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A new source of generic Wellbutrin available soon

Teva Pharma has a generic version, but earlier this year there were some consumer complaints, now the FDA has cleared another manufacturer to produce a generic version, Watson Pharmaceuticals. This is for the 150 mg dose. No word...

Published Fri, Nov 11 2008 11:50 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, drugs, FDA, Generic Drugs, GlaxoSmithKline, Wellbutrin, Watson Pharma

FDA Scientists Allege Coercion In Medical Device Approval Process

All I can say here is that this goes back to a earlier post: The 2 New Hot Words in Healthcare: Algorithms and Whistleblowers In this case we have a bit of both, algorithms created by the scientists, but a requested change by the clinical side of the...

Published Wed, Nov 11 2008 2:33 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, drugs, healthcare, Medical Devices, Prescriptions, FDA, Medications, Whistle Blower, Data, Data Base, Algorithms

New Hampshire Law Will continue to protect patient privacy – Drug information not provided for sales

This indeed makes it much more difficult to pin down and see which physicians are using which drugs, but from their own internal sales information each drug company will have sales from drug stores, so the overall business from a pre set territory can...

Published Tue, Nov 11 2008 6:29 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, drugs, privacy, Pharma, Patient, Pharma Marketing, Records

Clinical trials – More education and better business models needed at the point of care

The general public as a whole are lost when it comes to the complete understanding of how a clinical trial can benefit their potential treatment plans. There is enough information on the web by all means, but how do you get the information to an...

Published Fri, Nov 11 2008 11:19 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, drugs, healthcare, EHR, Pharma, PHR, clinical trials, Software integration, Point of Care, Personalized Clinical Trials

Aetna and Costco create yet another prescription program

One more program to confuse us when needing a prescription, although I’m sure there is money to be saved here, but shoot I like the $4.00 or $10.00 generic prescriptions offered by others, no enrollment and no questions asked, simple. For the monthly...

Published Thu, Nov 11 2008 12:48 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, drugs, healthcare, health insurance, Prescriptions, Medicare Part D, Aetna, Pharmacy, Costco

Leading Medical Groups Advise Against Avandia – FDA to Research – Education Needed

I will once more mention a potential change of paradigms here with educating the public. Each patient who took the drug is unique. Do we have any information on other drugs they were taking at the same time? Groups will continue to...

Published Fri, Oct 10 2008 2:27 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, drugs, healthcare, Pharma, PHR, FDA, Marketing, paradigms, personal heatlh records

Fred Baron Dies, Despite Being Given Tysabri

Even folks with money and in high positions have problems getting access to cancer drugs, as you can read below, and this was not an issue of not being able to afford the medication. When you read items as such, it makes you stop and think how precious...

Published Fri, Oct 10 2008 1:44 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, drugs, Cancer, Tysabri, Access to medications, Cancer Drugs, Fred Baron, Biogen

E-Prescribing Reminder – Effective January 1, Medicare will pay 2% bonus to those who use a “Qualified” program or system

A qualified system is not faxing! Many offices who are set up with an EMR or EHR are already covered and are either set up and ready to go or have the capabilities. For those who are not, there’s a permanent link on this page to NEPSI, the...

Published Fri, Oct 10 2008 10:57 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, Pharma/FDA News, drugs, healthcare, medicare, health insurance, Physicians, Prescriptions, e-prescribing

CVS/Caremark join the Generic Discount Club – Connect information to Personal Health Record Accounts

$9.99 for 90 days with enrollment with the Health Savings Pass CVS becomes the latest retail drug chain to jump on the bandwagon, pretty close in comparison, except you need to join the Health Savings Plan. The plan is primarily created for cash...

Published Fri, Oct 10 2008 1:51 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Pharma/FDA News, drugs, PHR, Google Health, Prescriptions, Generic Drugs, Personal Health Records, HealthVault, CVS, Discounts, Minute Clinic

Pharmacogenomics: UC San Diego To Lead Nationwide Program to educate pharmacists

New program to educate pharmacists on pharmacogenomics. The efforts are going forward to help the pharmacists also explain to the patients how it works and what the information has to offer. The new group of graduates will be the first group...

Published Fri, Oct 10 2008 1:12 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, Genomics, drugs, Pharmacy, DNA Testing, Phamaceuticals, Pharmacogonomics, healthare

SERMO CONNECTS HEALTHCARE INVESTORS TO PHYSICIANS VIA BLOOMBERG

Investors and analysts using The Healthcare Exchange will be able to ask questions of physicians, such as their opinions about a new treatment or device. Sermo has been a community website restricted to physicians to compare and collaborate within...

Published Thu, Oct 10 2008 2:39 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, drugs, healthcare, Investors, Physicians, Prescriptions, clinical trials, Sermo, Bloomberg, MCconnect, opinions

Merck Slated to cut Another 7,200 Jobs

The company has formed a “strategic partnership” with inVentiv Health , who does a lot of outsourcing for big Pharma, earlier this year, so perhaps some the sales and marketing slated for sales will be moving in this direction. Merck is not the...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2008 1:15 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, drugs, Pharma, Merck, R and D, Outsourcing, inVentive Health, Job cuts

In Two Days, Four New Drugs Stall at FDA

Reports of four experimental drugs held up at the FDA emerged in the first two days of this week. “ There’s almost certainly a bit of coincidence at work here, but it also seems to be one more sign of the tough safety climate at the agency these days...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2008 12:36 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, drugs, Pharma, FDA, Ranbaxy, Medications, Drug Safety

Patients Seek Financial Aid to Buy Medications

I keep a constant listing here with links to the $4.00 prescriptions as well as a link to Needy Meds. Anyone can take advantage of the $4.00 prescriptions and with Needy Meds there are guidelines to meet as far as income. The $4.00 Kroger generic...

Published Mon, Oct 10 2008 11:13 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, drugs, healthcare, Economy, Patients, needy meds

Rite Aid Faces Delisting on the Stock Exchange..

The company has 6 months to get the shares up above $1.00 or it goes to the junk category and off the big board. Drug stores are feeling the pinch of the economic slow down, depending on where the stood financially before hand, has an effect on...