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Latest Mediscor review says generic utilisation rate more than doubled from 27.7% in 2002 to 62.4% in 2018 The use of cheaper generic alternatives that are no longer patent-protected rose to an all-time high in the private sector in 2018, according to the latest Mediscor review. The trend highlights the continued impact of the […]
This morning, Health Canada announced the final amendments to the Patented Medicines Regulations (see news release here and RIAS here). These amendments represent the first substantive revision to the Regulations since their introduction in 1987, and a significant departure from the existing framework. The amended Regulations will come into force on July 1, 2020 […]
There is a question about what role race and wealth play in how much attention and funding the disease receives. Sickle cell disease affects about 100,000 Americans, most of them African-Americans. There are few treatments for it, and experts say not enough is being done to prevent complications. Just recently, the Centers for Medicare […]
For respiratory infections in children under 12, physicians are increasingly more likely to recommend antihistamines and less likely to recommend cough and cold medicines, a new study found. Antihistamines are widely used over-the-counter to treat various allergic conditions. However, these medicines have little known benefit for children with colds, and some older antihistamines cause sedation […]
How insurance companies farm out their dirty work to doctors and patients. “Doctor, could you please redo my insulin prescription? The one you gave me is wrong.” My patient’s frustration was obvious over the phone. She was standing at the pharmacy, unable to get her diabetes medication. We had gone through this just the week […]
Cases of thyroid cancer are on the rise in the United States, and experts want you to know how people at high risk for the disease can detect it early. According to the American Cancer Society, 54,000 new cases will be diagnosed in the United States in 2018. And three out of four of these […]
Regularly eating foods like bacon and sausages may raise the risk of breast cancer, according to researchers. A review of studies found women who ate high levels of processed meat had a 9% increased risk of the cancer compared with those who ate little of it. The study backs up previous findings of the World […]
Millions of years ago, on the world’s micro stage, a prokaryotic cell was swimming along, having a blast. But our little prokaryotic hero wasn’t alone in those waters. There were monstrous eukaryotes lurking nearby. In a matter of seconds, our little hero cell was snatched up without warning and absorbed by the eukaryote. Unknowingly, the […]
I’ve lived with bouts of deep depression my whole life. I’m not afraid or ashamed to say it. It’s just the way that it is and what makes me, me. It’s a part of who I am. I don’t think of it as mental illness or a disorder or a disease. It’s just part of […]
In the coming years Amsterdam University Medical Center will be preparing more generic versions of rare and expensive medicines in their own pharmacy, with the goal of making these medicines more readily available and cheaper than the medicines offered by pharmaceutical companies. This was made possible by a 5 million euros donation from the VriendenLoterij, […]
