My Personal Biomedical Research Feed – Ralph Turchiano, CEO Alchepharma
Public release date: 2-Dec-2008 Analysis: What can we learn from drug marketing efficiency? With new drugs being reviewed by regulatory agencies and then released onto the market faster than ever…
Public release date: 18-Nov-2008 - Without strong disclosure requirements and the attention and action of TV station personnel, viewers cannot know when the news segment they're watching was bought and…
Public release date: 20-Nov-2008 ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – A jury has ordered drugmaker Roche to pay nearly $13 million to three patients who claim they developed a chronic bowel disorder…
Public release date: 24-Nov-2008 - quetiapine (brand name Seroquel), warfarin, escitalopram, risperidone and montelukast etc... STANFORD, Calif. — Physicians and policy-makers know that drugs are frequently prescribed to treat…
Public release date: 27-Oct-2008 Off-label prescription of a drug is generally legal, but promotion of off-label uses by a drug manufacturer is illegal. In an article in this week's PLoS Medicine,…
Public release date: 30-Sep-2008 An analysis of news media coverage of medical studies indicates that news articles often fail to report pharmaceutical company funding and frequently refer to medications by…
Public release date: 2-Oct-2008 Baltimore, MD. - Knowing how an investigator is paid for running a research study surprisingly plays a small role in patients' willingness to take part…
Public release date: 17-Sep-2008 Ithaca, N.Y. – September 17, 2008 – Lipitor has been the top-selling drug in the world and has accounted for over $12 billion in annual sales.…
Public release date: 22-Sep-2008 Over half of all supporting trials for FDA-approved drugs remained unpublished 5 years after approval, says new research published in this week's PLoS Medicine. The…
Public release date: 23-Sep-2008 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – New research out of Wake Forest University School of Medicine shows that use of the most commonly prescribed once-a-day treatment for chronic obstructive…
Public release date: 25-Sep-2008 HILTON HEAD, SC—Statins are powerful drugs that reduce "bad" cholesterol and thus cut the risk of a heart attack. While these medications offer tremendous benefits…
Public release date: 16-Sep-2008 MU studies have shown dangerous health effects with BPA exposure since 1997 COLUMBIA, Mo. – In the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical…
Public release date: 16-Sep-2008 With scientists at odds over the safety of a chemical found in plastic baby bottles, metal cans and other food packaging, consumers got minimal…
Public release date: 25-Aug-2008 Three regulatory warnings of serious adverse events slowed the growth of use of atypical antipsychotic drugs among elderly patients with dementia, but they did not…
Public release date: 2-Sep-2008 DURHAM, NC -- The Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act (FDAMA, 1997), designed to stimulate more drug safety studies in children, has resulted in more than…
Public release date: 26-Aug-2008 While influenza vaccination does provide protection against catching the flu, it does not have a major impact on death in the elderly, contrary…
Public release date: 17-Aug-2008 Clinical studies that are designed by pharmaceutical companies to promote use of their drugs are called "seeding" trials. While much has been written about the marketing…
Public release date: 31-Jul-2008 SEATTLE—A Group Health study in the August 2 issue of The Lancet adds fuel to the growing controversy over how well the flu vaccine protects the…
Public release date: 21-Jul-2008 In the latest disappointment for cholesterol pill Vytorin, a major European study in patients with heart valve disease found the drug didn't prevent worsening of…
Public release date: 24-Jun-2008 New report: The truth about drug innovation New York, NY: A new report co-authored by Manhattan Institute senior fellow Benjamin Zycher, and Joseph DiMasi, and…
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