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ISPE To Present Its 2007 Annual Meeting: "Delivering Today, Transforming Tomorrow", USA
August 28, 2007 08:00:00

ISPE will present the latest in technical education, case studies, and real world, industry-impacting information for the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry at its 2007 Annual Meeting at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., 4-7 November. [click link for full article] -�[Read�more]

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Rasilez Receives EU Approval, The First Major Innovation In Highblood Pressure Treatment For More Th
August 28, 2007 08:00:00

Rasilez (aliskiren), the first new type of high blood pressure medicine in more than a decade, has been approved for use in the European Union. Nearly half of all adults in Europes largest countries, such as Germany, Italy and the UK, suffer from this potentially life-threatening condition5. [click link for full article] -�[Read�more]

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Barr Laboratories Plan B Earnings Remain High Despite Critics Efforts To Reverse FDA Authorization F
August 27, 2007 22:00:00

Earnings of Barr Laboratories emergency contraceptive Plan B, which can prevent pregnancy if taken up to 72 hours after intercourse, remain high, despite critics efforts to reverse FDAs decision to authorize the drug for nonprescription sales, the [click link for full article] -�[Read�more]

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Minnesota Law Requires Medicaid Prescription Drug Formulary Panel Members To Disclose Ties To Pharma
August 25, 2007 16:00:00

A Minnesota law that requires pharmaceutical companies to report certain payments to physicians is "shining a rare light onto the big money" spent on Medicaid drug formulary panel members, the AP/Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The state is one of three in the U.S. [click link for full article] -�[Read�more]

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FDA To Study How People React To Direct-to-Consumer Drug Ads
August 24, 2007 19:00:00

FDA on Tuesday announced plans to study whether positive images featured in direct-to-consumer television advertisements for medications "distract consumers from carefully considering and encoding" audio warnings about the treatments, the AP/Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. [click link for full article] -�[Read�more]

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NCPA Statement On Chamber Of Commerces Endorsement Of Community Pharmacy Bills Which Fix Medicaid Ge
August 24, 2007 08:00:00

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has expressed strong support for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives current efforts to address the problematic new pharmacy reimbursement formula for Medicaid generic prescription drugs. On Aug. 17, the Chamber sent Reps. Nancy Boyda (D-Kan.) and Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo.), prime sponsors of H.R.3140, the "Saving Our Community Pharmacies Act of 2007", a letter endorsing their bill. The Chamber also sent a letter to Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont. [click link for full article] -�[Read�more]

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NICE Recommends Tysabri For Use In Highly Active Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis
August 24, 2007 08:00:00

Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) and Elan Corporation, plc (NYSE: ELN) welcome final guidance announced by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommending use of TYSABRI (natalizumab) in people with highly active relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). TYSABRI is the first treatment for multiple sclerosis to be recommended for use by NICE. [click link for full article] -�[Read�more]

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Eslax (Rocuronium Bromide) Approved In Japan
August 24, 2007 08:00:00

Organon, the human healthcare business unit of Akzo Nobel (Euronext Amsterdam: AKZ), announced that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has approved rocuronium bromide, its neuromuscular blocking agent (NMBA) for use during general anesthesia, under the brand name Eslax. [click link for full article] -�[Read�more]

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NCPA Statement About CMS Tamper Resistant Pad Guidelines For Pharmacies Under The Medicaid Program
August 23, 2007 08:00:00

In response to CMS letter, National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) Executive Vice President and CEO Bruce Roberts, RPh, issued the following statement: "Everybody agrees with the goal of eliminating Medicaid prescription drug fraud. Everyday community pharmacists do everything possible to address this problem. [click link for full article] -�[Read�more]

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FDA To Reconsider Plan To Close Seven Field Laboratories
August 22, 2007 18:00:00

FDA on Friday announced a decision to reconsider a plan to close seven of 13 field laboratories after lawmakers and advocacy groups raised concerns that the proposal would limit the ability of the agency to respond to public health emergencies, McClatchy/Seattle Times reports. [click link for full article] -�[Read�more]

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FDA Rejects More New Medications This Year Than In 2006 As Agency Faces Scrutiny Over Drug Safety
August 22, 2007 15:00:00

FDA in recent months has rejected a "slew" of new drug applications or delayed approval of experimental medications and required more data, as the agency faces increasing concern over drug safety since the painkiller Vioxx was pulled from the market in 2004, the AP/Baltimore Sun reports. [click link for full article] -�[Read�more]

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Letters To The Editor Address Opinion Piece On Access To Experimental Medications For Terminally Ill
August 22, 2007 12:00:00

The Wall Street Journal on Monday published letters to the editor addressing an Aug. 14 opinion piece by Ronald Trowbridge, an adjunct scholar with the Abigail Alliance, and Steven Walker, co-founder of the alliance and its chief adviser, about a decision earlier this month by the U.S. [click link for full article] -�[Read�more]

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Inhalation And Inhalers Gaining Ground In Drug Delivery
August 22, 2007 08:00:00

At a time when the drug industry is striving for patient-friendly delivery methods for new and existing drugs, the growing availability of innovative inhaler device designs is driving interest in pulmonary drug delivery technology and devices as an alternative to oral and parenteral routes of administration. [click link for full article] -�[Read�more]

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Lawmakers To Reintroduce Bill Legalizing Terminally Ill Patients Access To Experimental Medications
August 22, 2007 02:00:00

Lawmakers likely will reintroduce legislation that would require FDA to allow terminally-ill patients to purchase experimental drugs with the recommendation of their physician, CongressDaily reports. Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) and Rep. Christopher Shays (R-Conn. [click link for full article] -�[Read�more]

N/A	Alaska Allows Electronic Prescriptions August 21, 2007 15:00:00 Alaska this week became the final state to allow physicians to send electronic drug prescriptions directly to pharmacists, the AP/Los Angeles Times reports. The move came after the state [click link for full article] -�[Read�more]

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Funding To Help Patients Manage Their Medication, Australia
August 21, 2007 09:00:00

Older patients and people taking multiple medications are set to benefit from better packaging of their medicines by pharmacists.The Commonwealth Government has provided up to $72.9 million to the Pharmacy Guild of Australia through the Fourth Pharmacy Agreement for the Dose Administration Aids program. [click link for full article] -�[Read�more]

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BIO Joins With Other Healthcare Organizations To Launch Disaster Response Initiative, USA
August 21, 2007 09:00:00

The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) joined with other healthcare organizations involved in the manufacturing, distribution and dispensing of biologics and pharmaceutical products to create Rx Response - a program designed to support the continued delivery of medicines during a severe public health emergency. Rx Response was officially launched this week at events in New Orleans, LA and Miami, FL as those areas prepare for hurricane season. [click link for full article] -�[Read�more]

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NACDS 2007 Pharmacy & Technology Conference: Using Education, Inspiration And Collaboration For A Br
August 21, 2007 08:00:00

The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) 41st Annual Pharmacy & Technology Conference welcomed more than 2,700 attendees and exhibitors, making it the largest of all Pharmacy & Technology (P&T) Conferences. [click link for full article] -�[Read�more]

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UCB Announces Submission Of Lacosamide Marketing Application For Diabetic Neuropathic Pain
August 21, 2007 08:00:00

UCB announced that an application for marketing authorization (MAA) for Vimpat® (lacosamide) as therapy for diabetic neuropathic pain has been submitted to the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) by UCBs subsidiary SCHWARZ PHARMA and has been accepted for review. "Treatment with Vimpat® significantly reduced pain in patients with diabetic neuropathic pain during the clinical trial program, which included more than 1,500 patients. [click link for full article] -�[Read�more]

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European Biotech Industry Releases Policy On Biofuels In Europe
August 21, 2007 08:00:00

EuropaBio - the EU association for bioindustries - has released a consensus response to the "integrated energy and climate change package" proposal, endorsed by EU Heads of State earlier this year and currently discussed in European Parliament. The association sets out a policy for first and second generation biofuels. The available biomass in Europe will need to increase in order to achieve ambitious goals of biofuel use set by the European Union (5. [click link for full article] -�[Read�more]

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