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Employee Benefit News - Generics pipeline grows wider

November 19th, 2008

Key Dynamics Shaping Market:
* Drug treatment costs decline in major therapy areas
* Shift in growth from top seven markets to emerging markets, and from primary care to specialty care
* Increased uncertainty over safety, pricing and market access, and intellectual property issues
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OB/GYN News - Drugs, Pregnancy, and Lactation - Antiepileptics

November 13th, 2008

An estimated 0.5%-2% of pregnant women are on antiepileptic medication. Most experts would agree that medical treatment of seizures cannot be stopped during pregnancy because of the high risks to the fetus if the mother has a seizure. The problem is that most first-line antiepileptic drugs have been associated with some degree of fetal risk, although the vast majority of exposed fetuses are not affected.
Some studies suggest epilepsy itself is associated with a higher risk of …

American Family Physician - Are opioids effective in the treatment of neuropathic pain?

November 8th, 2008

Cohrane Abstract
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Clinical Scenario
A 70-year-old woman with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes presents with burning, bilateral pain in her legs that is worsening; she requests medication to relieve he…

Medical Marketing and Media - More blockbusters exit as Fosamax, Advair go off-patent

November 2nd, 2008

MERCK PUT Fosamax (alendronate sodium) and its $3 billion in total 2007 sales in its rear-view mirror last month, following the lapse of patent protection on the osteoporosis drug.
Merck forecast that 2008 sales will decline by at least half that, followed by more attrition later. Fosamax is part of about $20 billion worth of drugs expected to lose patent pr…

Medical Marketing and Media - CME REPORT: Update

October 31st, 2008

NOVARTIS DECLINED comment on reports in the advertising trades that it has selected four agencies to handle its advertising business.
A story in Advertising Age noted that the company had chosen three pairs of agencies, including Omnicom Group shops DDB and Cline Davis & Mann and Interp…

Medical Marketing and Media - One to One names life sciences head

October 29th, 2008

DIGITAL MARKETING firm One to One Interactive has named Gayatri Bhalla group director of its life sciences division.
In her new role, Bhalla will be responsible for the strategic direction of the life science practice, which…

The Ongoing Bipolar Money Saga

October 26th, 2008

Money Problems are something that I am finding several sufferers of bipolar experience. I find this the perfect topic to be exploring on Barely Bipolar because it affects so many people in such a profound way.

This post is prompted by one of my biggest problems that I have faced as an adult. Being in the midst of economic ruin, and at a young age, I feel the need to call up this issue …

Clinical Psychiatry News - Top 10 drugs prescribed by psychiatrists in 2005.(Statistical table)(Brief article)

October 23rd, 2008

Top 10 Drugs Prescribed by Psychiatrists in 2005

Millions

Lexapro 4,893
Zoloft 4,671
Seroquel 4,232
Effexor XR 4,032
Risperdal 3,493
Wellbutrin XL 3,379
Adderall XR 2,759
Ambien …

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Medical Marketing and Media - Draftfcb Healthcare merges two of its shops

October 19th, 2008

PROJECT X-RAY and Area 23, two Manhattan agencies that spun out of Interpublic Group’s Draftfcb Healthcare unit last year, are merging.
Project X-Ray, which handled several Pfizer accounts, will be absorbed by Area 23…

Clinical Chemistry - Inter-laboratory Comparison of Serum Lamotrigine Methods

October 13th, 2008

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J. C. Rilchie1, D. Berry;. K. Dugaw3. G McMillin4. J. Wilson5. 1 Emory University Atlanta. GA. 2 Medical Toxicology Unit. London. United Kingdom. 3 Children’s Hospital & Regional Medical Center, Seattle. WA, 4 ARLP Laboratories. Salt Lake On; UT. 5 William Beaumont Hospital. Detroit, Ml.

Objective: To assess the inter-laboratory variability in the measurement of serum Lamotrigine (L…