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PRWeb: 10-03-2004
The cable news channel I was watching today proclaimed the startling news that Merck had withdrawn its multi-billion-dollar arthritis drug, Vioxx®, from shelves worldwide because the medication had been linked to severe and even fatal heart complications. The report advised anyone taking Vioxx® to contact their physicians about prescribing alternative medications. The station then broke immediately to a commercial for Celebrex®. As a physician who has been cautioning patients about the ills of both medications, I did not feel the urge to dance like the stars of so many commercials for arthritis remedies. Both Celebrex® and Vioxx® are known as COX-2 inhibitors, a sub-class of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDS. Older NSAIDS include ibuprofen, naproxen, indomethacin, and many others, including the prototype aspirin. In 1998, fatalities due to NSAIDS among arthritis sufferers rivaled deaths from AIDS. [PRWEB Oct 3, 2004]
Newton Mass.-based Bioforce Solutions is expanding its work in the field of multi-site clinical trial consulting services. The company has hired a director of clinical monitoring services to assist in its mission to provide consulting services to biotech, pharmaceutical and medical device organizations. [PRWEB Oct 2, 2004]
Strong management team seeks to find cures for rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, cancer and other immunological disorders. [PRWEB Oct 2, 2004]
Buy Phentermine online at discount prices at US-Meds.com and their doctors will write a prescription for you. [PRWEB Oct 1, 2004]
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com) has announced the addition of World Guide to Pharmaceutical Industry 2004 to their offering. [PRWEB Oct 1, 2004]
For pharmaceutical wholesalers and group purchasing organizations. Altus Pharmaceutical announces its generic product offering, Naproxen Sodium 550, 500's. [PRWEB Sep 30, 2004]
New Jersey, USA and New Delhi, India based IuVita, a privately held genomic research company, today announced that it will be building a first ever DNA Bank of Indian population to serve needs of genomic research communities in India and abroad. [PRWEB Sep 29, 2004]
Lisa Rarick, MD will be the keynote speaker for the inaugural PharmaComm conference to be held on Dec. 1 in New York City. Dr. Rarick joins a group of industry thought-leaders and experts at this innovative conference designed to take a realistic look at how the seemingly basic function of creating business-critical regulatory submission documents and communicating with the FDA can present either opportunity or peril. [PRWEB Sep 29, 2004]
Lisa Rarick, MD will be the keynote speaker for the inaugural PharmaComm conference to be held on Dec. 1 in New York City. Dr. Rarick joins a group of industry thought-leaders and experts at this innovative conference designed to take a realistic look at how the seemingly basic function of creating business-critical regulatory submission documents and communicating with the FDA can present either opportunity or peril. [PRWEB Sep 29, 2004]
Publicly traded on Pink Sheets, Nutri Source, NUSI, is once again positioning itself for outstanding growth. A joint venture with a company based in China, is an important strategic move to Nutri Source's business plan. [PRWEB Sep 27, 2004]
Acne/Rosacea/Psoriasis/Eczema Sufferers New Breakthrough FaceDoctor RX - Recommended by Dermatologists & Pharmacists Everywhere Worldwide [PRWEB Sep 27, 2004]
Baxa Corporation is presenting its proprietary systems designed to enhance the safety and efficiency of fluid medication delivery at the third annual Pharmaceutical Marketing Congress, Sept. 27-29, 2004, in Philadelphia. The congress brings together business development and marketing executives to focus on strategic alliances, patient education and compliance, and market development issues. Founded in 1975, Denver-based Baxa Corporation has built its reputation by designing niche products that provide solutions for the transfer, delivery, packaging and administration of fluid medications in hospital pharmacy and alternate-site settings worldwide. [PRWEB Sep 27, 2004]
Diclofenac Potassium 25 mg film-coated tablets, recently approved by MEDSAFE in New Zealand as OTC medication, have been launched in New Zealand by Douglas Pharmaceuticals Ltd., under the license of APR. [PRWEB Sep 25, 2004]
Head of pharmaceutical industry's leading strategy and consulting firm gets recognition again as an entrepreneur and a visionary. [PRWEB Sep 25, 2004]
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has now published their Alert on the risks of environmental and occupational exposure for healthcare workers who handle antineoplastic and other hazardous drugs. The announcement is made by Baxa Corporation, the distributor of PhaSeal(r), the only closed system that prevents the workplace contamination threats delineated in the Alert. The publication follows the March 2004 release of an electronic draft document to the NIOSH Web site. [PRWEB Sep 24, 2004]
GEM SCIENTIFIC, a new Division of GEM Refrigerator Company dedicated to the Clinical and Research Marketplace, introduces a complete new line of Blood Bank Refrigerators and Plasma Freezers. [PRWEB Sep 24, 2004]
Being a team player is one of the most important attributes you can bring to a job. Team players are open-minded; they see other points of view and are willing to help others in their efforts to achieve goals. How do you get it across in the interview that you are a team player without it taking away from your value as an individual? In this article, Medzilla offers insight about how to strike that balance of letting potential employers know that you are valuable as an individual and a team player. [PRWEB Sep 24, 2004]
With cold & flu season fast approaching, many yearly sufferers are hoping to get a much needed reprieve from this winter’s “sinus woes” thanks to the world’s first hot pepper nasal spray. In less than a year, “Sinus Buster” all natural pepper nasal spray has built a phenomenal reputation with hundreds of doctors, and thousands of their patients who suffer from chronic sinus and headache symptoms, but the manufacturer claims their unique pepper formula is also extremely effective for flushing away acute sinus infections. [PRWEB Sep 23, 2004]
New product: Baxa Corporation announces ShrinkSafe Paralytic Identification Bands, an innovative approach to eliminating medication errors associated with paralytic agents or Neuromuscular Blocking Agents (NMBAs). ShrinkSafe ID bands are plastic sleeves specific to high-alert medications and offer an extra safety step that is instrumental in preventing serious life-threatening medication events. The products are available now through Baxa Corporation and will be available shortly through medical wholesalers. [PRWEB Sep 23, 2004]
New Way to Treat Form Vitamin B12 Deficiency [PRWEB Sep 23, 2004]
Wizzard Software Corp. (OTCBB: WIZD) announced today it has filed a patent application through its MedivoxRx Technologies, Inc. division with the Canadian Patent and Trademark Office. The application is titled "Pill, Capsule, or Medicine Container Audio Instruction Systems and Methods for Providing Audio Instructions with Pill, Capsule or Medicine Container." [PRWEB Sep 23, 2004]
Baxa Corporation, a leading provider of devices and systems for safe preparation, handling, packaging and administration of liquid medications, announces the appointment of Jim Osgood as Vice President of Product Planning, Research and Development. In this position, Osgood is responsible for the strategic planning, business intelligence and R&D for developing new products and technologies for the company. [PRWEB Sep 22, 2004]
Blacoh Fluid Control recently was contacted by a large manufacturer of bulk chemicals. The pulsation generated by their AODD pumps caused the hose to shake back and forth, scuffing the hose on the concrete floor, and causing “hose abrasion”. Ultimately, these hoses would fail from abrasion due to the scuffing action. This failure meant considerable downtime, lost product, extensive clean-up, and hose replacement – all of which came with an associated cost. [PRWEB Sep 22, 2004]
Recently, a manufacturer of metal soup cans located in New Jersey approached Blacoh Fluid Control with a problem. They were using 2" air diaphragm pumps attached to the bottom of a 35' tall tank to transfer a solution used to line the cans. Their problem was that the pumps were fitted with costly PTFE diaphragms that failed after a short period of time due to the high positive inlet pressure to the pump. Additionally, the pump’s sealing clamp bands leaked, causing excessive downtime and sanitation concerns. Finally, the pumps were noisy and vibrated violently during normal operation. To eradicate these issues, Blacoh Fluid Control, in cooperation with their local distributor, installed one 2” J2400T Stainless Steel and PTFE inlet stabilizer. This created a smooth flow into the pump, which lessened strain on the pump’s sealing clamps, reduced noise and vibration, and dramatically increased pump diaphragm life. [PRWEB Sep 22, 2004]
Hexalock, Ltd., a leader in CD-ROM copy protection technology and digital rights management solutions announced today that Digital Excellence LLC, a leading provider of products and services to the recorded media industry, has become an Authorized Reseller of HexaLock CD-ROM Copy Protection technology. [PRWEB Sep 22, 2004]
Companies selling pharmaceutical products in the United States could see increasing controls on their products’ prices as mounting pressure from consumers forces government to cap drug prices, says a major new report from Urch Publishing. [PRWEB Sep 22, 2004]
Sentinel Diaphragm Seals have effectively protected all forms of system instrumentation from corrosive process flow environments for years. Now, they are also unconditionally GUARANTEED for three years from your date of purchase. If ANY failure or damage occurs with your diaphragm or seal body, Blacoh will replace them at no cost to you! [PRWEB Sep 21, 2004]
Today Symfo, a leading provider of handheld electronic patient diary (EPD) products for clinical trials, announces that AstraZeneca Farmaceutica SA (Spain) has successfully completed a project using the SymPro (Symfo Patient Reported Outcome Diary) involving more than 8,500 patients, 3,000 sites, and 1,300,000 downloaded data elements. This project was part of a 12-month multi-centre international post-marketing project. [PRWEB Sep 21, 2004]
Ariadne Genomics Inc. and GeneGo, Inc., two leading systems biology companies, today announced integration and co-marketing of tools for functional analysis of high-throughput experimental data. Ariadne Genomics’ MedScan TextMiner automated text processing pipeline will be integrated and co-marketed with MetaCoreTM, GeneGo’s flagship analytical platform that includes proprietary, manually curated databases of human biology and chemistry. [PRWEB Sep 20, 2004]
Kong Black Voodoo (from the makers of Original KONG Formula) announces a new and improved dietary supplement capsule formulated to support improved male energy, weight management and physical and mental sexual perfomance. [PRWEB Sep 19, 2004]
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