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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.

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."

... 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...

Wearable devices will soon play a meaningful role in the monitoring of healthcare that goes well beyond the niche activity trackers that are on the market today, … Future functionality will include real-time, remote patient monitoring and post-surgery rehabilitation… will eventually offer support to healthcare institutions by sharing real-time data collected by the consumer..

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...

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,"

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....

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...

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.

Testing on an edible on-dose authentication technology developed by TruTag Technologies is showing promising results for its use in combating counterfeit drugs…TruTech partnered with WuXi PharmaTech,…technology that can store a drug’s provenance information on individual tablets. The silica, dust particle-sized TruTags act like bar codes that can provide information about where a drug was manufactured and its dosage, as well as supply chain details like lot or batch number...