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Uproar as Firms Get Swine-Flu VaccineEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The CDC director urged health officials around to ensure swine-flu vaccine is getting to high-risk groups, after criticism erupted over distribution to some Wall Street firms. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - November 6, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PAID Source Type: news

Swine Flu Sickens 22 Million AmericansEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
An estimated 22 million Americans have been sickened with swine flu since April and 3,900 have died, as vaccine shipments fell behind government predictions. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - November 13, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: FREE Source Type: news

Vaccine Output Falls ShortEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Drug makers have shipped less than half the swine-flu vaccine expected this month due to production delays. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - October 24, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: FREE Source Type: news

Obama Targets Swine-Flu ResponseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Obama's declaration that the swine-flu outbreak is a national emergency is a bid to speed up the response to the illness as vaccine deliveries are delayed. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - October 26, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: FREE Source Type: news

Home Flu Cures: Bad Medicine?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Amid the frenzy to fight swine flu, folk remedies such as keeping raw onion in the room or eating homemade chicken soup are gaining ground. Melinda Beck asks if any of them actually work. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - November 3, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: FREE Source Type: news

Heart Valve Implanted in Boy With Swine FluEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Doctors at Children's Hospital Boston successfully implanted an experimental heart valve in a boy with a congenital heart defect to relieve potentially fatal complications caused by swine flu. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - November 2, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: FREE Source Type: news

Swine Flu Continues to Hit YoungEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The H1N1 flu virus continues to disproportionately affect young people, with government figures on hospitalizations from August to October showing 53% were in people age 24 and younger. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - October 21, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: FREE Source Type: news

Heart Valve for Boy With Swine FluEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Doctors at Children's Hospital Boston successfully implanted an experimental heart valve in a boy with a congenital heart defect to relieve potentially fatal complications caused by swine flu. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - November 3, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: FREE Source Type: news

Obama Targets Flu ResponseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Obama's declaration that the swine-flu outbreak is a national emergency is a bid to speed up the response to the illness as vaccine deliveries are delayed. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - October 26, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: FREE Source Type: news

Obama Declares Swine-Flu EmergencyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In an effort to speed treatment to ill people, President Obama declared a national emergency due to the swine-flu outbreak, the cause of more than 1,000 U.S. deaths so far. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - October 24, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: FREE Source Type: news

Obama Declares Swine Flu EmergencyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In an effort to speed treatment to ill people, President Obama declared a national emergency due to the swine-flu outbreak, the cause of more than 1,000 U.S. deaths so far. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - October 24, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: FREE Source Type: news

Surescripts: Rhode Island's Success With E-Prescribing Leads to First-of-a-Kind System for Tracking Swine FluEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WARWICK, RI (MARKET WIRE) At a press conference featuring healthcare leaders from throughout the state, Governor Donald L. Carcieri announced that Rhode Island was launching a new system for tracking swine flu. Unprecedented in its approach, the system makes use of prescribing data provided by pharmacies throughout the state via a secure electronic link. It is enabled by the state's success with e-prescribing and the digital healthcare infrastructure available through its partnership with Surescripts, The Nation's E-Prescription Network. (Source: Market Wire - Pharmaceuticals and Biotech)
Source: Market Wire - Pharmaceuticals and Biotech - October 26, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Pharmaceuticals and Biotech Computers and Software Medical and Healthcare Source Type: news

Tarascon Publishing Releases iPhone Edition of Leading Portable Drug ReferenceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Tarascon™, an imprint of Jones and Bartlett Publishers, today announces the release of the Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia iPhone application, with continuous updates to critical drug dosing information important to health care providers at the point of care facing evolving medical challenges such as H1N1 ("swine flu") and other infectious diseases. (PRWeb Nov 9, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/iPhone/apps/prweb3089834.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - November 9, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

BioElectronics Corporation: BioElectronics to Announce Results of Acetaminophen Comparison StudyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
FREDERICK, MD (MARKET WIRE) BioElectronics Corp. (PINKSHEETS: BIEL), the maker of inexpensive, disposable drug-free anti-inflammatory devices, today announced that results from the recently completed acetaminophen comparison study will be released on Monday, November 16th after the close of the market. The study compares the effects of ActiPatch(R) Therapy to acetaminophen in the form of Extra Strength Tylenol(R) for the treatment of Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS). (Source: Market Wire - Pharmaceuticals and Biotech)
Source: Market Wire - Pharmaceuticals and Biotech - November 11, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Pharmaceuticals and Biotech BIEL Source Type: news

GE, Lilly Broaden Research PactEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
GE said it will work more closely with drug maker Eli Lilly on cancer research and will launch a $250 million health-care venture-capital fund. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - October 22, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PAID Source Type: news

Vaccine Output Falls ShortEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Drug makers have shipped less than half the swine-flu vaccine expected this month due to production delays. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - October 23, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: FREE Source Type: news

ABRAXANE® Receives Orphan Drug Status for the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer and Stage IIB-IV MelanomaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 5--(HSMN NewsFeed)--Abraxis BioScience, Inc. (NASDAQ:ABII ), a fully integrated biotechnology company, today announced that the Office of Orphan Products Development of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug design... Biopharmaceuticals, Oncology, FDAAbraxis BioScience, ABRAXANE, pancreatic cancer, melanoma (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - November 5, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news