- One big myth about medicine: We know how drugs work (washingtonpost.com)
Here’s how we think we discover powerful new medicines: Scientists dig deep into biology and zero in on a molecular Achilles’ heel that could disable a devastating disease,..They concoct experimental drugs that hit the target....Here’s how we actually develop...treatments: good old-fashioned observation, trial and error, and luck
- Getting Comfortable with New Pharmacy Technologies (pharmacytimes.com)
Daniel Kraft, MD, chair of medicine at Singularity University discusses how pharmacists can become more comfortable with new technology. (video)
- New Retrovirus Screening Test Launched by Roche (pharmacytimes.com)
Roche has launched a diagnostic assay designed to identify Human T-lymphotropic virus I/II in donated blood or routine samples....reducing transmission risk and improving blood safety...and timely supply of blood products...currently no treatment to eliminate HTLV from the body..
- Anthem to buy Cigna to create biggest U.S. health insurer (newsdaily.com)
Anthem Inc...would buy Cigna Corp for about $54.2 billion, a deal that would create the largest U.S. health insurer by membership and accelerate the consolidation of an industry from five national players to three...the biggest ever in the health insurance industry
- Pharmacy Week in Review: July 24, 2015 (pharmacytimes.com)
Ashley Talamo, Publisher: Pharmacy Times...(PTNN) This weekly video program highlights the latest in pharmacy news, product news, and more. (video)
- First Test to Distinguish HIV Types Approved (pharmacytimes.com)
first diagnostic test that can differentiate between types of HIV infection has been approved by the FDA...Bio-Rad BioPlex 2200 HIV Ag-Ab assay..will allow health care professionals to....help diagnose HIV infection early and differentiate between types of infection..
- Robotic Pills Could Simplify Administration of Biologic Drugs (pharmacytimes.com)
robotic pill may be the first oral agent to successfully traverse the acidic digestive environment to deliver biologic drugs that, to date, could only be delivered via injection. The pill would facilitate..administration of complex biotech drugs.. ingestible technology increasing convenience...supporting adherence...communicates to caretakers and providers whether a patient has taken his or her doses..
- Pharmacy Compounding Missouri Lethal Injections Must Be Publicized (pharmacytimes.com)
Missouri Department of Corrections has violated the state’s Sunshine Law by refusing to reveal the name of a pharmacy that compounds lethal injections,...compounding pharmacy ....provide pentobarbital for executions.
- Stony Brook School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (pharmacytimes.com)
Stony Brook’s pharmacy school is still pending, but prospective students may want to keep an eye on this option for 2017...in the works for 4 years...national need for pharmacists and the academic and clinical environment at Stony Brook Medicine prompted the idea for a new school (Q&A)
- Malaria vaccine Mosquirix gets European approval (cbc.ca)
first malaria vaccine got a green light... from European drugs regulators who recommended it as safe and effective to use in babies in Africa at risk of the mosquito-borne disease....called RTS,S or Mosquirix, and developed by GlaxoSmithKline in partnership with the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative, would be the first licensed human vaccine against a parasitic disease and could help prevent millions of cases of malaria...