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Top of the List: Baltimore's largest private companies
Each week we give you a countdown of the top five to 10 companies or organizations from one of our Lists publishing in our Friday paper. This week it’s the top 10 from our top 100 List of “Largest private companies based in the Baltimore area,” ranked by 2011 revenue. The List is based on our own annual survey results. Here they are, counting back from No. 10: 10. Diamond Comic Distributors Inc. Address: 1966 Greenspring Drive, Suite 300, Timonium 21093Phone / website: 410-560-7100 / www.diamondcomics.comTop…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 7, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Carolyn Proctor Source Type: research

N.C. recoups $31.8M from GlaxoSmithKline in settlement
North Carolina has recovered $31.8 million from drug maker GlaxoSmithKline as part of the largest health care fraud settlement in U.S. history, Attorney General Roy Cooper said in a news release Thursday. The GSK settlement resolves allegations that the company unlawfully made false representations about drug safety and efficacy, offered kickbacks to doctors, marketed certain drugs for off-label use, and underpaid rebates owed to taxpayer-funded programs including Medicaid.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 7, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research

Study: Waste in health care tops $750 billion a year
A report this week from the Institute of Medicine found that the U.S. health care system wastes $750 billion per year — or roughly 30 cents of every medical dollar — on unneeded care, paperwork, fraud and other waste, WTOP reported. President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney are accusing each other of trying to slash Medicare and put seniors at risk. But the counter-intuitive finding from the report is that deep cuts are possible without rationing, and a leaner…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 7, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research

11 rural Mo. hospitals to share $262,000 in grants for Internet
Eleven hospitals in rural Missouri will receive a total of $262,000 in grants to help speed up their Internet connections. Hospitals in Albany, Carrollton, Dexter, Ellington and El Dorado Springs, Fredericktown, Hayti, Marshall, Milan, Osceola and Potosi will receive the federal grants to improve the telemedicine capabilities of the hospitals and their affiliated clinics to connect patients with medical specialists, KMOX reports.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 7, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research

U.S. health care system squanders $750M annually, report says
The U.S. health care system wastes $750 million annually, according to a report in the Akron Beacon Journal. The findings from the Institute of Medicine show that unnecessary care, fraud and other factors lead to a glut of unnecessary spending. With health care reform on the horizon, and the debate about cuts to the Medicare system, the report suggests that an efficient U.S. health care system should cost much less. The solution to the health care system is among the issues in the upcoming election…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 7, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research

Novant expected to appeal ruling on Wake County facility
Novant Health Inc. will likely appeal North Carolina’s denial of the health system’s application to build a hospital in Wake County, according to the Triangle Business Journal. On Wednesday, Drexdal Pratt, director of the Division of Health Service Regulation in the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, upheld an earlier denial of Novant's application to build a 50-bed hospital in Holly Springs. Novant, the Winston-Salem-based parent of Presbyterian Healthcare in Charlotte, is expected…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 7, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research

Newsmakers
Which members of the Kansas City business community do you need to know? Look no further than the Kansas City Business Journal's weekly Newsmaker features, in which we sit down with local business leaders and let readers listen in by presenting them in a Q&A format. Gain insights about what makes these people tick, their backgrounds, their aspirations and even their favorite pastimes. Don't miss an up-close look at these Newsmakers (click on a name to see the story): Sherry Turner, executive director,…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 7, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research

CIRM approves $20M award — with a catch — for StemCells Alzheimer's research
StemCells Inc. and three other research projects won a total of $63 million in funding Wednesday night from California's stem cell research funding agency. But the $20 million earmarked by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine for StemCells (NASDAQ: STEM) -- the Newark company's second award in two months -- comes with a catch. StemCells must show that it can put up $20 million in matching funds for its study of neural stem cells in Alzheimer's disease. StemCells had $18.2 million…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 6, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Ron Leuty Source Type: research

Frederick Memorial Hospital unveils new logo
Frederick Memorial Hospital in Frederick County unveiled a new logo Thursday that administrators say epitomizes the hospital’s decade-long transformation. Administrators say the logo — a green stanchion and blue arcs paired to resemble an “F” — replaces a maroon circle and arcs resembling an angel. “Our new logo represents the culmination of a decade-long journey to excellence, during which numerous changes and program additions have been made, all with an eye toward fulfilling our…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 6, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Sarah Gantz Source Type: research

Rape report draws licensing downgrade at home
A Beaver County personal care home faces fines and a licensing downgrade following the reported rape of a resident, the second sexual assault in three months reported at such a facility involving residents with a criminal past and mental health problems. The state Department of Public Welfare on Aug. 29 cited the 37-bed Maplewood Personal Care in Ambridge for failing to make necessary accommodations before admitting a resident who had a history of psychiatric problems and violence, according to…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 6, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Kris B. Mamula Source Type: research

PHOTOS: Olympians participate in kids’ health and wellness initiative
Seven female Olympic gold medalists were in town Wednesday to support Kids’ Health Goes Gold. That national initiative promotes children’s health and wellness. It was created by Charlotte-based Edge Health, a marketing firm that develops awareness programs and events. The event at Foundation for the Carolinas featured three of the women’s gymnastics “Fab Five,” Gabrielle Douglas, Jordyn Wieber and Aly Raisman, world-record holding swimmers Rebecca Soni and Dana Vollmer and soccer players…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 6, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Jennifer Thomas Source Type: research

Pitt receives two $1 million grants
The Pittsburgh Foundation has awarded two $1 million gifts to the University of Pittsburgh to establish two endowed chairs supporting cancer research and personalized medicine, the university announced on Thursday. The chairs will be for innovative cancer research and personalized medicine. In addition, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center will match the foundation’s grant for personalized medicine with $1 million. “The board at the Pittsburgh Foundation determined that the University…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 6, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Kris B. Mamula Source Type: research

Alexandria Real Estate Equities sells Morphotek, Animas HQs to BPG
An affiliate of BPG Properties Ltd. has purchased Morphotek Inc. and Animas Corp.’s headquarters as part of a $19.75 million acquisition of a two-building portfolio along the Route 202 Corridor in Chester County, Pa. Morphotek occupies the entire 59,415-square-foot building at 210 Welsh Pool Road in the Pickering Creek Industrial Park in Exton, Pa. The company has 11 years left on its lease and has an option to remain in the space for another five years. The biopharmaceutical company, a subsidiary…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 6, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Natalie Kostelni Source Type: research

OSU Med Center CEO: Health-care issue a clear choice in election, but not only choice
Let’s say you’re the CEO of a hospital system that just passed the $2 billion mark for revenue this year, and let’s say you also head up your state’s largest medical school and need to attract the most talented students and faculty. So what do you do when you’re asked in public: When it comes to health-care policy, whom do you endorse for president? That was the question put to Dr. Steven Gabbe, chief of Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center, during Columbus Business First’s…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 6, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Carrie Ghose Source Type: research

People & Awards: Companies
Accounting Alpern Rosenthal was named to INSIDE Public Accounting’s Best of the Best Firms list for the second year in a row. INSIDE Public Accounting’s annual Best of the Best recognition honors 50 firms for their overall stellar performance based on more than 50 criteria. Banking & Finance Brentwood Bank was recognized as the 2012 Overall Winner by the Pennsylvania Association of Community Banks. The PACB also awarded Brentwood Bank with the Biggest Impact-Community award for its Community…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 6, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Melissa Pravlik Source Type: research

Healthwarehouse.com 1Q sales up 38%
Healthwarehouse.com posted net sales of $3.2 million in the first quarter, up 38 percent from the same period a year ago. Net loss was $1.6 million for the quarter, which ended March 31. That compared with a $1.1 million loss in the year-ago period. Healthwarehouse.com (PINK: HEWA) is a Florence-based online pharmacy company. From 2009 to 2012, Healthwarehouse.com advanced $370,000, with little documentation, to an employee convicted in 2010 of white-collar felonies at another firm. This led independent…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 6, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research

Merge Healthcare shares up on possible sale
Shares of Merge Healthcare Inc. jumped as much as 10.8 percent Thursday after the company said it was exploring a possible sale. The Chicago-based provider of medical imaging technologies and software retained New York City investment bank Allen & Co. LLC to explore strategic alternatives for the company, which could include a sale or merger. Merge (Nasdaq: MRGE), previously called Merge Technologies Inc. said in a press release that it does "not have a defined timeline for the strategic review,…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 6, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Christine Hall Source Type: research

Purchase of Allos Therapeutics is completed
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Inc. on Wednesday completed its acquisition of Colorado biotech Allos Therapeutics Inc. Henderson, Nev.-based Spectrum (Nasdaq: SPPI) paid $194.1 million for the outstanding shares of Westminster-based Allos. The deal was first proposed in April. Spectrum twice extended its tender offer for shares as the Federal Trade Commission examined the transaction to see if it raised antitrust issues. The FTC approved the merger last week. Spectrum finished its tender offer for shares…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 5, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Greg Avery Source Type: research

GlobeImmune offers IPO details
GlobeImmune Inc. intends to offer 5 million shares at $11 to $13 in its planned initial public offering, it indicated in a securities filing Wednesday. The Louisville-based pharmaceutical company is working on drugs to treat infectious diseases and cancers. GlobeImmune has said it plans to use proceeds from the IPO to fund clinical trials and for potential manufacturing. GlobeImmune has filed to have its stock listed as “GBIM” on the Nasdaq Global Market. The company has not announced a date…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 5, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research

Aetna injunction could have city scrambling for $6 million
Aetna Life Insurance Co.’s request for an injunction in its lawsuit against the City of Jacksonville could leave the city in a $6 million bind, a city attorney said Wednesday. Aetna has filed a lawsuit against the city over the $90 million contract for health insurance for city workers. An injunction hearing in which Aetna (NYSE: AET) will ask Judge Gregg McCaulie to stop the city from entering negotiations with Jacksonville-based Florida Blue for the contract is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Monday. “Any…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 5, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Ashley Gurbal Kritzer Source Type: research

Doximity raises $17M to help doctors communicate
Doximity, a company that makes an online professional network for doctors, said Wednesday it raised $17 million. The San Mateo company plans to use the new investment, led by Morgenthaler Ventures, to scale its infrastructure and expand its system to be used by more physicians, said CEO Jeff Tangney. This is the second round of funding for the company, which has raised $27 million total. Doximity has about 30 people and plans to hire about another 12 by the end of the year, Tangney said. One in…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 5, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Diana Samuels Source Type: research

Doximity raises $17 million
In its second round of venture funding, Doximity Inc. raised $17 million. The San Mateo business, led by CEO Jeff Tangney, who in the past was president of Epocrates, is an online professional network for doctors. Morgenthaler Ventures led the round, while Emergence Capital Partners and InterWest Partners also gave money. Doximity has raised $27 million total. The company allows doctors to communicate as in a social network, but without violating patient privacy laws.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 5, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Steven E.F. Brown Source Type: research

McDonald extends with Catholic Health
Catholic Health has signed a new contract with CEO Joe McDonald, extending his existing contract through 2020. The contract was okayed unanimously by all of the organization corporate members and sponsors, including the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul and the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas. According to a media announcement, the extension allows McDonald to complete Catholic Health’s 2020 Vision to lead the transformation of health care throughout…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 5, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Tracey Drury Source Type: research

Sacramento online job postings drop slightly
Job listings posted online slipped slightly in the Sacramento region last month, but were still ahead of August 2011, according to statistics gathered for The Conference Board. The 26,500 ads posted online for the Sacramento region either on corporate or job sites fell .06 percent to 26,500 from July, but were still 13.2 percent more than total of 23,400 in August 2011, according to figures compiled by Haver Analytics for The Conference Board. Of those, new ads amounted to 16,200 in August -- a…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 5, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Sanford Nax Source Type: research

Women determined to grow businesses, gain more power
Women business owners are determined to "hook a sister up" -- that is, help each other grow their companies and gain political power. That message was clear at today's luncheon held by Women Impacting Public Policy and the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council in conjunction with the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte. WIPP released its "Economic Blueprint," updating policy priorities for the nation's 8 million women business owners. Those priorities include providing certainty to business…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 5, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Kent Hoover Source Type: research

Gates Foundation accepting applications for Grand Challenges grants
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has opened up the application cycle for round 10 of its $100 million Grand Challenges Explorations grant initiative. The Grand Challenges initiative creates incentives for experts in various fields to find creative solutions to a variety of global health problems. The foundation awards initial grants of $100,000 twice a year, while successful projects have the chance to receive follow-up grants of as much as $1 million. The program focuses on a number of…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 5, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Valerie Bauman Source Type: research

Health insurance exchange eyes Mass. market
A new private health insurance exchange could shake things up in the Massachusetts employer-sponsored health care market come January. A five-year-old, New York-based company, Liazon Corp., is currently running exchanges, which are marketplaces for buying health insurance, in 23 states. The company opened a Waltham office last year. Liazon is targeting businesses with at least 100 employees that are willing to change how they buy and pay for insurance. With the Liazon exchange, instead of an employer…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 5, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Julie M. Donnelly Source Type: research

Free generics for India's poor but big pharma misses out
Source: Chemistry World | Latest News - September 4, 2012 Category: Chemistry Authors: Akshat Rathi Source Type: research

Irish pharma exports tumble
Source: Chemistry World | Latest News - September 4, 2012 Category: Chemistry Authors: Anthony King Source Type: research

Acadia Healthcare spends $90M for Illinois facility
Nashville's Acadia Healthcare Company Inc. is spending $90 million for an inpatient behavioral healthcare facility in suburban Chicago. The facility, Timberline Knolls, is Acadia's (NASDAQ: ACHC) first facility in Illinois. “We are pleased to announce the addition of Timberline Knolls, a growing, profitable and well-run facility, to Acadia’s expanding base of inpatient psychiatric facilities," said Joey Jacobs, CEO of Acadia in a release. By the end of 2012, Jacobs said the company expects…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 4, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research

Truck industry puts poor health trend in reverse
Around the Green Bay area and the country, transportation companies are taking steps to improve the health of their drivers, with companies like Schneider National Inc. of Ashwaubenon and Veriha Trucking of Marinette emphasizing driver wellness.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 4, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research

Business groups say state is stalling on health-exchange info
Chamber groups and health care-business executives say Minnesota officials need to give them more information on how a state health-insurance exchange will work as they try to meet a November deadline. Minnesota Public Radio reports that critics say the Minnesota Department of Commerce, charged with drafting rules for the exchange, which is part of the new federal health law, aren't being transparent enough. More information isn't likely to come soon — Gov. Mark Dayton said that the administration…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 4, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Mark Reilly Source Type: research

Vet schools: Such relative few
Given that Western New York (depending on your definition) has more than 20 colleges, it's kind of shocking to note that there are only 28 colleges in the entire country where one can get a doctorate degree in veterinary medicine. But that is indeed the case, although that number is about to increase slightly with this very high-profile Buffalo development. Why so few? Money. Andrew Maccabe, executive director of the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges, said it is prohibitively…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 4, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Dan Miner Source Type: research

Midtown Exchange a case study for Memphis
A huge, abandoned Sears facility near downtown. A redevelopment plan that recasts the property into a home for a health care organization. Sound familiar? The city even starts with an "M" — but it's not Minneapolis. Memphis is taking a cue from the 2005 rehabilitation of the former Minneapolis Sears complex into the Midtown Exchange, which is headquarters of Allina Hospitals and Clinics, among other things. In Memphis, groups like St. Jude Children's Research Center and Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 4, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Mark Reilly Source Type: research

Database charts uninsured residents in Texas counties
The Texas Tribune has published an interesting interactive report on the number of uninsured people living in each Texas County. The Tribune reported that Texas has the highest rate of uninsured residents in the nation, citing the U.S. Census Bureau. More than 5.8 million Texans were uninsured in 2010, the Tribune reported. How did the Dallas-Fort Worth area do in the number of residents who lack health insurance? In Dallas County, 31 percent of it 2,139,366 residents were uninsured. That 663,878…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 4, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Lance Murray Source Type: research

OptiMedica gets FDA Market Clearance for laser cataract system
OptiMedica Corp. has been granted U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) market clearance for its "Catalys Precision Laser System" for single-plane and multi-plane cuts in the cornea during cataract surgery, according to a release. The Sunnyvale-based ophthalmic company said the system was also CE mark approved for these incisions in March 2012. The system got FDA clearance in Dec. 2011. Since its approval, the system has been installed in 20 ophthalmic practices and used for more than 3,000…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 4, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research

Nursing home reports case of tuberculosis
A Bethel Park nursing home is on alert after a resident contracted tuberculosis. KDKA-TV said the unidentified woman in her 80s, who lives at Meadowcrest Nursing Center, tested positive for the disease and the Allegheny County Health Department is on the case. KDKA said residents and others who have been in contact with the woman were notified.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 4, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research

Pulmatrix names new CEO, announces positive results for drug candidate
There’s a new leader at the helm of Lexington biotech Pulmatrix Inc. The clinical stage biotech has tapped Chief Scientific Officer Robert Clarke to take the role as CEO at Pulmatrix. Clarke, who joined the company in 2004 and made his way to oversee the research and development at Pulmatrix, will replace outgoing CEO Robert Connelly who left the company after four years at its helm to become CEO of WikiCell Designs Inc., a Cambridge and Paris startup developing edible forms of food and beverage…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 4, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Patricia Resende, MHT Source Type: research

Net Health acquires Wound Care Strategies
Pittsburgh-based Net Health Systems has acquired Wound Care Strategies. Financial terms of the deal weren't announced but privately held Net Health said it was part of Spectrum Equity's investment in the company. Net Health said the two software companies serving the wound care field would support the information systems of more than half of the country's clinics. Cathy Thomas Hess, who was founder and president of Wound Care, would become Net Health Systems' vice president and chief clinical officer.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 4, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Paul J. Gough Source Type: research

Canadian pharma Valeant to purchase Medicis for $2.6B
The Phoenix Business Journal reports that Scottsdale-based Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. is being sold for $2.6 billion to a Montreal drug company. Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. entered a definitive agreement to buy all Medicis stock for $44 per share in cash — a 39 percent premium on the drug maker’s Aug. 31 closing price of $31.56 and greater than its 52-week high of $40.10.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - September 4, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: research

Wheaton Franciscan starts first phase of $49M expansion in Franklin
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare plans a June 2013 move-in for a 64,800-square-foot medical office building that marks the first phase of its expansion on South 27th Street in Franklin. The health system on Aug. 21 sealed a development agreement with city officials for the project and at the end of August started prepping a site for construction. The three-story office building, valued at more than $13 million, and 300 parking spaces are the first phase of a $49 million build-out of Wheaton’s campus…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 2, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Sean Ryan Source Type: research

GHSU reports on stroke research
Successive, vigorous bouts of leg compressions following a stroke appear to trigger natural protective mechanisms that reduce damage, researchers report. Compressing then releasing the leg for several five-minute intervals used in conjunction with the clot-buster tPA, essentially doubles efficacy, said Dr. David Hess, a stroke specialist who chairs the Medical College of Georgia Department of Neurology at Georgia Health Sciences University. “This is potentially a very cheap, usable and safe –…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 2, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Urvaksh Karkaria Source Type: research

Table of Contents
Source: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy - September 1, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Frontmatter Source Type: research

Pharmacoepidemiology
Compared with other disciplines, the field of applied pharmacoepidemiology is relatively new, born of the need for postmarketing surveillance to study drug utilization and effects in the real world, and drug efficacy reported in clinical trials. Now in its fifth edition, Pharmacoepidemiology, by Brian Strom, Stephen Kimmel, and Sean Hennessy is considered by many to be the go-to reference for those working and/or interested in the field of pharmacoepidemiology. The purpose of this book has expanded from introducing the field of study to the rest of the scientific community in the first edition to providing a comprehensive ...
Source: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy - September 1, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Traci J. LeMasters Tags: Book Review Source Type: research

A review of published studies of patients’ illness perceptions and medication adherence: Lessons learned and future directions
Conclusions: Although the CSM is a well-known patient behavior model, its use to explain medication adherence has been limited to cross-sectional studies across various health conditions. Further research is needed to elucidate the relationships between illness perceptions and patient medication adherence, which can help practitioners to better engage and communicate with patients.
Source: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy - September 1, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Suzan N. Kucukarslan Tags: Review Articles Source Type: research

Showing the way: Enhance the value of research findings
Pharmacy's current evidence base for practice change is well served by recently published articles in Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy (RSAP). Many of the journal's most frequently downloaded articles from 2011 show that pharmacy researchers appear to study problems under more typical conditions than restrictive efficacy trials. According to some, the use of typical conditions to study effectiveness should make the translation of research into practice more straightforward. But, is this sufficient?
Source: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy - September 1, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Colleen J. Metge Tags: Editorials Source Type: research

Leventhal's common-sense model and medication adherence
The successful treatment of patients' conditions and diseases can be compromised by the lack of or inadequate use of the therapeutic agent by the patient. Health care providers often are unaware of nonadherence and lack information or the tools to improve the dilemma. Patients, for a variety of reasons, are too often poorly adherent to their prescribed therapies, resulting in suboptimal outcomes and increased costs. The health and economic consequences of poor adherence to medications have been well documented in the scientific literature and in the lay press. The advent of large health care claims databases has allowed re...
Source: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy - September 1, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Kevin C. Farmer Tags: Editorials Source Type: research

Conference Scene: Trends in the stem cell and regenerative medicine industry.
Abstract The World Stem Cell Regenerative Medicine Congress series, now in its 7th year, is organized annually in the USA, Europe and Asia by Terrapinn, a business media company with its head office in London, and has grown over the last several years into the largest and probably the most important strategic stem cell conference where regulators, investors, big pharma, and small and medium enterprises gather to share and create synergy in developing and commercializing stem cell applications. The conference, held in London on 21-23 May 2012, only confirmed that this series is the meeting to attend if you want to g...
Source: Regenerative Medicine - September 1, 2012 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Ilic D Tags: Regen Med Source Type: research