Last Thursday, 12 August, enforcement officers from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) visited six Polish convenience stores in the Hull area. This followed information received by the MHRA from Trading Standards relating to the suspected sale of unlicensed medicines...
The European Medicines Agency has finalised a review of modified-release oral opioids of the WHO level III scale for the management of pain. The Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) concluded that the benefits of most of these medicines continue to outweigh their risks...
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and the Appointments Commission are pleased to announce the appointment of two new members to the Commission on Human Medicines (CHM). The CHM is an independent body that works closely with the MHRA, advising UK health ministers on...
We are pleased to announce that the Appointments Commission has appointed one new member to the Herbal Medicines Advisory Committee (HMAC). HMAC is an independent body that works closely with the MHRA, advising UK health ministers on traditional herbal medicines. Professor Simon Gibbons is a...
For example one of the meds I'm on is amitriptyline HCL, but I've noticed those letters after severl medicines i've been on past and present. What does it mean?
PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced that the Company's Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS) technology can help insure that traditional Chinese herbal medicines comply with safety guidelines. Amid...
A University of Michigan study recently published in Academic Emergency Medicine says that it is common for patients 65 and older to receive potentially inappropriate medications when treated in an emergency room. Nearly 19.5 million older patients, or 16.8 percent of eligible emergency visits...
GlaxoSmithKline is reviewing label changes proposed by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for asthma medications containing long-acting beta-agonists (LABAs), such as GSK's Advair (salmeterol / fluticasone propionate). GSK and makers of the other affected medicines containing LABAs have...
GlaxoSmithKline is reviewing label changes proposed by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for asthma medications containing long-acting beta-agonists (LABAs), such as GSK's Advair (salmeterol / fluticasone propionate). GSK and makers of the other affected medicines containing LABAs have...
GlaxoSmithKline is reviewing label changes proposed by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for asthma medications containing long-acting beta-agonists (LABAs), such as GSK's Advair (salmeterol / fluticasone propionate). GSK and makers of the other affected medicines containing LABAs have...
GSK announces the formation of a new standalone unit specialising in the development and commercialisation of medicines for rare diseases. Over 5,500 rare diseases have been identified(1) of which less than 10% are currently being treated(2), presenting a significant unmet medical need. Despite...
Campaigners throughout the United Kingdom are to take part in a protest by taking a mass overdose of homeopathic medicine as part of a national bid to prove that the medicines are worthless. The so-called overdoses will occur outside Boots (a large pharmacy chain) in Birmingham, Bristol...
The Bienville Democrat in Arcadia, LA recently reported that America's pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies have made great progress in treating cancers, introducing many new, breakthrough medicines. According to the article, scientists are currently working on 861 new cancer...
The Bienville Democrat in Arcadia, LA recently reported that America's pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies have made great progress in treating cancers, introducing many new, breakthrough medicines. According to the article, scientists are currently working on 861 new cancer...
The Bienville Democrat in Arcadia, LA recently reported that America's pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies have made great progress in treating cancers, introducing many new, breakthrough medicines. According to the article, scientists are currently working on 861 new cancer...
The Bienville Democrat in Arcadia, LA recently reported that America's pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies have made great progress in treating cancers, introducing many new, breakthrough medicines. According to the article, scientists are currently working on 861 new cancer...
The Bienville Democrat in Arcadia, LA recently reported that America's pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies have made great progress in treating cancers, introducing many new, breakthrough medicines. According to the article, scientists are currently working on 861 new cancer...
In connection with the New York Times' recent coverage of hormone therapy1, Pfizer Inc. released important facts and context to respond to the newspaper's account. Pfizer believes the coverage is based on a misleading and selective reading of both the science and history of hormone therapy (HT)...
The Hill examines Medicines for Malaria Venture's (MMV) efforts to get more U.S. funding for its work. According to the newspaper, the group is "asking USAID and Congress to redirect more money beginning next year to drug research and development from a pot of funds used to cover the range of...
America's pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies are testing 97 medicines and vaccines to treat or prevent HIV/AIDS and related conditions, according to a new report released by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA).
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