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Merck's rVSV-ZEBOV recorded 100% protection in a Phase III trial, but in a New York Times article following the results, several officials said that the current process for developing vaccines of all types is flawed and delivers promising candidates too late during an outbreak. In addressing future public health crises, a group has called for a $2 billion vaccines fund to pay for research against conditions in which Big Pharma doesn't see a market.

European Medicines Agency Management Board endorsed the European Union Telematics Strategy and Implementation Roadmap 2015-2017 …provides a concrete outline of the EU Telematics strategy and its implementation … cover areas such as governance structure implementation, clinical trials regulation, management and processing of electronic submissions for marketing-authorisation applications …safety information on human and veterinary medicinal products, data integration and pharmacovigilance…

Royal Pharmaceutical Society and National Association of Primary Care have launched a consultation on radical proposals to integrate general practice and community pharmacy… The new proposals are designed to create an environment in which community pharmacists and GPs work much closer together, re-purposing resources to alleviate pressure points in general practice and improve patient care.

Data show that these ads certainly increase the sales of an advertised drug… these ads also tend to trigger a negative response from the public, This use of drug promotion via social media is far more dangerous than TV drug ads. Getting celebrities with millions of followers to tout your product,…can have a big impact… FDA needs to crack down on this as vigorously as it does other forms of drug promotion....

KemPharm, at work on an abuse-deterrent formulation of hydrocodone, said its lead drug performed well in a study designed to determine how easily the pill can be ground up and snorted… human abuse liability (HAL) trial.. 36% less exposure to the active ingredient… shares rose about 18% on the announcement...

Discount Drug Mart has opened the first.. .MetroHealth walk-in clinics… expanding access to health services… clinic will be staffed by a nurse practitioner, who can assess…basic medical needs, administer vaccinations and prescribe medications. Evening and weekend hours will be offered and walk-in appointments are accepted. Providing these services…is the first step to delivering services where, when, and how patients want care."

Flow restrictor on bottle necks helps prevent children from overdosing..Food and Drug Administration has endorsed the use of a safety device for bottles of children's medication containing liquid acetaminophen,…Called a flow restrictor, the device fits into the top of a bottle to prevent kids from inadvertently squeezing or sucking out too much liquid..

WuXi PharmaTech, China's largest CRO (contract research organization), agreed to a $3.3 billion buyout deal that would take it off of Wall Street and into the hands of some private investors. Pending shareholder approval, the Shanghai-headquartered company will cease its U.S. listing in the fourth quarter of this year, selling itself to a newly formed parent company in an all-cash deal...

Benzer Pharmacy announced…that it had begun a program encouraging its employees to be active and stay healthy… joins the growing number of companies who have implemented employee wellness programa(s)….realizes that employees spend the bulk of their days at the workplace and providing corporate wellness programs is a great way to engage employees,"

... researchers at Stanford have genetically engineered yeast to make painkilling medicines, a breakthrough that heralds a faster and potentially less expensive way to produce many different types of plant-based medicines…they reprogrammed the genetic machinery of baker's yeast so that these fast-growing cells could convert sugar into hydrocodone...