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Bad medicine | Monitoring programs target substandard drugs
By Kerry Grens | May 17, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Patrick Lukulay faced a daunting task this month when he stepped off a plane in Accra, Ghana. Local clinics were reporting that oxytocin, a drug used to stop hemorrhaging after childbirth, was no longer working.
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Indian drugmaker Ranbaxy agrees to $500M settlement
By Joe Carlson | May 13, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The Indian generic drugmaker Ranbaxy, which already operates under an unprecedented consent decree banning sales of many of its products in the U.S., agreed to plead guilty in federal court and pay $500 million to resolve allegations of shoddy factory inspections and poor quality control.
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Down under, death wishes to go on EHR
By Sydney Morning Herald | May 10, 2013
People in Australia will soon be able to record their dying wishes, such as whether they want to be resuscitated or kept alive by a life support system, on their electronic health record.
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Reform Update: PCORI board notes need for better communication
By Maureen McKinney | May 06, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The need for better communication—with research applicants, patients and practicing clinicians—was a frequent topic of discussion at the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute's board of governors meeting on Monday.
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Drug maker Valeant in talks on $13 billion Actavis buy: source
By Reuters | April 27, 2013
Canada's largest listed drug maker, Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc, is in talks to buy generic drugmaker Actavis Inc for more than $13 billion, a person familiar with the situation told Reuters on Friday night.
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GOP lawmakers balk at giving FDA more authority over compounding pharmacies
By Jonathan Block | April 16, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
House Republicans signaled they are not convinced the FDA needs more statutory authority to police the activities of compounding pharmacies like the one blamed for a meningitis outbreak.
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Winners and Losers | Corporate tax overhaul would have very different effects for various healthcare sectors
By Beth Kutscher | April 13, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Hospital chains, health insurers and retail pharmacy groups are likely to wind up big winners in any shakeup of the corporate tax code, while pharmaceutical companies and medical-device makers may find themselves fighting tooth and nail to keep the status quo.
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China reports 3 more cases of new bird flu virus
By Associated Press | April 07, 2013
China reported three more cases of human infection of a new strain of bird flu on Sunday, raising the total number of cases to 21.
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China kills market birds as flu found in pigeons
By Associated Press | April 05, 2013
China announced a sixth death from a new bird flu strain Friday, while authorities in Shanghai halted the sale of live fowl and slaughtered all poultry at a market where the virus was detected in pigeons being sold for meat.
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Medicine by Text Message: Learning From the Developing World
By The Atlantic | April 05, 2013
Health communication systems designed for rural, developing countries—where hospitals are often understaffed and transportation is inadequate—are being adapted to improve care in U.S. cities.
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The best care money can buy? | The U.S. delights in its medical technology, and pays a premium for it, but studies show other countries beat us in outcomes, value
By Cinda Becker | August 09, 2004 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
No other country in the world can beat the U.S. in medical technology. No other country spends as much for it either.The mantra "Americans have the best medical care in the world" is frequently recited by U.S. policymakers and clinicians, according to a study published in the May/June issue of the journal Health Affairs that compares the quality of care in five English-speaking countries. But international data--limited though it is--places the U.S. in the bottom quartile of industrialized countries in terms of life expectancy and infant mortality, according to the report.The best...
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