggests
- FTC investigation of CVS Caremark concludes with fine for overcharges of Medicare prescription drugs
- Consumer groups slam PBM merger plans again.
- 5% of Patients Account for Half of Health Care Spending
- Novartis recalls OTC products; FDA issues warning about company’s opiate products
- Drugs in short supply for U.S. attention deficit patients.
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January 2012 Drug News
Here is what is in the January Drug News:
- New Baby Acetaminophen Strength Prompts FDA Warning.
- About 12 Million Motrin Bottles Pulled From Shelves.
- Public Support For Healthcare Law Rebounds: Kaiser Poll.
- New York law stops mail-order pharmacy mandate.
- Primatene Mist inhaler: Gone after December 31.
- Supreme Court Sets Date For Healthcare Law Arguments.
- Vitamin D Helps Bone Health Only With Calcium: Report.
- PBM Settles Lawsuit, Rehired by Same Group It Was Accused of Defrauding.
- PBMs Bested in Oklahoma.
- For Ninth Consecutive Year, Pharmacists Ranked In Top Three In Gallup Integrity Survey.
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December 2011 Drug News
Here is what is in the December Drug News:
- Antidepressant use jumps 400%, data shows.
- Prescription painkiller abuse an “epidemic,” CDC says.
- Pfizer May Bring Over-the-Counter Lipitor Pill to Market.
- FDA Okays Oral Anticoagulant For Stroke Prevention.
- FDA Launches Website on Safe Disposal of Used Needles and Other “Sharps”.
- Research: Antibiotics Overprescribed For Children.
- Medication adherence study finds 24% of patients do not fill new prescriptions.
- Shortage Curbs Shingles Vaccine Expansion.
- School Hygiene Program Reduced Flu Cases.
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Posted on 12/01/2011 | Comments (0) | Drug News