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Would a rate hike hurt consolidation in the biotech sector? CNBC's Meg Tirrell provides insight to whether there is reason to worry if rates go higher.

Statins are tried-and-true moneymakers, but they also come with their own set of safety concerns…FDA postmarketing safety reports… on side effects for companies producing statin drugs…found that Merck's Zocor, Mevacor and Vytorin were associated with more muscle-related side effects than other drugs in the class…For example, Zocor had 4275 reports of myalgia, 632 reports of myopathy, and 3552 cases of rhabdomyolysis..

The required Oct. 1 conversion to the ICD-10 coding system will be worth the costs and headaches, supporters say….With up to seven alphanumeric characters in ICD-10 compared with a maximum of four numeric digits in ICD-9, there will be lots more room for the codes to accommodate new medical conditions and procedures. With ICD-9, "we've just run out of space," … Advocates also say ICD-10 will allow providers to keep better track of patient care and aggregate data to perform quality-improvement analysis. It also should give hospital and physician leaders sharper tools for analyzing the impact of new procedures and managing population health. They'll be better able to track individual pracces and identify inappropriate practice variation.

For the seventh consecutive year, Roche been recognised as the Group Leader in sustainability within the Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences Industry…. three elements of sustainability - societal, environmental and economic - are completely integrated into our business practices… Roche has maintained its leadership position in the pharmaceuticals industry…including code of conduct and compliance, risk and crisis management, supply chain management, environmental policy and management, talent attraction and retention...

APhM is celebrated annually during October and serves to promote pharmacists as medication experts, an integral member of the health care team, and directly involved in patient care. APhM aims to educate the public, policy makers and other health care professionals about the role pharmacists play in the reduction of overall health care costs and the safe and effective management of medications. Pharmacists have a significant role in assessing patients’ medication management in patients and referring them to physicians.s a time to educate your patients, motivate your staff, and engage and inspire your community to "Know Your Pharmacists, Know Your Medicine."

Young men have a new opportunity to receive reproductive health services from the Southern Nevada Health District…Men's Health Center inside the East Las Vegas Public Health Center at 560 N. Nellis Blvd. opens Tuesday.. Services include a basic health assessment, and nursing staff will provide counseling and education regarding family planning, reproductive health, risk factors for sexually transmitted diseases including HIV and safe sexual practices.

People between the ages of 50 and 59 years at an increased risk of heart disease and stroke should take daily low-dose aspirin,…In addition to preventing heart attacks and strokes,…may reduce their risk of colon cancer if they take aspirin for at least 10 years, according to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force,...Under the Affordable Care Act, the task force's recommendations are used to help set health insurance reimbursement policies.

Clio Healthcare award winners for 2015 are out, AstraZeneca's "Take it From a Fish" work--got a second-place silver Clio. That campaign, which took home the grand prize at the summer Cannes Health Lion show, features two wise-cracking grocery store fish on ice talking about the importance of lowering triglycerides. "Fish" also won two bronze awards in digital and social categories.

On August 7, 2014, Federal District Court …blocked the Food and Drug Administration from enforcing restrictions on the marketing and promotion of off-label use of the drug icosapent ethyl (Vascepa),..If the case heralds the future of jurisprudence, responsibility for the oversight of the truthfulness of pharmaceutical promotions may shift from the nation’s leading science-based regulatory agency, the FDA, to the courts. If it does, the market for medications in the 21st century may revert to a time of more claims and less evidence to guide clinical care… Judges should refrain from using the First Amendment to undermine core regulatory functions.

Managers of EHR systems share what they like – and what they'd like to see changed..When we set out to survey Healthcare IT News readers about their electronic health record platforms,..survey was limited to readers who were actively engaged in the management or use of an EHR…After asking them to rate the systems numerically, we posed two open-ended questions: "What do you like best?" and "What would you change?"...responses demonstrated a sense of passion about the importance EHRs continue to play in delivering clinical care – and a sincere desire for the systems' continued improvement.

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