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As mentioned in prior posts, is Plavix a good candidate for personalized medicine, since it is a blood thinner. Right now with the new warning, it is basically telling you that it might not work for you so with a test perhaps the guess work someday could be eliminated. FDA To look at benefits...
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Personally from doing this blog it doesn’t appear to me that we have a shortage in the development area, but where the issues lie is in standards and bringing some of this to a better collaborative effort. You do NOT want to rush the programmers of the software for the sake of having a product...
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This company has been in the news for a couple years now and if you haven’t followed this company as far as development, politics, the FDA and more, it has a little bit of everything. Even with biotech drugs getting approved today, it’s all about the software that combines the efforts of the drug...
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03-10-2010
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This proves interesting as Allergan back in October last year filed a law suit for the “off label” warning to be removed, in other words the “black box” warning. Allegan is also facing competition in this area that sells the same product for a cheaper price. Botox is looking to almost be the everything...
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03-09-2010
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We are back to the same 3 companies again, Johnson and Johnson, Boston Scientific and Abbott, same questions over “patents” and more legal expenses to pass along to consumers in the price of a stent. If these 3 could settle their differences and make some donations for charity instead of all these...
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03-06-2010
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If you are a regular reader here, then you know I am a Tags Fan. This is the next phase of Microsoft Tags in working with RazCode to upload information to your Personal Health Record. I started this post a while back and Dossia has now been added so you will not see the name in a couple screenshots...
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03-04-2010
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This is an interesting medical device from Uroplasty called the “Urgent PC” and requires a few treatments and they do a demonstration on the video below. Patients with pacemakers or implanted defibrillators though are out of the picture for obvious reasons of potential interference. I addition...
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03-04-2010
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There may be some additional software issues here creating problems. The FDA is studying reports to find out why, it is the software or perhaps an easier user interface needed, or maybe a combination of both. One more time we can address the fact that the FDA has no way of recalling...
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03-03-2010
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This is a nice change with not leaving to go to either a drug or medical device company. With her experience at the FDA I’m sure she will be able to help the world of Health IT and of course have former on hands knowledge on where she feels IT innovation could really help. In the news of late,...
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03-01-2010
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Medical devices that report data continue to evolve. I do have to say that I never thought that I would hear plug and play with diabetes monitoring in the same device or sentence. You can find out more at the FAQ section and the device is both MAC and Windows compatible. The device can be...
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03-01-2010
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Imaging and diagnosis processes save many lives each year and is a part of healthcare imaging today, no matter where you are. The safety comes as suggested here with better training, but more importantly better and revised software is the key. The reason I say this is you can have the absolutely...
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02-27-2010
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I guess it’s Mr. Grassley again here who may have clout but doesn’t understand the role of Health IT and the FDA itself is in the midst of getting up to date with technology themselves! This goes back to what I have been saying for 2 years here, non participants don’t get it. Wireless Healthcare...
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02-26-2010
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This one was a new one for me too, I had never heard of sticking a candle in your ear! Some were stating that it helps heat up and remove ear wax, well one person got stuck with candle wax on her ear drum, so much for that idea. You could even possibly lose your hearing doing something like...
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This is the big question on the minds of the FDA, Congress and others. Are you getting treatment for one ailment and creating another one? Who has the best drug with the least amount of side effects and what’s in it for profit? It is somewhat amazing with transparency the questions...
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02-22-2010
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I am not picking per se here, but gee every time I turn around I keep hearing about one suit after another with appeals, awards, etc. all going back to “patent wars”, and with present economic conditions, who cares. All I know is that consumers end up paying in the long run for all of this and...
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02-21-2010
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