- Wary of Chinese Espionage, Houston Cancer Center Chose to Fire 3 Scientists (nytimes.com)
The MD Anderson Cancer Center said it decided to fire three scientists who, among other allegations, failed to disclose international collaborators. Two of them resigned...in connection with an investigation into possible foreign attempts to take advantage of its federally funded research...Federal officials said they found that some researchers had shared with Beijing intellectual property and pilfered confidential information from grant applications. Other researchers had failed to disclose that they were receiving money from foreign sources while being funded by the N.I.H...Federal officials have said that some scientists have run “shadow laboratories” in China while conducting N.I.H.-funded research in the United States. This month, the N.I.H. said 55 institutions across the country are investigating such concerns...READ MORE
- April 12 Pharmacy Week in Review: Muscle Strength May Lower Risk of Diabetes, CDC Offers Tips From Former Smokers (pharmacytimes.com)
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- This Week in Managed Care: March 29, 2019 (ajmc.com)
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- Inactive ingredients in medications flagged as potential problem for some patients (cnbc.com)“Inactive” ingredients in oral medications (stm.sciencemag.org)
Most prescription drugs contain at least one inactive ingrediant (sic) capable of causing adverse reactions, according to a new study...Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital at Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology found these medications to contain lactose, peanut oil, gluten or chemical dyes...The team analyzed 42,052 different oral medications and found that nearly 93 percent of them contained at least one inactive ingredient that could cause adverse reactions in certain conditions, such as peanut oil, lactose or dyes. And other medications included ingredients that people were sensitive to, including gluten and some kinds of sugar compounds...READ MORE
- This Week in Managed Care: April 19, 2019 (ajmc.com)
Laura Joszt, Managing Editor at The American Journal of Managed Care. Welcome to This Week in Managed Care from the Managed Markets News Network
- This Week in Managed Care: April 5, 2019 (ajmc.com)
Laura Joszt, Managing Editor at The American Journal of Managed Care. Welcome to This Week in Managed Care from the Managed Markets News Network
- March 29 Pharmacy Week in Review: Study Evaluates Risk of Psychosis in Young Patients with ADHD, Long-Term Survival May Be Associated with MS Treatment (pharmacytimes.com)
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- April 19 Pharmacy Week in Review: Experimental Ebola Vaccine Demonstrates Protection, Kratom Linked to Overdose Deaths (pharmacytimes.com)
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- April 5 Pharmacy Week in Review: Guidance on Topical Corticosteroids Varies, PrEP Persistence Lower in Woman and Young Adults (pharmacytimes.com)
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- March 22 Pharmacy Week in Review: APhA Annual Meeting & Exposition, Epilepsy Foundation Releases New PSAs (pharmacytimes.com)
Nicole Grassano, PTNN, Pharmacy Week in Review, this weekly video program provides our readers with an in-depth review of the latest news, product approvals, FDA rulings and more.